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Show 1881.] PROF. F. J. BELL ON THE GENUS ASTERIAS. 497 (Perrier.) (Verrill.) (Verrill.) (Perrier.) (Verrill.) (Perrier.) (Perrier.) (Perrier.) 6. australis, Perrier, = calamaria, Gray. 7. Berylinus, A. Ag., = forBesi, Desor. 8. borealis, Perrier, = polaris, M . Tr. 9. clathrata, Pennant, = rubens, Linn. 9a. douglasi, Perrier, = polarisl. 10. fabricii, Perrier, = vulyaris. 11. gigantea, Stimpson, = katherina?, Gray 12. glacialis, Grube, = tenuispina, Link. 13. glacialis, Johnston, = ruBens, L. 14. globifera, Gray, = Uniophora globifera. 15. granifera, Lamk., = U. granifera. 16. holsatica, Retzius, = rubens, L. 17. jehennesi, Perrier, = calamaria, Gray. 18. madeirensis, Stimpson, = webbiana, D'Orb. = glacialis, O. F. M. minuta, Retzius, = ruBens, L. Perrier, = forBesi. = vulgaris, Packard. Sladen, = Pedicellaster palteo- 19. 20. 21. novce-Boracensis, pallida, Perrier, 22. palceocrystallus, crystallus, L. 23. proBlema, Steenstrup, = Stichaster alBulus. 24. roseus, O. F. M., = S. roseus. 25. ruBens, Gould (part.), = vulgaris, Packard. 26. ruBens, Stimpson, = vulgaris, Packard. 27. rubens, Duj. and Hupe (part.), = polaris, M . Tr. 28. rustica, Gray, = gelatinosa, Meyen. 29. savaresii, Delle Chiaje, = tenuispina, Lamk. 30. spinosa, Say (part.), = vulgaris, Packard. 31. stimpsoni, Verrill, = vulgaris, Packard. 32. striatus, M . Tr., = Valvaster striatus. 33. violacea, O. F. M., = rubens, L. 34. webbiana, D'Orbigny, = glacialis2, O. F. M. Sp. inc. sedis. A. microdiscus (Stimpson) ; see Liitken, Ann. N. H. (4) xii. p. 329. 1 M . Perrier's decision, as communicated to m e by letter. 2 I owe this synonymy to M . Perrier. On comparing the description of D'Orbigny with undoubted specimens of " A. madeirensis," Stimpson, I came to the conclusion that the species were identical. Thinking it remarkable that this resemblance had not before been noted, I wrote to Prof. Perrier asking him if he had in the Jardin des Plantes the type of A. webbiana. H e answered " J'ai sous les yeux le type de l'A. webbiana de d'Orbigny ; mais je suis convaincu, sans pouvoir cependant raffirmer d'une maniere absolue, que c'est seulement, comme YA madeirensis, une forme de YAsterias glacialis." On comparing specimens named by M . Perrier, in the British Museum, of these last two species, I too feel convinced that they are identical. W e have, then, Asterias glacialis, O. F. Muller ; Midler and Troschel, System der Asteriden, P' Stettonia webbiana, d'Orbigny, in Webb and Berthelot's lies Canaries, Zool (Moll), p. 142, pi. ii. figs. 8-13. Asteracanthion webbianum, Duj. and Hup6, Echm. p. 3o0. Asterias madeirensis, Stimpson, Proc. Boston, Soc. N. H . 1861-62, p. 263. |