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806. O. ALOPECUB.US MSlleb and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 111. Marktanner-Tumebet- 



scHER, 1887. Ann. K. K. naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 2, pi. 13, f. 36-39. 



29 specimens. Adriatic Sea. Trieste. Venice. 



807. O. ANGULATA (Say). 



Ophiura angulata Say, 1825. Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Phil., 5, p. 145. 



Ophiothrix angidala Ayres, 1852. Proc. Boston see. nat. hist., 4, p. 249. Lutken, 1859. Add. 



ad hist. Oph., pt. 2, pi. 4, f. la-g (as 0. iriolacea). Lyman, 1865. lUus. cat. M. C. Z., 1, 



pi. 2, f. 1-3 (colored). 



662 specimens. North Carolina: Oak Island; off Cape Fear, 17 fms. 

 South CaroUna: Charleston. Florida: off Charlotte Harbor, 11-20 fms.; off 

 Turtle Harbor, 12 fms.; off St. Mary's River; off Sand Key; off French Reef; 

 off Carysfort Reef; off Alligator Reef; off Sombrero Key; off Marquesas Keys; 

 west of Tortugas, 36-101 fms. Mexico: Yucatan Bank; north of Jolbos Islands, 

 14 fms. Cuba: off northwest coast, 95 fms.; Bahia Honda; off Coutoy; off 

 Mageros; Guadiana Bay. Jamaica: Montego Bay; Port Henderson; Port 

 Royal; Drunkenman Cay; Port Maria. Off St. Cruz, D. W. I., 115 fms.; 

 Flannegans Passage, 27 fms. St. Thomas. Haiti: Jeremie. Off Montserrat,' 

 85 fms. Off Martinique, 96 fms. Off Dominica, 118 fms. Off St. Vincent, 

 124 fms. Off Carriacou, 163 fms. Off Grenada, 154^262 fms. Off Barbados, 

 13-100 fms. Panama: Aspinwall; Veragua. Brazil: Bahia; Porto Seguro; 

 Cape Frio; Rio de Janeiro; Rat Island; Desterro. Off Rio de la Plata. 



808. O. ARISTULATA Lyman, 1879. Bull. M. C. Z., 6, p. 50, pi. 15, f. 421^24. 



5 specimens, including 2 cotypes. Cape Colony: off Agulhas Bank, 

 150 fms. India: north of Madras, 210 fms.; Dutch East Indies : between Rotti 

 and Timor, 120 fms. 



809. O. ASPIDOTA MtJLLER and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 115. Koehler, 1904. Mem. 



Soc. zool. France, 17, p. 87, f . 50-54. 



5 specimens. Philippine Islands. Dutch East Indies : Celebes^; Macassar. 



810. O. BRACHYACTIS, sp. nov. (/Jpaxfa, short + ixrU, ray). Plate 12, f. 1, 2. 



Disk 3 mm. in diameter; arms 12 mm. long. Distinguishable at once from 

 any of the other West Indian members of the genus, by the covering of the disk 

 and the absence of any distinctive color markings. The disk is covered with 

 rather coarse scales, each of which carries a coarse granule, which under high 

 magnification is seen to be higher than thick and to be crowned with several 



' Without definite locality. 



