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it may not seem too fanciful to expect that also the Op/zmra-group 
will ultimately prove to be represented there. 
None of the new species described in this paper are of excep- 
tional morphological interest. A noteworthy discovery is the vi vi¬ 
pa ri ty of Ophiomyxa brevirima and of Åmphiura annulifera, the 
latter being also h e r m a p h r o d i t i c. Very interesting is also 
the find of a parasitic Copepod of the genus Cancerilla on Åmphi- 
pholis squamata; while the Ophiurid cannot be distinguished from 
the specimens living in the European seas (and, apparently, all 
over the world), the parasite is specifically quite distinet from the 
Cancerilla tuhulata infesting specimens in the European seas — 
(according to kind information from Mr. K. Stephensen, who is 
preparing a report on the Crustaceans collected at the Auckland- 
Campbell Islands). 
The material upon which the present report is based was col¬ 
lected mainly by the author himself during his visit to New Zea¬ 
land and the Auckland-Campbell Islands in 1914—15. Further 
Mr. W. R. B. Oliver, the Dominion Museum, Wellington, has done 
me the favour partly of presenting me with material from his own 
collection and partly of sending me some Ophiurids from the col- 
lections of the Wellington Museum, among which the types of 
''Ophiaetis nigrescens'’ Hutton, Pectinura cylindrica (Hutton), Åstro- 
toma Waitei Benham, cotypes of Åmphiura arenaria Farquhar, Ophio- 
thrix oliveri Benham, and some material from the Cook Strait, col¬ 
lected by Mr. Hazelwood, comprising Gorgonocephalus chilensis, 
var. novæ-zelandiæ, Ophiaeaniha vilis and Ophiaetis hiria, the two 
former new to science, the latter new to the New Zealand fauna. 
Also to Professor W. B. Ben ham, Otago, I am greatly indebted 
for important material, comprising the type of H u 11 o n’s 
parva, a cotype of Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, Var. and a specimen 
of Ophiocreas constrictum Farquhar from the type-locality. I beg 
herewith to tender my cordial thanks to the two said gentlemen. 
Finally, I beg to express my great indebtedness to the Authorities 
of the British Museum, London, for leaving me for study the Oph¬ 
iurids from New Zealand seas, collected by the “Terra Nova” Ex- 
pedition, allowing these specimens to be sent to Copenhagen. I 
had an opportunity of a rather cursory examination of these spec¬ 
ies during my visit to the British Museum in 1920, and of seeing 
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