33° 



DISCOVERY REPORTS 



It may be mentioned that here and there a dorsal plate is seen to be irregularly 

 divided ; the buccal plates are also irregularly divided, as is so often the case in this 

 species. 



It may not be superfluous to state that the variety has separate sexes like the typical 

 form ; this is evident from the fact that the one specimen opened was found to be a ripe 

 male. 



Fig. 43. Homalophhira inornata, var. luberosa, n.var. Part of dorsal side {a)\ 

 part of arm and disk, side view {b). :< 10. 



Ophiura meridionalis (Lyman) 



Ophiogh'pha meridionalis, Lyman, 1879. Ophiuridae arid Astrophytidae of the ''Challenger'. 



Part II. Bull. IMus. Comp. Zool., vi, p. 56, pi. xvi, figs. 447-9. 

 O. meridionalis, Lyman, 1882. Sci. Results H.M.S. 'Challenger'. Ophiuroidea, p. 40. 

 Ophiomostus rotundus, G. A. Smith, 1923. Rep. Echitiodenns of the 'Quest'. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 9 Ser., xii, 372. 



St. 27. 15. iii. 26. West Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, no m. 8 specimens. 



St. 39. 25. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 179-235 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 42. I. iv. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 120-204 m- 4 specimens. 



St. 123. 15. xii. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 230-250 m. Several 

 specimens. 



St. 126. 19. xii. 26. 53° 58' S, 37° 08' W, South Georgia, loo-o m. 2 specimens. 



St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia, 122-136 m. 10 speci- 

 mens (young). 



St. 144. 5. i. 27. OflF mouth of Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, 155-178 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 148. 9. i. 27. Off Cape Saunders, South Georgia, 132-148 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 152. 17. i. 27. 53° 51' S, 36° 18' W, South Georgia, 245 m. 3 specimens. 



St. 156. 20. i. 27. 53° 51' S, 36° 21' W, South Georgia, 200-236 m. 5 specimens. 



St. 160. 7. ii. 27. Near Shag Rocks, South Georgia, 177 m. 7 specimens. 



