FAUNISTICAL NOTES, ANATOMY, ETC. 
Ech. 3 
mediate between Ophiuridca and Asteroidoe. (Abstract) P. R. S. 
xxvii. pp. 456 & 457. 
[A full account of this strange Ophiurid type having been published 
in 1879, the record of this genus is deferred.] 
17. Smith, E. A. (a) Description of a new species of Spatangidee; Ann. 
N. H. (5) i. pp. 67-70. (b) Description of a remarkable new form 
of Ophiuridw, from Ceylon ; ibid. pp. 463-465. 
18. Stewart, C. On certain organs of the Cidaridca. Zool. ii. pp. 32 
& 33. 
[The paper having been published in full in 1879, the record is 
deferred.] 
19. Stuxberg, a. Echinodernier fran Novaja Zemljashaf samlade under 
Nordenskioldska expeditionerna, 1875 och 1876. CEfv. Vet. Ak.l878, 
3, pp. 27-40, pi. vi. 
20. ViGUiER, C. Classification des Stell^rides. C. R. Ixxxvi. pp. 681-683, 
Ann. N. H. (5) ii. pp. 103-105. 
[The paper having lately been published in full, the record is deferred.] 
Faunistical Notes on Echinodermata and other inferior 
Animals. 
A. Agassiz, Letters No. 1 & 2 on the dredging operations of the U.S. 
Coast Survey steamer ‘Blake,’ Bull. Mus. C. Z. v. 1, 6. H. Lenz, Die 
wirbellosen Thiere der TravemlinderBucht, i. Anhang zum Jahresbericht 
der Commission zur wissenschaftlicheu Untersuchuug der deutschen Meere 
in Kiel, iv.-vi. ; Berlin : 1878, 24 pp. 2 pis. E. L. Moss, Preliminary notice 
on the surface-fauna of the Arctic Seas ; J. L. S. xiv. pp. 122-126. R. 
SCHMIDTL13IN, Beobachtungen fiber Trachtigkeits- und Eiablage-Perioden 
verschiedener Seethiere ; MT. zool. Stat. Neap. i. pp. 124-136 \Ccdenterata, 
Echinodermata^ &c.]. T. Studer, Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte wirbel- 
loser Thiere von Kerguelens Land ; Arch. f. Nat. xliv. pp. 102-121. A. E. 
Verrill, Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern 
coast of North America; Am. J. Sci. (3) xvi. pp. 207-215 & 371-378. 
E. Codes & H. C. Yarrow, Notes on the natural history of Fort Macon, 
N. C., and vicinity ; P. Ac. Philad. 1878, pp. 21-28 & 297-315 {E(diino- 
dermaia, Goelenterato,). 
Anatomy, Morphology, &c. 
Ludwig (10 d) demonstrates the existence of ventral genital pores — 
tv/o in each inter-radial space — in Asterina gihbosa ; in A. cepheus and pe7i- 
iagona, they are dorsal as in other Starfishes. He further (10 b) adduces 
evidence of the existence in Brkinga of a system of blood-vessels, com- 
pletely agreeing as to its arangement with that of the other starfishes ; 
and exposes the manner in which the circum-oral skeleton ptBrisinga can 
completely be interpreted after the fashion of the ordinary framework of 
the A&teridce.. The dorsal pore is really a vent and not an excretory 
