110 
The small conical tubercies of the dorsal side are rather numer- 
ous on the ribs, few and very sparse in the interspaces; similar 
tubercies also occur on two of the arms at their base, mainly on 
the sides. On the oral side a very few tubercies are found in the 
interbrachial spaces. The underside of the arms is covered by very 
fine granules, seen distinctly only when dried. When these grains 
are removed (by means of hypochlorite of sodium) irregular small 
plates are seen to fill the spaces between the lateral plates, which 
join in the ventral midline. 
9. Ophiomyxa bvevirima H. L. Clark. 
Figs. 4—5. 
Ophiomyxa australis Ltk. H. Farquhar. 1895. Notes on New Zealand 
Echinoderms. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XXVII. p. 199. 
— — H. Farquhar. 1898. On the Echinoderm 
Fauna of N. Z. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. 
p. 309. 
— — W. B. Ben ham. 1909. Scientific Results of 
the N. Z. Governm. Exped. 1907. Echinoderma. 
Rec Canterb. Mus. 1 . 2 . p. 19. 
— brevirima. H.L. Clark. 1915. Catalogue Rec. Ophiurans; 
p. 169. PI. 1 . 3 — 4 . 
Non: Ophiomyxa australis. Liitken. 1869. Add. ad hist. Ophiuridarum. 
III. p. 45. 
— brevirima. F. J e f f r. B e 11. 1917. British Antarctic 
(“Terra Nova“) Exp. 1910. Echinoderma. Zool. IV 3 . 
p. 7. (= Ophiocreas constrictum Farquhar). 
Masked Island, Carnley Harbour, Auckland Isl. 3/XII.1914 4 specimens. 
Figure 8 Island, Carnley Harbour, Auckland Isl. 2/X1I.1914. 12 spec¬ 
imens, found in the base of a Macrocystis, cast on shore. 
Paterson Inlet, Stewart Isl., 5—15 fms. 17/XI.1914. 5 specimens. 
Queen Charlotte Sound, 3—10 fms. 20/1.1915. 3 specimens. 
Colville Channel, 35 fms. 21/XI1.1914. 1 young specimen. 
10 M. N.W. of Cape Maria v. Diemen; 50 fms. 5/1.1915. 2 young spec¬ 
imens. 
Three Kings Isl., 65 fms. 5/1.1915. 1 young specimen. 
The Identification of the young specimens from the three latter 
localities is not beyond doubt; especially that from Three Kings 
Isl. recalls to some degree Ophiomyxa australis. It is, therefore. 
