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The Ophiocoma lellis 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 (Miill. sp.). 



Firth of Forth (Howd.)-, Bass Eock, 

 24 fathoms (M. & R). 

 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 

 gravel near Dunbar. 



A. chiagii (Forbes). 



Off Anstruther (H. D. S. .) ; Firth of 

 Forth (F. M. R) ; Bass Eock, 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 

 Forbes in his " History of British Starfishes." 

 In 1845, Forbes described an ophiurid * 

 (Amphiura chiagii}, which is supposed by 

 the Eev. A. M. Norman to be the adult 

 form of Forbes' earlier 0. punctata. 

 Amphiura chiagii is not uncommon 

 near the mouth of the Forth, and is 

 found on both the western and eastern 

 coasts. 



A. squamata (Dell. Ch. sp.). 



Newhaven (J. .); Firth of Forth (Howd} ; 



Dunbar (Ed. Mus}. 



The Ophiocoma neglecta of Forbes. We 



* Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xix., p. 151. 



