124 
16. Ophiactis resiliens Lyman. 
Figs. 11.1—4. 
Ophinctis resiliens. Ly man. 1882. Challenger Ophiuroidea, p. 115. PI. 
XX. Figs. 7—9. 
— nomentis. Farquhar. 1907. Notes on New Zealand Echino- 
derms, with descript. of a new spec’es. Trans. N. Z. 
Inst. XXXIX. p. 125. 
— — Ben ham. 1909. Scientific Results N. Z. G. Trawling 
Exped. Rec. Canterbury Mus. I. Nr. 2. p. 23. 
resiliens. Fl. L. Clark. 1909. Scientif. Results of the Trawling 
Expedition of H. M. C. S. “Thetis“. Mern. 
Austral. Mus. IV. p. 539. 
— — 1915. Catalogue RecentOphiurans p.265. 
— nomentis — — — p.264. 
PI. 11. figs. 1 -2. 
resiliens — 1916. Report on the Sea-Lilies, Star- 
fishes, Brittle Stars etc. Biol. Res. Fish- 
ing Exper. F. I. S. “Endeavour“. IV.i. 
p. 87. 
— — 1918. Brittle-Stars, new and old Buli. 
M. C. Zool. LXII. p. 312. 
— nomentis — 1918. Ibid. p. 312. 
Off White Island, {31^ 40’ S. 177® 1’ E.), 55 fms; sandy mud. 19/XII 14. 
1 specimen. 
Slipper Island, under stones at low water. 20/XII.14. 2 specimens 
Colville Channel, 35 fms; sandy mud. 21/XII.14. 1 specimen. 
Little Barrier Isl, 30 fms; shells. 29/XII 14. 1 specimen. 
Moku Hinau Isl., Hauraki Gulf; 5 fms; gravel. 30;XII.]4. 1 specimen. 
10 M. N.W. of Cape Maria v. Diemen; 50 fms; hard bottom. 5/1.15. 4 
specimens. 
Off New Plymouth; 8 fms; hard bottom. 12 1.15 3 specimens. 
Cook Strait, 120 fms. 13 VIII.1920. ^^Coll. by Mr. Flazelwood; received 
from Mr. W. R. B. Oliver). 
In his paper “Brittle-Stars, old and new“ (p. 312) H. L. Clark 
States regarding Ophiactis nomentis Farquhar that it is very near 
O. resiliens Lyman “though apparently larger, but if the differences 
in the oral shields and adoral plates prove to be constant, the two 
forms may well be kept apart“. A very careful comparison of the 
two forms has led me to the result that they are decidedly ident- 
ical, and the name Ophiactis nomentis thus becomes a synonym of 
O. resiliens. 
