BY H. FARQUHAR. 309 



18. Ophiomyxa AUSTRALIS. 



0. austndis, Liitken, 1869, Addit. ad Hist. Oph., Part 3, p. 

 99; Lyman, 1882, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. v., p. 246; Farquhar, 

 1895, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxvii., p. 199. 



Distribution. — Cook Strait; Stewart Island; off Cape 

 Egmont; Australia; St. Paul's Rocks; South Africa; Amboyna; 

 Tongatabu; Fiji; Philippine Isds.; 0-315 fms. 



ASTEROIDEA. 



ASTROPECTINIDiE. 



19. ASTROPECTEN EdWARDSII. 



A. Edwardsii, Verrill, 1867, Trans. Connecticut Acad., Yol. i., 

 p. 250 (Trans. KZ. Inst., Vol. xii., p. 281) ; Sladen, 1889, 

 "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. xxx., p. 734. 



Distribution. — Auckland. 



20. ASTROPECTEN POLYACANTHUS, 



A. poly acanthus, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Aateri- 

 den, p. 69; Perrier, 1875, Revis. Stell. Mus., p. 355 (Archiv. 

 Zool. Expt^r., Vol. v., p. 275); Sladen, 1878, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 (Zool.), Vol. xiv., p. 428; 1889, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. xxx. p. 

 201; Bell, 1884, "Alert" Rpt., p. 133; 1884, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., Vol. ix., p. 499; 1887, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. (Series 

 2), Vol. iii., p. 648; Loriol, 1885, Mem Soc. Phys. Geneve, Vol. 

 xxix., p. 76; 1893, Revue Suisse Zool. et Ann. Mus. Geneve, 

 Vol. i., p. 379; A vappa, Miiller and Troschel, 1843, Wiegm. 

 Archiv f. Naturgesch., p. 119; A. hestrix, Miiller and Troschel, 

 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 70; A. armatus, Miiller and 

 Troschel, 1842, ibid. p. 71; Liitken, 1864, Vidensk. Meddelelser, 

 p. 132; Martens, 1865, Ueb. Ostasiat. Echin., Wiegm. Archiv, p. 

 352; Hutton, 1872, Cat. Ech. N.Z., p. 6; Walter, Jen. Zeitsch., 

 Vol. xviii., p. 368; Ives, 1891, Proc. Acad. Philad., Pt. 2, p. 211; 

 A. chinensis and A. ensifer, Grube, 1865, Jahresber. Schles. 

 Gesellsch. f. vaterl. Cultur, Breslau, p. 36. 



