MONOGRAPH OF JAPANESE OPHIUROIDEA. 265 



AtnjyJiiopJiiiira sculpt il is (Lyman). 



Ophioglypha sculptilis : Lyman, Bull. Mus, Comp. Zool., V, 1878, p. 

 84, PI. IV, figs. 115 & 116; Lyman, Kep. ChaUenger, V, 1882, p. 59, PI. 

 VI, figs. 16-18; IvŒHLEE, Ann. Sei. Nat. Zool., Ser. 8, IV, 1897, p. 301; 

 Kœhlek, Ecli. Indian Mus., Deep-sea Opli., 1899, p. 23 ; Kœhler, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., LXXXVI, 1914, 1914, p. 24. 



Ophiocjh/pha variabilis : Lyman, loc. cit., 1878, p. 85, PI. Ill, figs. 70, 

 78 & 79; Lyman, loc. cit., 1882, p. 60, PI. VI, figs. 10-12. 



OpJiiura sculptilis : Clark, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., LXXV, 1911, p. 77. 



Off Boshn; 1,875 fathoms (L™an). Off Yaku-shima ; 1,008 

 fathoms (Claek). 



Indo-Pacific and Atlantic. 



AviphiopJiiura lapidar ia (Lyman). 



Ophioglypha lapidaria : Lyman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., V, 1878, p. 

 90, PI. in, figs. 67-69; Lyman, Rep. Challenger, V, 1882, p. ßQ, PI. VII, 

 figs. 16-18. 



Off Omai Zaki ; 565 fathoms (Lyman). 



Gymnophiura (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) mihi, 1915. 



Disk high, covered by a soft skin, but partially with fine 

 scales. Piadial shields small, narrow, bar-like, widely separated 

 from one another. Genital papillœ, as well as papillae of arm 

 combs, short, flat, squarish, close- set. Oral shields not very large, 

 hour-glass-shaped. Arms rather long, stout, cylindrical. Dorsal, 

 as well as ventral, arm plates well developed, widely in contact 

 with one another. Lateral arm plates high, bearing seven or 

 eight short, peg-like spines. Tentacle pores very large, with 

 numerous scales. 



