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The Ophiocoma bellis of Forbes. This 
beautiful species is somewhat sparsely 
distributed in the Forth. We have taken 
it on the oyster banks at 5 fathoms, and 
in deeper water in Aberlady Bay, and 
have obtained it while shore-collecting 
near the piers. 
Amphiura filiformis (Mill. sp.). 
Firth of Forth (Howd.); Bass Rock, 
24 fathoms (I. & &.). 
The Ophiocoma filiformis of Forbes. This 
species is found on the west coast of Scot- 
land and in the Irish seas. Mr F. M. 
Balfour found it plentiful on mud and 
eravel near Dunbar. 
A, chiagii (Forbes). 
A, squamata (Dell. 
Off Anstruther (HZ. D. S. G.); Firth of 
Forth (F. . B.); Bass Rock, 24 fathoms 
(M. & B.). 
The first record of the occurrence of this 
species in the Forth is that of a specimen 
obtained from the stomach of a cod off 
Anstruther, by Mr H. Goodsir, and which 
was described as Ophiocoma punctata by 
Forbesin his “History of British Starfishes.” 
In 1845, Forbes described an ophiurid * 
(Amphiura chiagii), which is supposed by 
the Rev. A. M. Norman to be the adult 
form of Forbes’ earlier 0. punctata. 
Amphiura chiagi is not uncommon 
near the mouth of the Forth, and is 
found on both the western and eastern 
coasts. 
Ch. sp.). 
Newhaven (J. G@.); Firth of Forth (Howd.) ; 
Dunbar (Zd. Mus.). 
The Ophiocoma neglecta of Forbes. We 
* Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xix., p. 151. 
