MONOGR-Vril OF JAPANJ'ISE orillUriOIDEA. del 



Ophloclermatidce. Many of these characters indicate tliat the 

 present species is a most primitive form of Ophiocoma. 



Ophioconia scoloxtendrlna (La:siarck). 



Ophiocoma scolopendrina var. crinaceiis (MürJjER & Teoschel). 

 OpJdocoma scolopendrina var. schœnleinii (MülIjEU & Trosohel). 



OpMura scolopendrina : Lathaeok, Hist. Nat. Anira. sans Vert., II, 181G, 

 p. 54. 



OpJdocoma scolopendrina: Agassiz, Mem. Soc. Nat. Noucliatol, I, 1835, 

 p. 192'^; Lyman, Rep. Challenger, V, 1882, p. 170 ; Studee, Abh. K. Preuss. 

 Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1882, p. 20; Makktanner-Turneretscher, Ann. K. K. 

 Naturh. Hof mus. Wien, II, 1887, p. 302 ; Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1888, p. 388; ]îrock, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool., XLVII, p. 495; Döderlein, 

 Zool. Jahrb. Sys., HI, 1888, p. 841 ; Loriol, liev. Suisse Zool., I, 1893, p. 

 407; Loriol, Mém. Soc. Pliys. d'llist. Nat. Genève, XXXH, 1894, p. 23; 

 Doderlein, Semon-ZooI. Porschungsr., V, 189G, p. 288; Piaffer, Abh. 

 Senckenberg. Naturf. Gesell., XXV, 1900, p. 83 ; KaiHLER, Exp. Siboga, 

 XLV, Pt. 2, 1905, p. GO; Kœhler, Bull. Sei. Fr. Bclg., XLI, 1907, p. 

 32G; Clark, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., LI, 1908, p. 297. 



OpJdocoma crhiaccus : MÜLLER & Trosciiel, Sys. Ast., 1842, p. 98 ; 

 Lyman, loc. cit.; Studee, loc. cit.; Marktanner-Türneretscher, loc. cit.; 

 Brock, loc. cit.; Loriol, loc. cit., 1893, p. 419; Loriol, loc. cit., 1894, p. 

 21; Clark, loc cit., p. 296. 



OpJdocoma erinaced^^: Doderlein, loc. cit., 1888, p. 289; Clark, ]îull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., LXXV, p. 257. 



OpJdocoma scolopendrina var. erinaceus : Dodellein, loc. cit., 189G, p. 

 289 ; Kœhler, loc. cit., 1905 ; K(EHLER, loc. cit., 1907. 



OpJdocoma scJiœnleinii : Müller & Trosciiel, loc. cit., p. 99 ; Lyman, 



1) This palmer was not seen by mo. 



2) I think Müller & Teoschel used the spocific name as an appositivo noun and not as an 

 adjective, ei'lnaceus signifying a hedgehog; so that, there is no reason to change it to "erinacea." 



