ECHINODERMATA. 
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A list of the species found on the coasts of New England, 
with remarks on their geographical distribution. 
Verrill (Proc. Post. Soc. N. II. x. p. 334) remarks upon the geographi- 
cal distribution of the Radiata (true Polyps and Echinoderms) of the New 
England coasts, which he says belong to 3 distinct faunas, namely : — the Vir- 
ginian and Acadian, occupying the shores on the south and north ; and the 
Syrtensian, a more arctic fauna characteristic of the shores of Labrador and 
Newfoundland, and extending southward along the coast of the United 
States in deep water. The species belonging to each of these faunas are 
enumerated by the author. The known species of Echinodermata are as fol- 
lows : — Virginian Fauna : Antedon dentata (Say), Ophiura olivacea . 
(Lyman), Astropecten vestita (Say), Asterias arenicola (Stimps.), A. compta 
(Stimps.), Echinarachnius parma (Gray), Echinocidaris davisii (A. Ag.), 
Euryechmus yranulatus (Liitk.), Synapta tenuis (Ayres), Sclerodactyla hriareus 
(Ayres). Acadian Fauna : Antedon eschrichtii (MLill.), Ophioglypha sarsii 
(Lyman), O. rohusta (Lyman), Amphiura squamata (Sars), Ophiopholis acu- 
leata Astroijhyton agassizii (Stimps.), Ctenodiscus crispatus (D. &K.), 
Cnhrella sanguinolenta (Miill.), Solastcr endeca (Linn.), Crossaster, papposus 
(Fab.), Asterias forhesii (Uesor), A. vulgaris (Stimps.),^. (Stimps.), 
A. tenera (Stimps.), Sticliaster alhidus (Stimps.), j^c/unar«c/wRWS 2 ?arwia (Gray), 
Eury echinus granidatus {IJCdik.), E. drohachiensis (Mull.), Thyonidium produc- 
tuni (Ayres), T. musculosum (Ayres), Pentacta frondosa (Gunner), P. calcigera 
(Stimps.), P. minuta (Fab.), Psolus phantapus (Oken), Synapta tenuis (Ayres), 
Chirodota Icevis (Fab.), and Caudina arenata (Gould). Syrtensian Fauna : 
Ophiacaniha spintdosa (M. & T.), Pterastcr militaris (M. & T.), Goniaster 
phrygianus (M. «& T.), Ctenodiscus crispakis (D. & K.) j Crossastcr qmpposus 
(Fah.), Solastcr endcca(Ijmn.),Astcrias 2 Jolaris(M.ScT.), Thyonidiunielongatuni 
(Ayres), T. glahrum (Ayres), Pentactafrondosa(?),Oin'di Psolus regulusiyQxv.). 
A few other species are cited as types of new genera, and will be noticed 
with the new species, under their proper heads. The author’s synonymic 
notes will also be indicated further on. 
Graffb (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvi. p. 686) notices the predomi- 
nant Echinodermata of the Fiji Islands. The sea is rich in these animals, 
especially in Ophiuridee^ Comatulidce^ and Ilolothuridce. 
Crinoidea. 
Under the title of Astrophyton elizabetlue, sp. n., MTntosh describes what is 
without doubt a mutilated young form of Antedon rosaceus from North Uist, 
Outer Hebrides. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. v. p. 609, fig. 4. 
Actinometra hennetti, Miill., is redescribed by Bolsche (Archiv fur Natur- 
gesch. 1866, p. 90), and compared with the type specimen. 
Antedon diibeiiii, sp. n., Bolsche, ibid. p. 92, from Rio Janeiro. 
Phanogenia, gen. nov., Lov(5n, 1. c. p. 231. Genus inter Crinoidea libera 
novum. Articulus verticillaris centro-dorsalis simplex stelliformis ; basalia 
occulta, interna, radialia prima o maxima parte inoperta. P. typica^ sp. u., 
p. 231, figs, a-/^, Straits of Malacca, Singapore. 
Asteroids A. 
Agassiz (/. c) , in his account of the development through seve- 
ral stages of a Tornaria, throws a good deal of light on the struc- 
