42 G^^iUetin of the Jhaiural History Society. 
Strait, Frankliti-Pierce Bay (North of Smith Sound), Iceland, 
Spitzbergen, Ofjord. 
(h) In N. B. icaters ; — Grand Manan, four or five fathoms, 
among branching nullipores on east side of the islands, quite 
abundant, Stimpson, (D), ^‘Eastport, Me., and Grand Manan, 
in ten to twenty fathoms, rocky bottoms, and among nulli- 
pores ; also frequent at low-water of s])ring tides among 
rocks,” Verrill, (L), (N). 
This curious Starfish is not uncommou on our coast, and may be 
easily recognized when found. It has near!}' always six rays (only 
about two per cent having five), and three upon one side are usuall}’’ 
much smaller than the three upon the other. It is generall}'- quite 
small, not often exceeding one and one-half inches in diameter, though 
Verrill found a specimen at Eastport which was four inches across, and 
in a letter to the writer, he says he has since found it as large as 
six or eight inches across. The ambulacral furrows aj'e very broad, and 
the tube-feet arranged in from two to four rows, according to age. The 
back and sides are covered with short spine clusters, which are so 
closely and regularly arranged as to give the animal a smooth appear- 
ance. Along the crest of each ray they are larger and more closely set 
than elsewhere so that there is a marked median line. There is a tuft 
of spines at the end of each ray. 
In color it is faint red or cream color, Stimpson’s many specimens be- 
ing uniformly of the latter shade. It lives upon rocky bottoms, but 
nothing more is known of its habits, and nothing of its development. 
Var. nitida. 
[Verrill (L) established a new variety, nitida, from his large Eastport 
specimen, but that variety, he has since informed the writer, he now 
considers not well founded, his specimen being but a well developed in- 
dividual of the species albidus ] 
FAMILY SOLASTEKIDA]. 
With the cylindrical ambulacral feet arranged in tvjo rows, the rays often more 
than five. 
13. €rossaster papposiis (Fabricius), Mullek and Tro- 
SCHEL. Solaster papposa, YoRBm. (T), (D). [See Plate, 
Pig. 7.] 
“Sun-Star.” 
Desckiption. (A) p. 113, (T) p. 9tl, (U) p. 30. 
P'lGURE. (A) p. 113, (T) pi. XII., (U) pi. III. 
