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difficult to point out the characters which distinguish it from the 
other species of the genus. Only the pedicellariæ may be figured 
(Figs. 20.a—c). — From the other New Zealand sea-stars of the 
Asterias-group this species is distinguished at a glance trough hav¬ 
ing only five arms. It is till now known only from the South Is¬ 
land of New Zealand, from Lyttelton to Dunedin. 
25. Astrostole scahra (Hulton). 
PI. XIV. Figs. 11-12. 
McirgurcistCTi^) scuber. Hutton. 1872. Catalogue Ech. New Zealand,p.5. 
Åsterias (Strolasterias) scabra. Farquhar. 1895. Notes on N. Z. Echi- 
noderms. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XXVII, p. 202. PI. XIII. 3 — 4. 
Åsterias scabra. Farquhar. 1898. On the Echinoderm Fauna of New 
Zealand. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Z. Wales. p. 315. 
Astrostole scabra. W.K. Fisher. 1923. Preliminary Synopsis of the 
Asteriidæ. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9. Ser. XII. p. 255. 
Mahia Peninsula; 18/XII. 14. 2 specimens. 
Island Bay, Wellington; 17/11. 15. several specimens. All of them were 
found on the rocks, at low tide. 
As was the case with the preceding species the present species 
Fig. 21. Valves of pedicellariæ of Astrostole scabra (a—c) and 
Coscinasterias calawaria (d). a. valve of crossed pedicellaria, 
trom the inside; b—c. of straight pedicellariæ, from the inside, 
d. valve of straight pedicellaria, side view. a. ; b—d. ^o/i. 
