Glass III. Asteria. 63 



liS??. Ovatum — a. Native colour, with the teeth and feme of 

 tlie fpines ; b. bleached ; c. opened to (hew the internal ftrudure 

 —L'CEuf— Egg— Weft Indies. 



1 189. Rotundatum—Le Circulaire— Circular— Eaft Indies. 



1 190. Limatulum— Les E'pines en Forme de Lime— Blunt File- 

 Cke Spined— Weft Indies. 



1191. Snbulatum— Les E'pines en Forme d'Alene — Awl-Ufee 

 fpined — Weft Indies. 



1192. Maculatum— Les E'pines Tachetees—Spotted red Spinel 

 -^Mediterranean — Rare. 



1193. Striatum — Les E'^pines Longues Striees— Long Striated 

 ' Spined— Mediterranean — Rare. This has feveral of Serpula Lum- 



bricalis, fpecies i ^, entwined round its fpines. 



1 194. Sceptriferum — Les E''pines au Sceptre Couronne — Coro- 

 ronated Sceptre Spined— Tranquebar—M. P. 3051. Extremely 

 fcarce. 



Genus VL CIDARIS— T URBAN Ovale — Oval Turban^ 



^1195. Abbreviata — fl. The teeth — Les E'pines Courtes, on 

 L'Artichaud — Short Angulated Spined, or Anemony— St. Mauritius 

 — Very rare. This curious fpecies feems to be the' link connecting 

 the^fteria with the Echini. .^Jt*^*^^ ivfi mi. ji^ JA^^ ^ . 

 _ _i 196. Clavafe— Les E''pines a Maflues— Club Spined— St. Maur V M* /jU^ 

 ritius— Cidaris Maroccana Mufeum Geverfianum, Very rare. 



1 197. Lanceolata — a. With the Ipmes; b. ditto, very large: 

 r. diverted of the fpines— Les E'pines a Lance— Lance Spined— 

 St. Mauritius — Very fcarce. 



Class III. Asteria— L'Etoile de Mer— Sea Star. 



1 198. Pileus Jefu\ticus— Le Bonnet de Jefuite— Jefuit's Cap-^ 

 Eaft Indies— M. P. ^^49. E^ctremely fcarce. 



1199. Nodofa— La ^_03/eufe— Knobbed— Eaft Indies— Afte- 

 rias Nodofa Linn. M. P. ^2062. Very rare. 



1200. Tuberculata — a. Coiled up in form, of a ba/ket 5I inches 

 wide, M. P. 3841. b. ditto, fix inches wide; c. but little curled, 

 9| inches wide— Les Verrues— Tuberculated, or Warted— Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



1201. Echinites — Les Long{ies Epines —Long -Spirted, 

 Black— Java— Afterias Echinites, Ellis Zooph. p. 206. Tab.' 6tf, 

 61, 62. This curious and very uncommon Sea Star is eleven 

 inches wide, has fixteen rays, which, with the body, are thick 

 fet with long pin-Uke fpines, refembling thofe of feme of. the 

 fchi^ii. M. P. 4032, Extremely fcarce. 



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