RECENT OPHIURANS. 289 



978. O. DUBIA (Muller and Troschel). 



Ophiolepis diibia Muller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 94. Savtgny, 1809. Descr. 



de I'Egj-pte (Audouin), Rayonnes, pi. 1, f. 3'-3"'. 

 Ophionereis duHa Ltman, 1865. Illus. cat. M. C. Z., no. 1, p. 149. 



11 specimens. Red Sea. British East Africa: Mombasa. Zanzibar. 

 Mauritius. Philippine Islands, 30 fms. Japan: mouth of the Bay of Yeddo. 

 Torres Strait: Badu; Friday Island. Queensland: Green Island, near Cairns. 



979. O. EURYBRACHYPLAX H. L. Clark, 1911. BuU. 75 U. S. N. M., p. 173, f. 78. 



2 PARATYPES. Off California, 27 fms. Off eastern Japan, 31-41 fms. 



980. 0. PORRECTA Lyman, 1860. Proo. Boston soc. nat. hist., 7, p. 260. 1865. Illus. cat. M. C. Z., 



no. 1, p. 147, f. 14, 15. 



23 specimens, including holotype and 3 paratypes. Hawaiian Islands: 

 Honolulu, 18 fms.; Maui; Hawaii, Hilo. Fiji Islands. Torres Strait: Murray 

 Islands, Mer. 



981. 0. RETICULATA (Say). 



Ophiura reticulata Say, 1825. Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Phil., 5, p. 148. 



Ophionereis reticulata LtiTKEN, 1859. Add. ad hist. Oph., pt. 2, p. 110, pi. 3, f. 6a-6c. 



178 specimens. Bermuda^: Fairyland Bay. Bahamas. Florida': 

 Miami; Cape Florida; Key Biscayne; off Carysf ort Reef , 35 fms. ; Key West; 

 Tortugas. Gulf of Mexico, 37-110 fms. West Indies': Jamaica: Montego 

 Bay; Port Antonio; Kingston. St. Thomas, D. W. I. Off Montserrat, 88 fms. 

 Venezuela: Bay of Cumana. Brazil: off Cape Frio, 35 fms.; Rio Janeiro; 

 Rat Island. 



982. O.SCHAYERI (MtfLLER^and Troschel). Plate 13, f. 1, 2. 

 Ophiolepis schayeri Muller and Troschel, 1844. Arch, naturg., 10, p. 182. 



Ophionereis schayeri Lutken, 1859. Add. ad hist. Oph., pt. 2, p. 110. 



25 specimens. New South Wales: Port Jackson. Victoria: Western- 

 port. Australia: Bass Strait, 38-40 fms. New Zealand: Dunedin; WeUing- 

 ton. Juan Fernandez. 



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



983. O. FUSCA Brock, 1888. Zeits. f wiss. zool., 47, p. 492. Koehler, 1904. Mem. Soc. zool. 



France, 17, p. 72, f. 27. Amboina. 



984. O. NUDA Lutken and Mortbnsen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, p. 163, pi. 14, f. 7-9. Gulf of 



Panama, 85 fms. Galapagos Islands, 53 fms. 



985. O. OLIVACEA H. L. Clark, 1901. BuU. U. S. fish comm., 2, p. 248, pi. 14, f. 10-13. Porto 



Rico ; eastern coast, 6 fms. 



' Without definite locality. 



