ARTICLE Xlll.-THE ECHINODERMS, OTHER THAN HOLOTHURIANS, 

 OF THE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF iNEW ZEALAND. 



By W. B. Benham, D.Sc., F.R.S., University of Otago. 



This small collection of Stellerids, containing but four species,* includes one that 

 is new to our fauna, Asterina fimbriata, which provides another link with the South 

 American fauna, for, as in the case of Odontaster grayi, which was obtained off Otago 

 and recorded in the " Scientific Results of the ' Nora Niven ' Trawling Expedition," 

 its occurrence has hitherto been limited to the region of the Falkland Islands and 

 Magellan Strait. 



I have been able to submit to a comparative examination a number of specimens 

 of Henricia (Cribella) ornata, which was recorded years ago at Campbell Island 

 by Filhol, and to identify with it Mr. Farquhar's C. lukinsii from the Aucklands. 

 The distribution of this species round a good portion of the Subantarctic Ocean is 

 already known, and a discussion as to the possible identity of certain other antarctic 

 species indicates its possible circumpolar extension. The comparison of specimens 

 of Amphiura squamata (elegans) with Button's type of A. parva has revealed the 

 identity of the latter with this little British Ophiurid, which had already been re- 

 corded from ourfshores by Mr. Farquhar. 



Incidentally, a perusal of the literature has enabled me to rectify, as I believe, 

 the nomenclature of the last two species. 



I desire to acknowledge the ready help given to me by Mr. Farquhar, by the 

 loan of papers and otherwise. 



LASTEROIDEA. 



Fam. ASTERINIDAE. 



Asterina, Nardo, 1834. 

 Asterina fimbriata, Perrier. 



1875. Perrier, " Revision de la Collection des Stellerides du Museum d'Histoire 

 naturelle de Paris," p. 307. 



On the rocks of Masked Island, in Carnley Harbour, I observed numbers of 

 an orange-red or reddish-brown Asterina which I supposed to be small individuals 



• In addition to the starfishes recorded below, I must mention that Filhol records the presence 

 of Ophidifuter campbeUi, Perrier, at Campbell Island, but no specimens were obtained during this 

 expedition, nor, so far as I am aware, has the species been obtained since the Transit of Venus Ex- 

 pedition in 1874. Indeed, I can find no reference to the original account of it, and suppose that the 

 name is only a M8. one. No mention of any such species is made by Sladen, nor in Broim's " Thier- 

 reichs " ; nor can \ find any record of it in the " Zoological Record " for the period of the issue of 

 the " Mission de File Campbell." I suspect that it is a nomen nudum. 



