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in water of about this depth, never having taken it within twenty- 

 five fathoms. Owing to the extraordinary length and delicacy 

 of the rays, and the readiness with which they are severed from 

 the small fleshy disc, I have never yet obtained a really perfect 

 specimen. 



2. Amphiura Chiajii (Forbes). 



Am,phiura Chiajii, Forbes. Trans. Linn. Soc, Vol. XIX. 

 (1845), p. 151. PL XIV., figs. 14-18. 



Amphiura Chiajii, Sars. Bidrag til Kundsk. om Middle- 

 havets Littoral Fauna, p. 86. PI. I., figs. 8-10. 



Amphiura Chiajii, Liitken. Addit. ad hist. Ophiu. Forste 

 Afdeling (1858), p. 56. PL II., fig. 11. 



Eather rare on our coast, G. H. 



This species is sometimes taken along with the preceding. It 

 may be readily distinguished from A. filiformis by the presence 

 of six distinct circular scales, one occupying the centre of the 

 disc (on the dorsal surface), the others being arranged round it. 

 It was found for the first time on this coast in diggings from 

 twenty-five to thirty fathoms off Seaham in 1862. Since then 

 it has been occasionally taken in an imperfect condition in the 

 same locality. It was also obtained in Berwick Bay, during the 

 dredging expedition of 1864. 



3. Amphiura elegans (Leach). (Gray Brittle-star.) 



Ophiura elegans, Leach. Zool. Mise., Vol. II. (1815), 



p. 57. 

 Ophiocoma neglecta, Forbes. British Starfishes (1841), 



p. 30. 



Amphiura neglecta, Forbes. Trans. Linn. Soc, Vol. 

 XIX. (1845), p. 150. 



Common within tide marks, J. A. 



Common between tide marks, under stones, and amongst the 

 roots of Corallina ojicinalis. It is found of larger dimensions on 



