138 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, 



HaUtat. British Seas. — Seven specimens of this species 

 were dredged by H.M.S. *' Triton," from one station in the 

 warm area of the Faroe Channel ; depth, 433 fathoms. 



Other Localities. — Greenland, both eastern and western 

 coasts (Liitken) ; " Valorous " Expedition (Norman) ; ^ North- 

 East America (Liitken). 



Gorgonocephalus Linckii, Lyman (Miill. and Tr.). 



1733. Astrophyton scutatum (-psirs), Linck, De Stellis Marinis, pi. xix., No. 



48. 

 1766. Asterias caput medusce (?), Linne, Fauna Suecica, No. 2115. 

 1777. Astrophyton arborescens, Pennant (no7i Rondel, nee Miill. and Tr. ), British 



Zoology, vol. iv., p. 67, No. 73. 



1841. ,, scutaiuni; Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 67. 



1842. ,, Linckii, Miill. and Tr., Syst. d. Aster., p. 122, 



1865. ,, ,, Lyman, 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. i., p. 190. 



1865. ,, ,, Norman, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 



XV., p. 105. 

 1882. Gorgonocephalus Linckii, Lyman, Zool. Chall. Exp., pt. xiv., p. 264. 

 1884. „ ,, Hoyle, Proc. Roy. Soc, Edinb., June 16. 



Habitat. British Seas. — Cornwall, Shetland, Orkney 

 (Forbes) ; very rare. 



Other Localities. — Norwegian coast to 150 fathoms (Sars, 

 Norman). 



OPHIUEID^. 



Amphiura. 

 Amphiicra hellis, Lyman, var. tritonis. 



1882. AmpMura hellis, Lyman, Zool. Chall. Exp., pt. xiv., p. 127. 



1884. ,, ,, var. tritonis, Hoyle, Proc. Roy. Soc, Edinb., June 16. 



Hahitat. British Seas. — One specimen was dredged by 

 H.M.S. " Triton," from a station in the warm area of the 

 Faroe Channel ; depth, 516 fathoms (Hoyle). 



Other Localities. — Previously this species had only been 

 found at three "Challenger" stations — one off the Fiji 

 Islands, depth 210 to 610 fathoms, the specimens from which 

 are marked " var. ? " ; the other two near the coast of Japan ; 

 depths, 345 and 420 to 775 fathoms (Lyman). 



^ Proc. Roy. Soc, Lend., vol. xxv., p. 208, 1865. 



