246 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Ophiomyxa Jlaccida, Ltk. (PI. XLIII. figs. 1-3) ; Addit. ad Hist., part 2, p. 138, 

 pi. V. fig. 1, 1859 ; Lym., 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. i. p. 178, lA. ii. figs. 18-19 ; Vll. 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. i., part 2, p. 366 ; Lym., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. v., part 9, 

 p. 233. 



OpMwa Jlaccida, Say, Journ. Phil. AcaJ., vol. v. p. 151, 1825. 



Ophiomyxa cariha>a, Ltk., Vid. Meddel., p. 10, 1856. 



Bahia ; 7 to 20 fathoms. 



Station 36. — April 23, 1873; off Bermudas ; 32 fathoms; mud. 



Ophiomyxa australis, Ltk., Addit. ad Hist., part 3, p. 99, 1869. 



Station 161. — April 1, 1874; oflf Entrance to Port Philip ; 38 fathoms; sand. St. 

 Paul's Rocks; 100 fathoms. Station 162.— April 2,1874; off" East Monco3ur Island, 

 Bass Strait; 38 to 40 fathoms; sand. Station 163.— April 4, 1874; off Twofold Bay; 

 lat, 36° 56' S., long. 150° 30' E. ; 120 fathoms. Station 172.— July 22, 1874; off 

 Nukualofa, Tongatabu ; 18 to 240 fathoms; coral. Station 173.— July 24, 1874; lat. 

 19° 10' S., long. 179° 40' E. ; 310 to 315 fathoms ; coral. Station 167.— June 24, 1874; 

 lat. 39° 32' S., long. 171° 48' E. ; 150 fathoms; grey ooze. Station 201.— October 26, 

 1874; lat. 7° 3' N., long. 121° 48' E. ; 82 to 102 fathoms. Amboyna ; 100 fathoms; 

 stones and gravel. 



Ophiomyxa vivipara. Studer, Monatsb. d. Kouig. Akad. Berlin, p. 462, 1876; Cape 

 ■of Good Hope, Kerguelcn Island, Straits of Magellan. 



Studer {loc. cit.) describes the arrangement of the embryos within the mother. I 

 found them quite as described by him. 



Station 142.— December 18, 1873; lat. 35° 4' S., long. 18° 37' E. ; 150 fathoms; 

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

 mud. Station 313.— January 20, 1876; lat. 52° 20' S., long. 68° 0' W. ; 55 fathoms; 

 sand. Station 314.— January 21, 1876 ; lat. 51° 36' S., long. 65° 40' W. ; 70 fathoms ; 

 sand. 



Species of Ophiomyxa not herein described. 



OjMomyxa p>entagona, Miill. & Tr., Syst. Ast., p. 108, 1842 ; Lym., 111. Cat. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., No. i. p. 180 ; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. iii., part 10, p. 272, pi. vii. fig. 

 18; Ludwig, Anatomic der Ophiurcn, Zeits. fiir Wissen. Zoologie, vol. xxxi. p. 241; 

 Echin, des Mittelmeeres, p. 552. 



Stella penfar/ona scolopendroides rfgularit;, Linck, De Stell. Jlar., p. 51, pi. xxvii. fig. 4G, 1733. 

 Ojjidura pentaguua, Link., Hist. Anim. sans Vert., vol. ii. p. 546, 181 G. 



Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Jilgean Seas. 



