407 Canon A. M. Norman — Notes on the 



Ophiuroidea. 



0/>hiun( Sarsii, Liitken. In all the Sydvaranger fiords. 



albida, Porbcs. Vadso (Danielssen). 



rolmsta, Ayres. Yaranger, Bog, and Lakso Fiords. Also 



Svolvser, Lofoten Islands, shallow water to 125 fathoms. 

 earned, M. Sars. Yadsii, in 50-100 fathoms (M. Sars). 



affinis, Liitkeu, Unusually large in the Varauger Fiord; 



also at Svolvocr, Lofoten Islands. 

 Ojjliiocten sericeum, Forbes. Off Vardo, in 148 fathoms (' Yciriu- 



gen/ Stat. 262). 

 ^Ampliiura eJegans, Leach. I found this species at Svolvcer, Lofoten 



Islands. It is not yet known in East Finmark, though it 



has been recorded from as far east as the Murman coast by 



Jarzynsky. 

 OpMoi^Iiolis aculeata, JjmnQ. In all the fiords. 

 OpJiiacantJia hidentata, Retzius. Yaranger and Lang Fiords, down 



to 125 fathoms (A. M. N.) ; Porsanger Fiord (Gner/). 

 Opliioscolex glacialis, Miiller & Troschel. Off Yardo, in 148 



fathoms, four small specimens (' Yuringen,' Stat. 2G2). 

 purpureus, Diiben & Koren. Dr. Hjort, in the 'Michael 



Sars,' dredged this species in 1900 in the Porsanger Fiord 



{Grieg). 

 \_Asteronyx Loveni, Miiller & Troschel. Herr Grieg informs me (in 



litf.) that this species was inserted by mistake in the East 



Finmark column of his paper. It was taken by M. Sars in 



Oxfjord, AVest Finmark, and not in Oxfjord in East Finmark.]] 

 Gorgonoceplialus Lamarcki, Miiller & Troschel. Herr Grieg writes 



to me that a specimen of this species from Yaranger Fiord 



(Yadsti) is in the Bergen Museum. 

 ■ eucnemis, Miiller tS: Troschel. Taken by M. Sars at Vadsci in 



1857 on Primnoa kpadifera ; but some doubt attaches to the 



identification of the young specimen (Sa7-s, 2). 



Agassizii, Stimpson. This species is in the Bergen Museum 



from the Yaranger Fiord {Grieg). This is the only instance of 

 its occiirring on the European coast. It is known from 

 N.E. America, Greenland, and Jan May en. 



ASTEROIDEA. 



Arcliasier tennispinus, Diiben & Koren. Porsanger Fiord and off 



Yardo, in 127-148 fathoms (' Yuringen'). 

 Flutonaster PareKi, Diiben & Koren, var. longihracJiialis, Dan. & 



Kor. In the same two dredgiugs as the preceding (' Yoringen '). 

 Ctenodiscus crispatus, Iletzius. Inner reach of Lang Fiord, in 5- 



30 fathoms : Eiig Fiord, in 100-120 fathoms; and Yaranger 



Fiord, 100-125 fathoms. 



