332 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Ophiopsila hartmeyeri. 

 Koehler, 1913. Zool. jahrb. Suppl., 11, p. 368. 



This is a very pretty species with well-marked characters. It was 

 taken by the Blake many years ago, but Mr. Lyman, apparently 

 without carefulh' examining the specimens, referred them to 0. fulva 

 without comment. The species has been taken at stations near 

 Florida, St. Thomas, Montserrat, Barbados, and the Abrolhos, Brazil, 

 down to 88 fms. 



Ophiopsila aranea. 

 Forbes, 1843. Trans. Linn. soc. London, 19, p. 149. 



Originally taken in the Aegean Sea, this species is now known from 

 the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and many stations in the eastern 

 Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands, north to the Bay of Biscay. 



Ophiopsila polysticta. 

 H. L. Clark, 1915. Mem. M. C. Z., 25, p. 298. 



This is another of the species known from only one specimen. It 

 was taken at Barbados in 7|-50 fms. 



Ophiopsila pantherina. 



Koehler, 1898. Bull, sci., 31, p. 72. 



This species is known to range from the Mergui Archipelago south- 

 eastward to Banda and Timor in 4-46 fms. 



OPHIODERMATIDAE. 



Ophiurodon cupida. 



Ophioconis cujrida Koehler, 1905. SiBOG.\-exp. Oph. litt., p. 15, pi. 1, fig. 19, 



20. 

 Ophiurodon cupida Matsumoto, 1915. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 67, p. 84. 



Among the brittle-stars collected at Port Galera, Mindoro, P. I., 

 in the spring of 1912, by Dr. L. E. Griffin, there is an Ophiurodon 



