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Specimens of Oplimra dliaris have commonly been taken from the 

 stomachs of God, Haddock, Wldt'mg, Coal-fish, Turhot, Halibut, Plaice, 

 Lemon-sole, Lomj-rougli dab, Common dab, Sail-fluke, Witch-sole, Cat-iish, 

 Gurnard, and other fiBhes. 



Ophiura albida, Forbes, 



1892. Ophiura albida. Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 108, 109. 



Ophiura albida has been taken at six stations in the Moray Firth in 

 from 24 to 41 fathoms, and off the Suter Heads of Cromarty in 12 to 15 

 fathoms. 



Its bathymetrical range, in the British seas, extends (if we include the 

 Faroe Channel, where I have taken it by dredge in the warm area at 458 

 fathoms in 1882) from 12 to 458 fathoms. 



This species has often been found in the stomachs of Cod, Haddock, 

 Whiting (rarej, Cat-fish, Coal-fish, Turbof, Halibut, Plaice, Common 

 dab, Long-rough dab. Witch-sole, and rarely in Gurnard. 



Ophiura robusta, Ayres. 



1892. Ophiura robusta, F. J. Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., Echino- 

 derms, pp. 109, 110. 



Ophiura robusta, so far as I am aware, has not hitherto been recorded 

 from the Moray Firth, where it appears to be an uncommon form. I 

 have taken it in two localities only, oft'Tarbet Ness in 10 to 18 fathoms, 

 and at Station XV. in 26 to 33 fathoms, on a bottom deposit of sandy 

 mud. 



Its bathymetrical range in the British seas, so far as is at present 

 known, extends from 10 to 33 fathoms. It has, however, been taken at 

 a depth of 180 fathoms in the Christiania Fjord (Norman). 



I have also found this species in the stomach of Haddock on Smith 

 Bank, IMoray Firth. 



AMPHIURID.E. 



Amphiura. 



Amphiura chiajii, Forbes. 



1841. Ophiocoma punctata, Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 37 



(Young V). 

 1892. Amphiura chiajii. Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 117, 118. 

 Only three specimens of Amphiura chiajii have been taken by me in 

 the Moray Firth, viz., at Station XIV., 27 to 40 fathoms, and so far as I 

 am aware it has never before been recorded from this area, but further 

 and more careful search in deposits of mud, on which it is generally 

 found, may prove it to be more abundant. 



The bathymetrical range of this species extends in the British seas 



from 20 to 120 fathoms. It was also dredged by me on H.M.S. 



"Triton," in the warm area of the Faroe Channel from 555 fathoms. 



Amphiura chiajii has been found in the stomach of Plaice, Witch-sole, 



Common dab and Long-rough dab. Haddock, and Cod, 



Amphiura filiformis, Forbes (0. F. Mtiller). 



1892. Amphiura filif arms , Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 119. 

 Amphiura filiformis must also be regarded as a rare species in the 



