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Show 496 PROF. F. J. BELL ON THE GENUS ASTERIAS. [May 3, 61. rodolphi, Perrier, p. 41. /D TIT \ 62. rubens, M . Tr. p. 17. SR'M\ 63. rugispina1, Stimpson (i.) p. 267. (B.M.) 64. rupicola, Verrill, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 3, p. 71. (B.M.) 65. scaber, Hutton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 812. 66. sertulifera, Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p. 568. 67. sinusoida, Perrier, p. 74. (B.M.) 68. spectaBilis, Philippi, 1870, p. 271. 69. stellionura, Perrier, Ann. Sc. Nat. xii. (1869), p. 240. (B.M.) 70. studeri, Bell, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 91 {mollis, Studer). 71. sulcifer, Perrier, Ann. Sc. Nat. xii. (1869), p. 235. (B.M.) 72. tenera, Stimpson (i.), p. 269. (B.M.) 73. tenuispina, M . Tr. p. 16. (B.M.) 74. troscheli, Stimpson (i.), p. 267. (B.M.) 75. vancouveri, Perrier, p. 64. (B.M.) 76. varia, Philippi, 1870, p. 272. 77. vulgaris, Verrill, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H . x. (1866), p. 347. The list which now follows gives, in alphabetical order, the more important of the specific titles which have been applied to species previously named. The list has been here limited to those forms which have been regarded by competent naturalists as members of the genus, as defined and limited by Muller and Troschel, or what may, for brevity, be styled the Asteracanthion division of the Asterida. I may, in passing, be allowed to beg leave to be excused from entering into any defence of the use of the generic term Asterias. I can add nothing to the summary of contending facts which have been put out by the Rev. A. M . Norman2; and I willingly give in my adhesion to the majority of his arguments. The labours of synonymy are severe enough to justify m e in refusing to go again into a detailed examination of a subject which seems to me to have been exhausted 3. To the left of some of the names there is placed the name of an authority who has directed attention to the synonymy of the species in question. II. List of the Principal Names which are regarded as Synonyms. 1. albulus, Stimpson, = Stichaster albulus. 2. angu/osa, O. F. M., = glacialis, O. F. M. (Verrill.) 3. arenicola, Stimpson, = forbesi, Desor. (Liitken.) 4. atlantica, Verrill, = tenuispina, Lamk. 5. aurantiaca, Meyen, = Stichaster aurantiacus. 1 If the specimens collected by Dr. Cunningham have been correctly identified, A. rugispina must be very closely allied to A. antarctica. 2 Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xv. p. 126. /io/.£omp2re d s o the note by Verrill in the Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. x. (1866), p. 339. |