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able in that it has only four rays. The laro;est specimen is 18 mm. 

 across the disk, a smaller maximum than that of either of the two 

 varieties. 



OPmOPHOLIS ACULEATA var. KENNERLYI. 



Ophiopholis kennerbji Lyman, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, 18G0, p. 200. 

 Ophiopholis caryi Lyman, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, 1860, p. 261. 



Localities. — Albatross station 2849, off Alaska, lat. 55° 16' N. ; 

 lon^y. 160° 28' W., 69 fathoms, green mud, bottom temperature 43°, 

 1 specimen ; station 2850, off Alaska, lat. 54° 52' N. ; long. 159° 46' W., 

 21 fathoms, broken shells, bottom temperature 48.2°, 62 specimens; 

 station 2856, off Alaska, lat. 58° 7' N.; long. 151° 36' W., 68 fathoms, 

 gray sand, black specks, bottom temperature, 44°, 5 specimens; 

 station 2862, off Washington, lat. 50° 49' N.; long. 127° 36' 30" W., 

 238 fathoms, gray sand and pebbles, bottom temperature 44.7°, 7 

 specimens; station 2865, off Washington, lat. 48° 12' N.; long. 122° 

 49' W., 40 fathoms, pebbles, bottom temperature 51.7°, 6 specimens; 

 station 2873, off Washington, lat. 48° 30' N. ; long. 124° 57' W., 40 

 fathoms, rocky, bottom temperature 47.8°, 3 specimens; station 2875, 

 off Washington, lat. 48° 30' N.; long. 124° 57' W., 40 fathoms, rocks, 

 shells, bottom temperature 47.8°, 12 specimens; station 2877, off 

 Washington, lat 48° 33' N.; long. 124° 53' W., 59 fathoms, black 

 sand, mud, bottom temperature 45.5°, 3 specimens; station 2889, off 

 Oregon, lat. 43° 59' N. ; long. 124° 56' W., 46 fathoms, clay, shells, bot- 

 tom temperature 47.7°, 1 specimen; station 3095, off Oregon, lat. 

 42° 44' 45" N.; long. 124° 38' 10" W., 42 fathoms, rocks, stones, 

 broken shells, bottom temperature 47°, 3 specimens; station 3116, 

 off California, lat. 37° 5' 30" N.; long. 122° 19' W., 16 fathoms, rocky, 

 6 specimens; station 3159, off California, lat. 37° 47' 20" N.; long. 

 123° 10' W., 27 fathoms, rocky, 4 specimens; station 3214, off Alaska, 

 lat. 54° 13' N.; long. 163° 6' W., 38 fathoms, gray sand, gravel, 2 

 specimens; station 3220, Bering Sea, lat. 54° 15' N.; long. 165° 6' W., 

 34 fathoms, gravel, broken shells, 2 specimens; station 3262, Bering 

 Sea, lat. 54° 49' 30" N.; long. 165° 2' W., 43 fathoms, broken shells, 

 rocks, bottom temperature 40.7°, 16 specimens; station 3322, Bering 

 Sea, lat. 53° 28' 45" N.; long. 167° 23' 50" W., 35 fathoms, black 

 sand, bottom temperature 42.4°, 2 specimens; station 3593, off 

 Washington, lat. 48° 11' 30" N.; long. 122° 48' W., 37 fathoms, 

 rocky, bottom temperature 46°, 3 specimens; station 4193, off Bowen 

 Island, Gulf of Georgia, 18 to 23 fathoms, green mud, fine sand, 

 bottom temperature 50.3°, 1 specimen; Humboldt Bay, Alaska, 41 

 specimens; Kadiak, 16 specimens;- Portage Bay, Alaska, 7 speci- 

 mens; Bellkofski, 1 specimen; Unalaska, 6 specimens; Semidi 

 Island, 8 fathoms, 5 specimens; Donnelly Point, Loring, Alaska, 16 

 specimens; Killisnoo, Alaska, 15 specimens; Mary Island, Alaska, 



