Zoologisclier Anzeiger herausgegeben von Prof. Eugen KorSClielt in Marburg. Zugleich Organ der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig und Berlin. XLII. Band. 4. Juli 1913. Nr. 5. Inhalt: I. wissenschaftliche Mlttellnngen. 1. Fisher, A new species of Fcìiiiiastcr, with a note on the name Othilia. S. 193. 2. Fernior, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise von S. Awerinzew in die Tropen Afrikas. S. 196. 3. Ellis, Three Gregarines from Louisiana (With 2 figures.) S. 200. 4. Enderlein, Die Stephaniden Formosas. S.202. 5. Carl, Diplopodenstudien IT. (Mit 4 Figuren.) S. 212. 6. Plaget, Nouveaux dragages malacologiques de M. le Prof. Yung dans la faune profonde du Léman. (Avec 5 figures.) S. 216. 7. Enderlein, Dipterologische Studien IL (Mit 1 Figur.) S. 224. 8. Fnhrniann, Die Atmungsorgane von Tinjpldo-nectes. (Mit 7 Figuren.) S. 229. 9. Baiss, Diagnosen neuer ostasiatischer Ma-cruren. S. 2:i4. II. Mitteilungen ans Museen, Instituten nsw. L Eine Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte EntomolOjj'ie. S. 2:J9. 2. Preisausschreiben. S. 240. I. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen. 1. A new species of Echinaster, with a note on the name Othilia. By Walter K. Fisher, Stanford Universitj', California. eingeg. 12. April 1913. The genus Echinaster MüWer and Troschel (April, 1840) is usually understood to include Othilia and Bhopia Gray (December 1840). In a key to the genera of Echinasteridae in "Asteroidea of the North Pa-cific, etc.", 1911, page 259, I recognized Othilia for those species which have, in addition to abactinal papulae, also intermarginal papulae or both intermarginal and actinal papulae, while the name Echinaster by implication was reserved for Echinaster sepositus and allies, in which there are neither intermarginal nor actinal papulae. Professor A. E. Ver rill, in a letter, dissents from this course. He considers, moreover, that Asterias spinosa^ Retzius (1805), which I made the type of Othilia Gray, is practically designated by Müller and ^ Preoccupied by Asterias spinosa Pennant, 1777, = Asterias glaeialis Lin-naeus, 1758> Asterias echinophora Lamarck, 1816, seems to be the next available name. Zoolog. Anzeiger. Bd. XLII. 13
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