. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. OPHIOLEPIDAE 341 St. 45. 6. iv. 26. 27 miles S 85° E of Jason Light, South Georgia, 238-270 m. i specimen. St. 126. 19. xii. 26. 53" 58' S, 37" 08' W, South Georgia, 100 (-0) m. i specimen. St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia, 122-136 m. 1 specimen (young). St. 156. 20. i. 27. 53° 51' S, 36° 21' W, South Georgia, 200-236 m. 8 specimens (young). St. 363. 26. ii. 30. 2-5 miles S 80° E of SE point of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands, 329-278 m.
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. OPHIOLEPIDAE 341 St. 45. 6. iv. 26. 27 miles S 85° E of Jason Light, South Georgia, 238-270 m. i specimen. St. 126. 19. xii. 26. 53" 58' S, 37" 08' W, South Georgia, 100 (-0) m. i specimen. St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia, 122-136 m. 1 specimen (young). St. 156. 20. i. 27. 53° 51' S, 36° 21' W, South Georgia, 200-236 m. 8 specimens (young). St. 363. 26. ii. 30. 2-5 miles S 80° E of SE point of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands, 329-278 m. I specimen. St. WS 33. 21. xii. 26. 54° 59' S, 35° 24' W, South Georgia, 130 m. 2 specimens. Although G. A. Smith in describing this species omitted to give a figure of the oral side, I can have no doubt that the present specimens belong to that species, the more so as they come from the type locality, off South Georgia. One point alone would seem to be in contradiction to the description given by Smith, viz. the mouth shields, which are stated by Smith to be very large, occupying the whole of the interbrachial area on the. Fig. 50. Amphiophiura Rowetti, G. A. Smith. Part of oral side (a) and dorsal side (b); part of arm in side view (c). X 15. ventral surface. The figure of the oral side given here is not in accordance with this statement; it shows the buccal shields rather small, occupying only the proximal half of the ventral interradius. There is, however, much variation in this respect, some of the other specimens having the buccal shields relatively larger, so as to cover more or less completely the whole ventral interradius; this depends to a great extent on the state of contraction of the interradius of the specimen (due to food content or the sexual state at the time of capture—and also, of course, to age, the younger specimens having these plates relatively larger). There is no possibility of distinguishing more than one species from the character of the mouth
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