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11. Viviparous, hermaphroditic; oral shields triangular; 4 
armspines. Åmphiura annulifera Mrtsn. 
Not viviparous, sexes separate; oral shields spearhead- 
shaped ; 6—5 armspines. Åmphiura alba Mrtsn. 
12. Oral shields triangular; ventral plates wider than long, 
corners not rounded; 5—4 armspines. 
Åmphiura præfecta Koehler. 
Oral shields roundly heart-shaped; ventral plates longer 
than wide, with rounded corners; 6 armspines. 
Åmphiura pusilla Farquhar. 
13. Outer oral papilla very broad; radial shields contiguous; 
viviparous, hermaphroditic. 
Åmphipholis squamata (D. Ch.). 
Outer oral papilla not very broad; radial shields not con¬ 
tiguous; not viviparous, sexes separate.^). 14. 
14. Four lateral oral papillæ; oral shields short, triangular; 
disk on both sides completely covered with scales. 
Åmphioplus basilicus Koehler. 
Three lateral oral papillæ; oral shields elongate, with 
straight outer edge. Disk (probably) nearly* naked. 
Ophionephthys stewartensis Mrtsn. 
36. Ophioneveis fasciata Hutton. 
Fig. 30. 
Ophionereis fasciata. Hutton. 1872. Catalogue of the Echinod. of New 
Zealand, p. 2. 
— — Hutton. 1872. Descr. of some new Starfishes from 
N. Zealand. P. Z. S. p. 811. 
— Schayeri. Farquhar. 1895. Notes on New Zealand Echin- 
oderms. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XXVII. p. 197. 
— — Farquhar. 1898. On the Echinoderm Fauna of 
N. Zealand. P. L. S. N. S. W. p. 307. 
— — Farquhar. 1907. Notes on N. Z. Echinoderms; 
with descr. of new species. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XXXIX. 
p. 124. 
~ — Ben ham. 1909. Sci. Res. N. Z. G. Trawling Exp. 
Echinodermata. Rec. Canterbury Mus. I 2 - p. 23. 
— — Benham. 1911. Stellerids & Echinids from the 
Kermadec Isl. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XLIII. p. 152 
Non: Ophiolepis Schayeri. Miiller&Troschel. 1844. Beschreibung 
- neuer Asteriden. Arch. f. Naturgesch. p. 182. 
Genital organs and radial shields of Ophionephthys stewartensis unknown. 
