ODIXIA. 



105 



a. Between Faeroe and Shetland Islands, ' Porcupine ' Exp. (St. 74). 



203 fms. (Fragments of arms.) 



b. 53 miles W. \ S. of Dursley Head, R. Irish Acad. 



325 fms. (Disk, three fragments of arms.) 



2. Brisinga coronata. 



Brisinga coronata, G. O. Bars, Vid. Selsk. Fork. 1871 (1872). p. 5; 

 id. On some Remarkable Forms Sfc. 1875, p. 102: Wyv. Thorns. 

 Depths of the Sea, (1873) p. 00. not fig. 5; Dan. fy For. Norske 

 Nordhavs Ast. (1884) p. 104; Terrier, Ann. Set. Nat. xix. (1885) 

 art. no. 8, p. 4 ; Bell. Ann. § Mat/, iv. (1889) p. 435 ; Sladen, Chall. 

 Rep. Ast. (1889) p. 004 ; id. Proc. JR. Ir. Acad. i. (1891) p. 098. 



E = 18 to 20 ,-. 



Arms varying in number from nine to thirteen, with strong trans- 

 verse ridges in the proximal part of each arm ; these are provided 

 with strong spines. Ambulacra wide, bordered by three rows of 

 spines, of which the innermost is very small and delicate and the 

 outermost large and projecting. Madreporite not conspicuous. 

 Pedicellariae in large numbers. 



Distribution. East side of Xorth Atlantic from Lofoten Islands to 

 coast of Spain. From 220 to 1300 fms. 



a. De^p water, S.W. coast of Ireland. G. C. Bourne, Esq. 



(A disk and pieces of arms.) 



b. South of Rockall Bank, 030 fms. ' Porcupine ' Exp. 



(Fragments of arms.) 



c. S. W. Ireland, 1000 fms. ' Flying Fox ' Exp. 



2. ODINIA. 



Odinia, Perrier, Ann. Sci. Nat. xix. (1885) art. 8, p. 9; Sladen, Chall. 



Pep. Ast. (1889) p. 597. 

 Brisinga, auct. (pars). 



Disk small, rays less than or not much more than twenty, with 

 ridge-like lateral and dorsal bands on the proximal part of the 

 arms, which are swollen ; a number of papula? scattered among the 

 plates of the dorsal skeleton ; major pedicellaria? numerous, no 

 minor present. 



1 . Odinia pandina. 



Odinia pandina, Sladen, Chall. Pep. Ast. (1889) p. 598. 

 Brisinga coronata, Wyv. Thorns, (pars), Depths of the Sea, (1873^ 

 p. 66, fig. 5. 



R = 15 >■ (nearly). 

 Rays from thirteen to eighteen. 



a. Faeroe Channel, 440 fms. ' Porcupine ' Exp. (St. 51). 



b. Faeroe Channel, 500 fms. ' Lightning' Exp. (St. 7). 



