OPHIUBANS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 11 



OPHIOLEPIS PAUCISPINA (Say). 



See for bibliography: 



Liitken (59), p. 102, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Lyman (65), p. 65. 



Lyman (82), p. 19. 



Greeff (82), p. 157. 



Kcehlcr (07), p. 287. 



Verrill (07), p. 325. 



Kcehler (13), p. 355. 



Key West, Florida. Four specimens. 

 Without indication. One specimen. 



This species, known in several parts of the West Indies, has been found by 

 Greeff at San Thome (Guinea), at a depth of 1.5-20 fathoms. 



OPHIOZONA IMPRESSA (Lutken). 



See for bibliography: 



Verrill (99), p. 8. 



H. L. Clark (01), p. 2-13. 



Kcehler (13), p. 355. 



Dry Tortugas, Florida. One specimen. 

 Key West, Florida. Forty specimens. 



OPmOZONA NIVEA var. COMPTA Verrill. 



Ophiozona nivea var. compta Verrill (99a), p. 303. 



Off Havana, 18S6. One specimen. 



Diameter of disk 9..') mm.; one arm only is entii-e, its length being about .30 mm. 

 The radial sliields are separated on their whole length. 



Tliis specimen can be referred to the variety distinguished l)_y ^'errill, but if 

 we consider how easily this species varies, a fact owned by Verrill himseK, one may 

 be in doubt as to the usefulness of introducing a new variety based on the radial 

 shields being more or less spread, while there are other plates, such as the mouth 

 shields for instance, which are likely to van,^ quite notably in shape and in their 

 relations with one another. 



0. nivea var. compta has been met with off Havana, between 110 and 263 

 fathoms. The typical species has been taken in various localities of the Caribbean 

 Sea by the Hassler and the Blalce, between 56 and 424 fathoms. 



OPHIOMASTUS SECUNDUS Lyman. 



Ophiomastus sicundus Lym.\n (78a), p. 218, pi. 2, figs. l(j-18. 

 Ophiomastus seeundus Lyman (82), p. 101, pi. 39, fig. 14. 

 Ophiomastus seeundus Lyman (83), p. 248. 



Albatross station 2645. Apr. 9, 1886. Lat. 25° 46' 30" X.; long. 80° 02' W.; 

 157 fathoms; gn. s.; temp. 43.4° F. Several specimens. 



Albatross station 2646. Apr. 9, 1886. Lat. 25° 47' N.; long. 80° 05' W.; 

 85 fathoms; gy. s. for. Three specimens. 



