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end. Outside the mouth shield and between the genital scales are two large semicircular 

 plates, whose outer edges reach the margin of the disk. Three arm spines, tapering, very- 

 delicate, situated half-way up on the side arm plate, near l^ase of arm ; they are about 

 half as long as a joint. Tentacle scales minute and semicircular, two on either side of 

 first two pores ; at the third, two on the outer and one on the inner side ; for the rest 

 only one. Colour in alcohol, grey. 



Station 232.— May 12, 1875 ; off Enosima ; lat. 35° 11' N., long. 139° 28' E. ; 340 

 fathoms ; sandy mud. 



Ophioglypha lymani, Ljn. (PI. XXXVIII. figs. 10-13). 



Ophioglyplia lymani, Ljn., Om tvanne nya arter. Of. Kong Akad., p. 472, 1870; Bull Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 7, p. 100. 



Station 304.— December 31, 1875; lat. 46° 53' S., long. 75° 11' W. ; 45 fathoms 



sand. Station 305. — January 1, 1876 ; lat. 47° 48' S., long, 74° 48' W. ; 120 fathoms 



mud. Station 307.— January 4, 1876; lat. 49° 24' S., long. 74° 23' W. ; 140 fathoms 



mud. Station 308.— January 5, 1876 ; lat. 50° 10' S., long. 74° 42' W. ; 175 fathoms 



mud. Station 309.— January 8, 1876 ; lat. 50° 56' S., long. 74° 15' W.; 40 to 140 fathoms 



mud. Station 311.— January 11, 1876 ; lat. 52° 50' S.,long. 73° 53' W.; 245 fathoms 



mud. Station 313.— January 20, 1876, lat. 52° 20' S., long. 68° 0' W. ; 50 fathoms ; sand. 



Ophioglypha irrorata, Lym. (PI. V. figs. 7-9). 



Ophioglypha irrorata, Lym., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. v., part 7, p. 73, pi. iv. figs. 106-108, 

 1878. 



Three very short, small, sharp arm spines, low down. Mouth shield wider than 

 long, with a point within. Radial shields long and separated. Papillae of arm comb 

 close set, flat, and with rounded ends. 



(Type specimen from Station 143.) Diameter of disk 8*5 mm. Width of arm close 

 to disk, without spines, 1'7 mm. Six square, close-set mouth papillae on each side, and 

 one large diamond-shaped at apex of jaw. Mouth shield much broader than long, with 

 outer edge much rounded, and an obtuse angle inward; length to breadth 1*7 : 2. Side 

 mouth shields long and narrow, just meeting within and with a swelling at the outer end. 

 First under arm plate triangular, transverse oval, or wide rounded hexagonal ; second 

 plate pentagonal, with inner angle truncated, outer edge rounded and wider than inner 

 one, lateral sides re-enteringly curved ; beyond this they are rounded triangular, with 

 a broad curve without, and a peak inward. Side arm plates wide, flat, even ; meeting 

 broadly below, beyond third plate separated above by the upper arm plates, which are 

 four-sided, with inner side shorter than outer, which is curved. Disk flat and thin, 

 covered with fine, closely overlapping scales ; there are six large round primary plates, 

 one in the centre and one to each brachial space, widely separated by the disk scales ; on 

 the surface of the disk are a few scattered, very minute spines. Radial shields irregular 



