Class III. Asteria. 
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Tigfi. Ovatum — a . Native colour, with the teeth and fome of 
the fpines ; b. bleached; c. opened to (hew the internal ftrutture 
- — L’CEuf — Egg — Weft Indies. 
1 1 89. Rotundatum — Le Circulaire — Circular — Eaft Indies. 
1 1 go. Limatulum — Les E'pines en Forme de Lime — Blunt File- 
lake S pined — Weft Indies. 
1191. Subulatum — Les E'pines en Forme d’Alene — Awl-like 
fpined — Weft Indies. 
1192. Maculatum — Les E'pines Tachetees — Spotted red Spined 
—Med i ter ranean — R are. 
1193. Striatum — Les E'pines Longues Striees — Long Striated 
Spined— Mediterranean — Rare. This has feveral of Serpula Lum- 
bricalis, fpecies 1 5, entwined round its {pines. 
1 194. Sceptriferum — Les E'pines au Sceptre Couronne — Coro- 
ronated Sceptre Spined — Tranquebar— M. P. 3051. Extremely 
fcarce. 
Genus VI. CIDARIS — Turban Ovale — Oval Turban. 
1193. Abbreviata — a . The teeth — Les E'pines Courtes, ou 
L’ Artichaud — Short Angulated Spined, or Anemony — St. Mauritius 
— Very rare. This curious fpecies feems to be the link connecting 
the- 4 fteria with theEchini. /Sort* a/u ^ . 
1196. Clavata — Les E'pines a Maflues— Club Spined — St. Mau- 
ritius — Cidaris Maroccana Mufeum Geverfianum. Very rare. 
1197. Lanceolata — -a. With the {pines"; b. ditto, very large; 
e. divefted of the fpines — Les E'pines a Lance — Lance Spined— ^ 
St. Mauritius— Very fcarce, 
Class III. Asteria — L’Etoile de Mer — Sea Star. 
1198. Piieus Jefuiticus — Le Bonnet de Jefuite — Jefuit’s Cap— - 
Eaft Indies — M. P. 3949. Extremely fcarce. 
1199. Nodofa — -La Noueufe — Knobbed— Eaft Indies — Afte- 
xias Nodofa Linn. M. P. 2062. Very rare. 
1200. Tuberculata — a. Coiled up in form of a ba£ket <;■§ inches 
wide, M. P. 3841. b. ditto, fix inches wide; c. but little curled, 
-9 1 inches wide — Les Verrues — Tu’oereulated, or Warted — Cape 
of Good Hope. 
1201. Echinites — Les Longues Epines — Long Spined, 
Black— Java — Afterias Echinites, Ellis Zooph. p. 206. Tab. 6o ? 
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- like fpines, refembling thofe of fome of the 
Echini. M. P. 4032. Extremely fcarce. 
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