452 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXIY. 
Alecto meridionalis Acassiz and Agassiz, 1865. (“A. Agassiz MS.”) 
1865. Agassiz and Agassiz, Seaside Studies, Boston, 1865, p. 
121, figs. 153, 154. 
Ty pe-locality.—Coast of South Carolina, United States. 
meridionalis=southern. Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
Alecto multifida J. Mtuumr, 1841. 
1841. J. Mtrunr, Wisemanns Archiv fiir Naturgesch., I, p. 
147; first penienedl p. 144. 
hott =divided into many parts. 
Alecto multifida was based on the specimens which served 
Lamarck as the basis of his description of Comatula multira- 
diata, and which (together with the Linnean types of Asterias 
multiradiata) have subsequently been carefully examined and 
specifically determined by Doctor Carpenter. Miller took the 
ground that these specimens are not specifically identical with 
that described as Comatula multiradiata by Goldfuss, and that, 
whereas Goldfuss’s description is diagnostic and Lamarck’s is 
not, the name mu/ltiradiata should be retained for the form ade- 
quately described, 1. e., Comatula multiradiata Goldfuss, and a 
new name should be conferred on Lamarck’s types. It is un- 
necessary to state that, as we know exactly what the multira- 
diata of Linneeus and Lamarck is, the name must be retained for 
that species, and Miiller’s mult¢fida, being proposed merely as a 
substitute, becomes a synonym of it. 
Alecto nove-guinee J. Mtuner, 1841. (‘* Mus. Leyd. MS.”) 
1841. J. Mtiirr, Wiegmann’s Archiv fiir Naturgesch., I, p. 146. 
Type-localityEidouma, New Guinea. Salomon Miiller. 
nove-guinee=of New Guinea. Leyden Museum. 
Alecto palmata J. Mtrumr, 1841. 
1841. J. Mtrter, Wiegmann’s Archiv fiir Naturgesch., I, p. 144. 
Type-locality.—India. Herr D. F. Eschricht. 
palmate=palmate. Berlin Museum. 
Alecto parvicirra J. Mimiur, 1841. 
1841. J. Mtuter, Wiegmann’s Archiv fiir Naturgesch., I, p. 145. 
Ty pe-locality—Unknown. 
parvus=small+cirra=" cirri.” Paris Museum. 
Alecto petasus DtUspen and Koren, 1844. 
1844. Dtpen og Koren, K. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. for 1844, 
10s 28), Jolly Wi, 101, Il, 
AN ype- Dovaotl ite Y.— — Sediigh coast, near Fiskebackskihl in Bohuslan. 
méTHOOS=a spreading or broad brimmed hat. 
Alecto phalangium J. Mttier, 1841. 
1841. J. Mitier, Wiegmann’s Archiy fiir Naturgesch., I, p. 
142; first mentioned, p. 140. 
