BY H. FARQUHAR. 307 



Rpt., Vol. v., p. 90; Koehler, 1896, Mem. Soc. Zool. de France, 

 pp. 204, 242. 



Distributio n.— Off East Cape; Atlantic; Western Pacific; 



690-1250 fms. 



7. Ophiozona stellata. 



O. stellata, Lyman, 1878, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. v., p. 



425; 1882, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. v., p. 22. 



Distributio n. — Off the east coast North Island; 700-1 100 



fms. 



8. Ophiomastus tegulitius. 



0. tegulitius, Lyman, 1878, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. v., 

 p. 104; 1882, "Challenger" Rpt, Vol. v., p. 100. 



Distribution. — Oif west coast North Island; Australia; 

 New Guinea; 275-2600 fms. 



9. Ophioctex hastatum. 



0. hastatum, Lyman, 1878, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. v., p. 

 103; 1882, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. v., p. 82. 



Distribution. — Off east coast North Island; lat. 46° 46' 

 S., long. 45° 31' K, North Atlantic; 1000-1375 fms. 



10. Ophionereis Schayeri. 



Opliiolepis Schayeri, Miiller and Troschel, 1844, Wieg. Archiv, 

 Vol. X., p. 182; Ophionereis Schayeri, Liitken, 1859, Addit. ad 

 Hist. Oph., Part 2, p. 110; Lyman, 1882, "Challenger" Rpt., 

 Vol. v., pp. 161, 162; Bell, 1884, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. 

 ix., p. 500; Farquhar, 1895, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxvii., p. 197; 

 Oj^hionereis fasciata, Hutton, 1872, Cat. Ech. N.Z., p. 2; Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 811. 



Distributio n. — New Zealand; Australia; Tasmania. 



11 Ophiactis nigrescens. 



0. nigrescens, Hutton, 1872, Cat. Ech. N.Z., p. 2; Lyman, 

 1882, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. v., pp. 114, 122. 

 Distributio n. — New Zealand. 



