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notes they were broiun when alive, while the specimens I have 

 •collected in Jamaica were a delicate olive green. 



There are four species of Ophiurids in the collection and 

 these also have all been collected in Bermuda previously. One 

 ■of these, Opliiocoina echinata (Lamk.) (= 0. crassispiiia Say), 

 was previously known from Bermuda from only a single speci- 

 men, but there are eleven before me, one taken in Harrington 

 Sound and the rest along the north shore " about a quarter of 

 a mile southwest from Seaward." There are also three speci- 

 mens of Ophioconia pinnila Ltk. each with six arms, collected in 

 Castle Harbor and Bailey's Bay, a single Ophiura appressa 

 Say from Bailey's Bay and a very large number of Ophionereis 

 reticulata (Say) from the same place. The last one, said to be 

 very common, occurring in " bunches partially buried in the 

 sand." 



There are only two Asteroids in the collection but one of 

 these is of special interest as it is an addition to the fauna of 

 Bermuda. This is Luidia clatJirata (Say) of which there is a 

 single very fine specimen, dredged off the north side of Trunk 

 Island, Harrington Sound, in one or two fathoms of water, the 

 bottom being of clear white sand. Mr. Brush says in his notes : 

 "This starfish must have been buried in the sand in order to 

 have been broken by the dredge, as the latter was slung so that 

 it scooped up about three and one- half inches of sand. I found 

 from inquiry among the natives that this species is only fairly 

 common and that it buries itself in the sand. Its presence is 

 denoted by five furrows in the sand, converging to a single 

 central point. This of course may be an error." The most 

 remarkable thing about the specimen is its color. Mr. Brush 

 says that in life it was salmon pink; in alcohol this has bleached 

 to a creamy white. All of the specimens of clatlirata which I 

 have hitherto seen are bluish-gray, quite dark on the center of 

 the disc and along the aboral side of the arms, and I thought 

 the specimen from Bermuda might prove to be a distinct species. 

 Unfortunately I have no good specimens of clatJirata available 

 for comparison, but so far as I can judge from descriptions and 

 from such material as is available, there is no difference aside 



