126 Tra?isactioiis. 



A number of specimens were dredged up by Mr. Haylock at 

 Cape Maria van Diemen, between the little island on which the 

 lighthouse stands and the mainland, in about 4 fathoms of M^ater, 

 among seaweed and stones. 



Ophiopeza danbyi. 



This species is given in the " Index " without a reference. 

 It was described by me in the Linnean Society's Journal (Zool), 

 vol. xxvi, p. 189 (1897), from a specimen collected by Mr. Danby 

 at the Kermadecs, which is now in the Canterbury Museum. 



A number of echinoderms are given in the " Index " which, 

 are not in my " List." The reason of this is that Captain Hut- 

 ton included the species foimd at the Kermadec Islands and 

 " Challenger " Stations Nos. 170 and 170a. These may be in- 

 cluded in our fauna, as the Kermadecs are^part of this colony,, 

 and their land fauna and flora are essentially New-Zealandian. 



ASTEROIDEA. 



Gnathaster miliaris. 



1846. Astrogonium miliare, Gray. Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 80. 

 1866. „ „ Synopsis of Starfish, p. 10. 



1872. Pentaceros rugosus, Hutton. Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 812. 

 1872. Astrogonium rugosum, Hutton. Cat. Ech. N.Z., p. 7. 

 1876. Pentagonaster miliaris, Perrier. Revis. Stell. Mus.,p. 220. 

 1878. „ „ Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., 



2^ serie, vol. 1, p. 84. 

 1889. Gnathaster miliaris, Sladen. Chger. Rpts., vol. xxx,. 



pp. 286, 750. 

 1897. Gnathaster rugosus, Farquhar. Jrn. Linn. Soc. (Zool.),^ 



vol. xxvi, p. 194. 



Having compared Gray's description and figure and Hutton' s- 

 description of this species, and of his supposed new species 

 (A-^. rugosus) with Perrier's original description of Goniodon 

 (lilatatus, and with Hutton's type specimens in the Colonial 

 Museum, I have come to the conclusion that Hutton's N. rugosus 

 is N. miliaris. Gray ; and the specimens identified by Hutton 

 as Gray's species are specimens of Perrier's Goniodon dilatatus. 

 The synonymy of Gray's species G. miliaris will therefore stand 

 as above. 



Goniodon dilatatus. 



1872. Astrogonium. miliare, Hutton (non Gray). Cat. Ech. 

 N.Z., p. 7. 



