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There is now a second question of denomination to be discussed, namely, that 

 referring to the Amphiodia which Liitken successively designated as cordifera 

 and nisei. I have had in hand Liitken's type with the label in this naturalist's 

 own handwriting, and this label reads exactly: "Amphipholis. Amphiura Riisei 

 Liitken=A cordifera Liitken." It seems therefore that the name of nisei was 

 preferred by him, and considering also that the name cordifera might lead to con- 

 fusion, I feel rather inclined to adopt the former, for, in my opinion, the rule of 

 priority must not be applied with such strictness as to procure inconveniences or 

 facilitate errors. Besides, I beg to point out that the term cordifera has been 

 employed only by Ljungman (71, p. 647), who classified this species in the genus 

 AmpJiipholis, but the very few authors who have written about it since, such as 

 Ludwig in 1882 and H. L. Clark in 1901, have designated it under the name of 

 nisei. The same denomination was adopted also by Lyman in 1875 (75, p. 128) 

 and in 1882 (82, pp. 125 and 146). 



OPHIACTIS ASPERULA (Phillppl). 



See for bibliography: 

 Kcehler (08), p. 80. 



Albatross station 2768. Jan. 14, 1888. Lat. 42 24' S.; long. 61 38' 30" W.; 

 43 fathoms; dk. s. bk. s. Ten specimens. 



Albatross station 2770. Jan. 16, 1888. Lat. 48 37' S.; long. 65 46' W.; 

 58 fathoms; gy. s. bk. sp. Two specimens. 



Albatross station 2773. Jan. 17, 1888. Lat. 52 23' S.; long. 68 11' W.; 

 10 fathoms; fne. gy. s. One specimen. 



Albatross station 2775. Jan. 18, 1888. Lat. 52 22' 30" S.; long. 69 22' W.; 

 29.5 fathoms; s. st. Five specimens. 



Albatross station 2777. Jan. 19, 1888. Lat. 52 38' S.; long. 70 10' 30" W.; 

 19.75 fathoms; g. Three specimens. 



Albatross station 2778. Jan. 23, 1888. Lat. 53 01' S.; long. 70 42' 15" W.; 

 61 fathoms; gy. s. bk. sp. ; temp. 49.9 F. Seven specimens. 



Albatross station 2779. Jan. 23, 1888. Lat. 53 06' S.; long. 70 40' 30" W.; 

 77.5 fathoms; gn. oz. ; temp. 46.9 F. Two specimens. 



Coast of Patagonia. Two dry specimens. 



OPHIACTIS DISPAR (Verrill). 



Albatross station 2146. Apr. 2, 1884. Lat. 9 32' N.; long. 79 54' 30" W.; 

 34 fathoms; brk. sh. ; Several specimens. 



Albatross station 2369 (?). Feb. 7, 1885. Lat, 29 16' 30" N.; long. 85 32' 

 W. ; 26 fathoms; crs. gy. s. brk. sh. Several specimens. 



OPHIACTIS DUPLICATA (Lyman). 



See for bibliography : 

 Kcehler (00), p. 171. 



Albatross station 2117. Jan. 17, 1884. Lat. 15 24' 40" N.; long. 63 31' 30" 

 W.; 683 fathoms; yl. m. fne. s.; temp. 39.75 F. Two specimens. 



