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Show 494 PROF. F. J. BELL ON THE GENUS ASTERIAS. [May 3, referred to by the numbers i., ii., iii. in brackets after his name ; and these numbers refer respectively to :- (i.) " O n new Genera and Species of Starfishes of the Family Pycnopodidse (Aster acanihion, Muller and Troschel)." Proc. Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist. viii. pp. 261-273. (ii.) " Synopsis of the Marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan." 1853, Smithsonian Contributions. (iii.) " Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific Shores of North America." Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. (1857). The papers of Dr. Liitken to which references are made are contained in the ' Videnskabelige Meddelelser ' (Copenhagen) for various years, which are distinguished by their respective dates. So, too, the papers of Philippi which appeared in Wiegmann's * Archiv fur Naturgeschichte' are distinguished from one another by the year of their publication. In the case of Dr. Gray, reference is made to his beautifully illustrated 'Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum' (1866). And, finally, when p. and a number follow alone the name of Perrier, reference is made to the already mentioned ' Revision,' and to the pagination of it as a separate publication. In other cases the references given are so full as to need no explanation. The letters B.M. are placed against the names of the species specimens of which are in the British Museum. I. List of the Species of Asterias now regarded as distinct. 1. acervata, Stimpson (i.), p. 271. 2. acutispina, Stimpson (i.), p. 262. 3. a?qualis, Stimpson (i.), p. 273. 4. africana, M. Tr. p. 15. (B.M.) 5. alba, Bell, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 92. (B.M.) 6. amurensis, Liitken (1871), p- 296. (B.M.) 7. antarctica, Liitken (1856), p. 105. (B.M.) 8. Bootes, Muller and Troschel, p. 17. 9. BorBonica, Perrier, p. 61. 10. brachiata, Perrier, p. 65. 11. Brandti, Bell, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 91. (B.M.) 12. Brevispina, Stimpson (ii.), p. 88. 13. calamaria, Gray, p. 1. (B.M.) 14. camschatica, Brandt, Prod. p. 70. 15. capensis, Perrier, p. 73. (B.M.) 16. capitata, Stimpson (i.), p. 264. 17. clavatum, Philippi, 1870, p. 269. 18. compta, Stimpson (i.), p. 270. 19. conferta, Stimpson (i.), p. 263. 20. criBraria, Stimpson (i.), p. 2/0. (B.M.) 1 And also published in the Rec. deB Actes de TAcad. Imp. de St. Petersbourg for 1834. F |