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Asterias murrayi, Bell. 

 .... v., . 



V. E. D. S. Fish. Survey 1891, ^est coast of Ireland (Bi-11 '92, '92 b). 

 Disfn'butiofi. — "^"^est coasts of Scotland and Ireland. 



Asterias hispida, Pennant. {Urasier hispida Forbes B. S.) 

 i., ii., iii., iv., v., . 



i. Belfast Longh (Portlock, f . Forbes '41): coast of Down (Thompson 



'56; Bell '92 b): Strangford Longhand Channel, occasionally 



(Dickie '58). 

 ii. East of Ireland (Wright & Greene '59) : Dublin Bay (Kinahan '59). 

 iii. Trabnlgan, co. Cork, a single yonng specimen (Greene '58). 

 iv. South-west Ireland (Wright & Greene '59). 

 V. JS'orth-western coast of co. Clare (Kinahan '63) : Eonndstone 



(M'Calla, f. Thompson '56) : west of Ireland ( Wright & Greene 



'59). 

 Bistrihution. — British coasts. Sweden (Lonnbei'g). 



Family — Beisingid^ . 



[Brisinga endecacmenos, Asbj.] 



. . . iv., . . 



iv. Off Yalentia and "Porcupine" Exp. 1869, 458 fms. (Thomson 

 '73) : E.I. A., Exp. 1886, 325 fms. (Haddon '88). 

 Distn'iution. — ]S"orway to Spain. 



[Brisinga coronata, G. 0. Sars.] 



. . . iv., . . 

 iv. ''Porcupine" Exp. 1869, 458 fms. (Sladen '89) : E.I. A. Exp. 



1888, 345 fms. (Sladen '91) : "Flying Fox" Exp. 1889, 1000 

 fms., an injiu'ed specimen (Bell '89) : H. M. S. "Eesearch" 



1889, 200 fms., fi'agments only (Bell '90, Bourne '90). 

 Distribution. — Loffoden to Azores. Mediterranean. 



OPHIUEOIDEA. 



Family — Ophiolepidid^. 

 Ophiura ciliaris (Linne). {0. textw-ata Forbes B. S.) 

 i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 

 Generally distributed and common; very large specimens are often 

 obtained off the S. W. coast of Ireland. 



Distrilution, — Eastern side of jSTorth Atlantic. Mediterranean. 



