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contains both exceptionally large and very juvenile specimens, 

 presenting evidence sufficient to refute the contention that 0. 

 wendti is merely the young of another species. 



The fourth species of "Ara" catch is also Hawaiian, Ophiactis 

 savignyi (Muller and Troschel), represented by sixty-eight speci- 

 mens found entwined within the fronds of a new species of 

 Hydroid, Corye^idrimn splendidum Boone. 



The fifteen species of Ophiura are distributed as follows : 



Amphioda ochroleuca (Brock), Ingham Island, Queensland. 



Ophiactis brocki de Loriol, Society Islands and Ingham Island, 

 Queensland. 



Ophiactis savignyi (Muller and Troschel), Society Islands and 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Ophiothrix expedita Koehler, Anambas Islands. 



Ophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck), Seba-Seba Bay, Durian 

 Straits, Dutch East Indies. 



Ophiothrix striolata Grube, Seba-Seba Bay, Durian Straits, 

 Dutch East Indies. 



Ophiocnemis marmorata (Lamarck), Seba-Seba Bay, Durian 

 Straits, Dutch East Indies. 



Ophiothela danxie Verrill, Seba-Seba Bay, Durian Straits, 

 Dutch East Indies. 



Ophionereis dubia Audouin and Savigny, Seba-Seba Bay, 

 Durian Straits, Dutch East Indies. 



Ophiocoma lineolata Muller and Troschel, Hawaiian Islands. 



Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck), Samoa Islands and 

 Society Islands. 



Ophiocoma wendti Muller and Troschel, Hawaiian Islands. 



Ophiomastix lutkeni Pfeffer, Temukus Roads, Bali, Dutch East 

 Indies. 



Ophiarthrum pictum (Muller and Troschel), Ingham Island. 

 Queensland. 



Ophiolepis cincta Muller and Troschel, Society Islands. 



