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was discovered there by the author; the different conception alone 
of the species found there accounts for the difference between the 
list given by Ben ham (Åsterina flmbriata Perr., Henricia ornata 
Perr., and Stichaster Suteri, var. lævigatus Hutton), and that given 
here (Åsterina aucklandensis Koehler, Henricia lukinsii (Farquhar), 
H. compacta, var. auklandiæ n. var. and Calvasterias lævigata 
Hutton). 
From a morphological point of view only one of the new spe¬ 
cies described here is af special interest, namely Åstropecten primi- 
genius, which on account of its great number of oral intermediate plates 
appears to represent the most primitive type of all true Astropec- 
tens. The discovery that Calvasterias lævigata is one of the brood- 
protecting forms is likewise of considerable interest. 
1. Åstropecten polyacanthus Mull. & Troschel. 
Åstropecten polyacanthus. 1842. Muller & Troschel. System der 
Asteriden; p. 69. Taf. V. Fig. 3 
— armatiis. 1842. Muller & Troschel. Ibidem, p. 71. 
— Edwardsi. 1867. A. E. Verri 11. Descriptions of new Star- 
fishes from New Zealand. Trans. Conn. Acad. I. p. 250. 
— armatus Cray? 1872. Hutton. Catalogue Echinod. New 
Zealand, p. 6. 
— polyacanthus. 1889. S lad en. “Challenger” Asteroidea; 
p. 201. 
— 1898. Fa r q u h a r. On the Echinoderm Fauna 
of New Zealand. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 
p. 309. 
— 1906. W. K. Fisher. Starfishes of the 
Hawaiian Islands. Buil. U. S. Fish Comm. 
for 1903; p. 1004, PI. I. 1, PI. II. 1. a.—b. 
— 1917. F.Jeffr. Bell. British Antarctic(“Terra 
Nova”) Expedition IV. 1. Echinoderma; p. 6. 
— 1917. L. D 6 d e r 1 e i n. Die Gattung Astro- 
pecten u. ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga 
Exped. XLVI. a; p. 134. Taf. 4.4-5, Taf. 
12. 4—5. 
— 1919. W. K. Fisher. Starfishes of the Philip- 
pine Seas and adjacent waters. Buli. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 100.3. p. 63. 
1923. H. L. Clark. The Echinoderm Fauna 
of South Africa. Annals of the S. African 
Museum. XIII, p. 249. 
