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Ophiactis profundi, var. novæ zelandiæ n. var. 
{Ophiactis nigrescens Hutton not New Zealand, = Ophiocoma 
schoenleini M. & Tr.) 
Amphiura magellanica Ljungman 
„ spinipes n. sp. 
„ præfecta Koehler 
„ aster Farquhar {= Amphiura arenaria Farquhar) 
„ noræ Benham 
„ rosea Farquhar 
^ eugeniæ, var. latisquaraa n. var. 
„ amokuræ n. sp. 
„ alba n. sp. 
„ hineraoæ n. sp. 
„ annulifera n. sp. 
„ pusilla Farquhar 
n sp. 
Amphiocnida pilosa (Lyman) 
Amphioplus basilicus (Koehler) 
Ophionephthys stewartensis n. sp. 
Amphipholis squamata (D. Ch.) (= Amphiura parva Hutton) 
Ophionereis fasciata Hutton (non = Ophionereis Schayeri M. 
& Tr.) 
Ophiozonoida picta H. L. Clark 
Ophioplocus Hultoni Farquhar 
Pectinura cylindrica (Hutton) 
„ gracilis n. sp. 
„ raaculata (Verrill) 
As the number of species of Ophiurids recorded in the “In¬ 
dex Faunæ Novæ Zelandiæ” (1904) is 36, the present list, numb- 
ering 41 species, would appear to represent a small progress only 
in our knowledge of the New Zealand Ophiurid fauna. An analy- 
sis of the list of the „Index” will, however, give a somewhat differ- 
ent impression. Out of the list of the „Index” no less than 22 
species are Deep-sea forms, and one is known from the Kermadec 
Islands only. These species might well be added to the present 
list; when omitted here it is not because they are not regarded 
as belonging rightly to the New Zealand fauna, but only because 
