RECENT OPHIURANS. 283 



Ophiomaza. 



Lyman, 1871. Illus. cat. M. C. Z., no. 6, p. 9. 

 Type-species: Ophiomaza cacaotica Ltman, 1S71. loc. cil. Monotypic when established. 



936. O. CACAOTICA Ltman, 1871. Illus. cat. M. C. Z., no. 6, p. 9, pi. 1, f. 15. Dodeblein, 1896. 



Jena, denkschr., 8, pi. 17, f. 26, 26a. 



9 specimens, including holotype and 2 paratypes. Zanzibar. China Sea. 

 Torres Strait: near Booby Island, 6 fms.; Murray Islands, Mer, on comatulids. 



937. O. OBSCITRA (Ljungman). 



Ophiocnemis obscura Ljitngman, 1867. Ofv. Kongl. Vet.-akad. Forh., 23, p. 333. 

 Ophiomaza obscura Ltman, 1874. Bull. M. C. Z., 3, p. 233. 



3 specimens. Torres Strait: Murray Islands, Mer, on comatulids. 



Species of Ophiomaza not represented in the M. C. Z. 



938. O. CATAPHRACTA (Brock), 1888. Zeits. f. wiss. zool., 47, p. 522 (Lfiffenia). Koehler, 1904, 



Mem. Soc. zool. France, 17, p. 114, f. 92, 93. Queensland: Cape York. 



939. O. MOERENS Koehler, 1898. BuU. sci., 31, p. 85, pi. 2, f. 7, 8. Mergui Archipelago : Cantores 



Island, 8 fms. 



Ophiocnemis. 



MtJLLER and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 83, 87. 



Type-species: Ophiura inarmorata Lamarck, 1816. Anim. sans Vert., 2, p. 543. Monotypic when 



established. 



940. O. MARMORATA (Lamarck). 



Ophiura marnwrata Lamarck, 1816. Anim. sans Vert., 2, p. 543. 



Ophiocnemis marnwrata Muller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 87. Dodeblein, 1888, 

 Zool. jahrb., 3, pi. 32, f. 6a-6c. 



18 specimens. Zanzibar. Cape of Good Hope. Ceylon: Trincomalee. 

 Singapore. 



Species of Ophiocnemis not represented in the M. C. Z. 



941. 0. COTTEAUI de Loriol, 1900. Rev. Suisse zool, 8, p. 84, pi. 7, f. ll-Ug. Liberia. 



942. O. VENUSTA de Loriol, 1900. Rev. Suisse zool, 8, p. 81, pi. 8, f. 2-2g, 3. Singapore. 



Ophiothela. 



Verrill, 1867. Trans. Conn, acad., 1, p. 269. 

 Type-species: Ophiolhrix {Ophiothela) mirabilis Vebbill, 1867. op. cil., p. 268. Type designated. 



943. O. CAERULEA, sp. nov. [caendeus,hhie.). Plate 14, f. 1. 



Disk 3 mm. in diameter; arms about 14 mm. long. Disk and six arms 



