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X :'.'.'.'.'.'. \ .2 1 Pasiphrea magna Pasiphrea pacifica Pasiphoea emarginata Pasiphrea princeps Pasiphrea corteziana Pasiphrea affinis Parapasiphre serrata Acanthephyra curtirostris Hymenodora glacialis Hymenodora frontalis Palcemon ritteri PalaMnonetes kadiakensis Urocaris infraspinis Pontonia californiensis Periclimenes tenuipes Pandalus borealis Pandalus goniurus Pandalus jordani Pandalus montagui tridens Pandalus leptocerus Pandalus platyceros Pandalus hypsinotus Pandalus danix; Pandalus stenolepis Pandalus gurneyi DECAPODS II!xx : x X X '. y. '.'.'. y. X '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. y. '. I x y x '. x '. '. '. '. '. y y '. '. X X '. : : : ] i i i ] ; ; i i ', I ', X I X ', ', i ; X : : '. '. '. X y. : X X X X X : : '. '. : : : X X i '. ' i : : : : : X : ] '.^^ X '.XXX : : X '.XXX : : : : : '. x x x x x x : ; x x : '. x x i i x x '. '. I X '. '. y y '. X X '. '. '. '. '. '. X X '. X '. '. '. '. '. X ', '. '. X '. '. X X '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. y '. y '. y '.'.'.'■< '.'■<'.''.'.'.'.'. I '.'.'. 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X : \ \ •E3g Suusg X X X : : X : X : : : X : : : \ : : X X X : \ : \ •E^SBJV 0IJ3JV :.:::.::::::::::::::.:::: tn Spirontocaris townsendi Spirontocaris suckleyi Spirontocaris moseri Spirontocaris maxillipes Spirontocaris brachydactyla Spirontocaris camtschatica Spirontocaris kincaidi Spirontocaris biunguis Spirontocaris layi Spirontocaris palpator Spirontocaris brevirostris Spirontocaris pusiola Spirontocaris herdmani Spirontocaris taylori Spirontocaris picta Spirontocaris paludicola Spirontocaris sitchensis Spirontocaris cristata Spirontocaris stoneyi Spirontocaris avina Spirontocaris macilenta Spirontocaris niacrophthalma Alpheus dentipes Alpheus bellimanus Alpheus barbara DECAPODS II • I I I I I I I ' : i . . X . ^ J3 '.'.'.'.'. X '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. X X '.'. X X : X : : : X : : X X X us : : : : : X : : : X : : X : X : X X X X : X X X X '. '. I X X '.XX X H K X xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx '. X : ' X X X X X X : '. X ^ ^ ^ o 3 2 ' ' X ' ' X ' ' u j3 '.'.'.'.' 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Callinectes bellicosus Cycloxanlhops novemdentatus Cycloxanthops rugosus Lophopanopeus bellus Lophopanopeus frontalis Lophopanopeus heathii Lophopanopeus leucomanus Lophopanopeus lockingtoni Lophopanopeus diegensis Xanthias taylori Xanthias latimanus Pilumnus spinohirsutus HeteractKa lunata Cancer productus Cancer amphicetus Cancer antennarius Cancer gibbosulus Cancer anthonyi Cancer jordani Cancer magister Cancer gracilis Cancer oregonensis Telmessus cheiragonus Eriinacrus isenbeckii Pinnotheres nudus DECAPODS 17 3 3 rCHCcJrtrtrtrtrt'S.C^-O 3 -S ?- 2 £ ?^ rt";^ £3 1) O^ tj ^ U) t/5 O '" " " P- o o :=; ^ .3 .5 .5 .2 .2 .2 o 5^i;-5 DECAPODS 19 SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION OF SPECIES. Suborder MACRURA. Family PASIPH^ID^. Genus Pasiphaea Savigny. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PASIPH^A. A. Carapace carinated throughout its length. B. Telson truncate, not forked or notched magna. W. Telson forked or notched. C. Branchiostegal spine over the angle of the antero-lateral sinus pacifica. C. Branchiostegal spine farther forward, near or on anterior margin. D. Telson longer than sixth segment .... emarginata. D', Telson shorter than sixth segment. E. Abdomen carinate princeps. E'. Abdomen not carinate corteziana. A'. Carapace not carinated in its posterior half affinis, PASIPH^A MAGNA Faxon? Pasiphcra magna Faxon, Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool., xxiv, 209, 1893; Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xvill, 176, pi. XLV, figs. 2-20, 1895. Gulf of Panama, 458 fathoms. Distribution. — YxQxci. off Point Arena, California, to Gulf of Panama; 265 to 552 fathoms. Dredged by the Albatross at the following localities : Off Point Arena, California, 455 fathoms, station 3348. Off the Farallones, California, 552 fathoms, station 3162. Off San Francisco, California, 276 fathoms, station 3479. Off Pigeon Point, California, 296 fathoms, station 31 12. Off Monterey Bay, California, 418-456 fathoms, stations 3126, 3127. Off Point Sur, California, 328 fathoms, station 3186. The identification of these specimens with P. magna is doubtful, but as I have not had the opportunity of comparing them with the type, they are placed here provisionally. Though from the same depth of water, the integument is much firmer in our examples than in the type, the carapace is deeper and its dorsal outline less arched, the branchial ridge is straighter throughout the posterior half of its course, the palm in the first pair of chelse is longer than the fingers. The largest specimen, an ovigerous female (((^ from station 3348, is 1 1; ■; mm. long. The tel- son is a little longer than the sixth segment of son (x ij). Station 3348. 20 RATHBUN the abdomen, and readies about to the end of the inner uropod ; it is broadly channeled, extremity truncate or slightly convex, and armed with about 13 slender bristles. Eyes brown in alcohol. In the first pair of legs the palm is about one third longer than the fingers ; in the second pair the right merus has 14 spines, the left 13. PASIPH^A PACIFICA Rathbun. PasiphcEa pacifica Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 905, 1902. The carapace is a litde less than half the length of the abdomen, measured on the median hne ; it is laterally compressed and rises into a well-marked ridge extending nearly to the posterior margin and terminat- ing anteriorly in the median tooth; the ridge is rounded except on Fig. 2. Pasi^hcea padfica. 5 (X ij) the forward part of the gastric area, where it forms a thin, sharp keel terminating in a sharp pointed tooth, which is not nearly so advanced as the anterior margin. This tooth is variable, being more or less inclined upward ; its terminal portion is usually slender, its anterior margin con- cave. Median tooth of frontal margin narrow, rounded ; infra-orbital and antennal angles rounded and ill-defined; antero-lateral angle rounded and slightly obtuse. Behind this angle the antero-lateral margin runs almost directly backward for a short distance, then turns abruptly downward, forming an obtuse angle, and joins obliquely the infero-lateral margin. Above this sinus there is a sharp spine on a level with the middle of the basal segment of the antenna. There is a well- defined blunt ridge on each side of the carapace, running from the DECAPODS 21 hepatic area backward over the branchial region nearly to the posterior border of the carapace. Eyes of moderate size, subglobular on somewhat smaller cylindrical stalks, the cornese of a dark brownish color. The flattened antennular spine does not reach the end of the basal segment ; both of the flagella exceed the carapace in length. The second antennae exceed in length the whole body; there is an acute spine on the peduncle below the articulation of the scale ; the scale is long-oval, armed with a spine at the distal end, and overreaches the antennular peduncle by a third of its length. The third maxillipeds extend as far forward as the end of the antennal scale. The first pair of legs, when extended forward, sui-pass the third maxillipeds by the length of the dactylus ; the merus is either unarmed, or may have one, two, or even three spines; the basal part of the propodal segment is half again as long as the dactylus. The second pair of legs are longer than the first by about half the length of the fingers, and have longer and more slender chelas; the second segment is armed with a small spine at the distal end of its inferior margin. The third pair reaches forward a little beyond the proximal end of the chela of the preceding pair; except for the first two segments, they are thread- like ; all the segments are naked and unarmed ; the merus is about one half the length of the whole appendage, and more than twice as long as the propodus. The fourth pair of legs reaches scarcely to the middle of the merus of the second pair; the lower margin of the dactylus, propodus, and distal half of the carpus is fringed with bristles. The fifth pair, when extended, reach to the middle of the merus of the second pair ; the dactylus is elongate-oval, the margin of its distal half fringed with long setae. The second to sixth abdominal segments inclusive are carinated on the median line. The sixth segment is from two thirds to three fourths longer than the fifth; it is marked on either side by a curved longitudinal ridge. Telson four fifths as long as sixth segment ; dorsal surface channeled ; extremity ^^f^ ^d'sonlx^'^T with a deep notch, bordered by spinules, which in- ^^^'■°" 3455- crease in size and are continued to the posterior outer angle of each lobe; the outer spinule is considerably longer than the others and is very often broken off. ' Dimensions. — Length of female, 64.8 mm. ; length of carapace, 20.3 mm. Distribution. — This species occurs sparingly from Unalaska and the 22 RATHBUN Gulf of Alaska southward to the Gulf of California, in 53 to 399 fathoms (one specimen from 13 fathoms, if the label be correct). The following are the specific localities of the Albatross represented : North of Unalaska, 399 fathoms, station 3329. Portlock Bank, Alaska, 230 fathoms, station 2858. Off Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, 204 fathoms, station 2861. Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, 238 fathoms, station 2862. Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863. Strait of Fuca, 135-152 fathoms, stations 3449, 3454-3456- Puget Sound, 82 fathoms, station 3067. Off Tahwhit Head, Washington, 178 fathoms, station 3076. Off Pigeon Point, California, 296 fathoms, station 31 12. Monterey Bay, California, 13-382 fathoms, stations 3134, 3202, 3669. Off Point Sur, California, 316, 328 fathoms, stations 3188, 3186 (type). Off San Simeon Bay, California, 53 fathoms, station 3 191. Off San Luis Obispo Bay, California, 252 fathoms, station 3195. Off Point Conception, California, 278, 284 fathoms, stations 3198, 2892. Santa Barbara Channel, California, 233-280 fathoms, stations 2840, 2960, 3199, 3200, 3201. Off San Miguel Island, California, 376 fathoms, station 2896. Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 266, 269 fathoms, stations 2947, 2948. Off San Diego, California, 339 fathoms, station 2925. Gulf of California, northwest of Tiburon Island, 145 fathoms, station Our species differs from the others with carinated carapace in having the branchiostegal spine situated above the angle of the antero-lateral sinus. PASIPH^A EMARGINATA Rathbun. Pasiphcea emarginata Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 905, 1902. I have proposed the name P. faxo?ii for P. acutifro7is Faxon, not Bate. There are in the National Museum specimens which I believe to be P. acutifrons Bate, from the west coast of Patagonia, 194 fathoms, station 2784, Albatross. P. faxoni differs from them in the broader median lobe of the front ; in the antero-lateral sinus being an obtuse angle, while in P. acutifrons it is a right angle or less ; in the sixth abdominal segment compressed, blunt above, scarcely carinate, in P. acutifrons sharply cari- nate ; in the telson much shorter than the sixth segment, in P. acutifrons very little shorter ; in its shallower notch, which is broader than long. P. emarginata differs from P. faxoni as follows : The median carina is less sharp and less prominent ; the gastric tooth smaller; the carapace proportionally higher in its posterior portion, the branchial ridge more sinuous ; the carapace relatively longer, being equal to the first five segments and half of the sixth segment of the abdomen ; DECAPODS 2Z the tclson is longer than the sixth segment, and at the posterior end is notched with a very shallow V-shaped sinus, so shallow that the extremity can hardly be called ' forked.' Di/nensions. — Length of female 8i mm., of carapace ^;^.2, mm. Distribution. — Santa Barbara Chan- nel, California, 265 to 322 fathoms {Albatross stations 2903, 2904, 2960, 3200, and 3201). Gulf of California, off Concepcion Bay, Lower California, 857 fathoms, station 3009 (type locality). Pasiphira emarginata. S . Station •?oog. a. Side view of carapace (X ij)- b. Telson (x 33)- PASIPH^A PRINCEPS Smith. Pasiphae princeps Smith, Rept. U. S. Commr. Fish and Fisheries for 1882, p. 381, pi. V, fig. 2 (1884); op. cit. for 1885, p. 682 (1886). Pasiphacia princeps Faxon, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, xviii, 175, 1895. One large female, 167 mm. long, was dredged by the Albatross off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, in 859 fathoms, station 3075; and one small specimen about 47 mm. long, north of Unalaska, in 399 fathoms, station 3329- I have at hand only one specimen determined by Professor Smith. It was taken south of Marthas Vineyard in 538 fathoms, at station 2546. It measures 150 mm. long. It differs from the type in having the carina of the posterior two thirds of the carapace well marked though blunt, in the gastric tooth projecting well beyond the frontal margin, the anterior (or inferior) margin of this spine contiguous with the dorsal surface of the carapace in advance of the spine, and in having the merus of the first and second pairs of feet armed with numerous spines (instead of the first pair unarmed and the second pair few-spined). The antero-lateral sinus is rectangular, as in the figure of the type. In five smaller specimens from off Cape Romain, South Carolina, 353 fathoms, station 2626, and two from off Marthas Vineyard, 349 fathoms, station 1093, the gastric tooth projects only a little beyond the frontal margin, and the antero-lateral sinus has margins oblique to each other; otherwise as in the preceding. In the specimen from off Ecuador described by Faxon {loc. cit.) the merus of the first pair of feet is unarmed. The Washington specimen agrees quite closely wnth that from station 2546, excepting that the median carina of the carapace is sharper along its posterior two thirds. The small individual from Bering Sea may 24 RATHBUN prove to be distinct ; the gastric spine is shaped as in the figured type, but a little narrower and more ascending; the merus of the first pair of feet has one or two spines, of the second pair many spines. Distribution.— l^onh Atlantic, from lat. 39O 56' 00" N., long. 69O 45' 00" W. to lat. 32° 27' 30" N., long. 77O 20' 30" W., 349 to 1342 fathoms. North Pacific: Bering Sea, 399 fathoms; Washington, 859 fathoms. Ecuador, 1132 fathoms. PASIPH/EA CORTEZIANA Rathbun. Pasiphcea cortcziana Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 905, 1902. Carapace equal to the first five segments and part of the sixth segment of the abdomen. Gastric tooth dentiform, continued back in a very blunt carina ; tip acute, upper margin nearly horizontal, anterior margin in- clined slightly forward and upward, not as produced as the anterior margin of the carapace. Median lobe of front triangular, obtuse. Branchiostegal spine small, inserted near the antero-lateral angle just be- hind the anterior margin. Antero- lateral sinus with sides forming an obtuse angle. The eye-stalks are only shghtly enlarged distally, the cornese reddish brown. The flattened antennular scale falls short of the end of the first peduncular segment. End of antennal scale more lobiform than in P. pacifica. The merus of the first pair of legs is armed with 3 or 4 spines; of the second pair, with many spines. Distal end of second segment of second pair ending in a small spine ; fingers longer than palm. Abdomen without median carina. Telson very nearly as long as the sixth segment, and forked with a deep sinus. For the rest, almost as in P. pacifica. Dimensions. — Length of male 64 mm., of carapace 23.8 mm. Tjpe /oca/itj. — Near Cortez Bank, Calif., in lat. 32O44' 00" N., long. 119O 22' 00" W., 776 fathoms {Albatross station 3627). Fig. 5. Pasiphipa corteziana. Station 3627. a. Side view of carapace (X 2)- l>- Telson (X zS). c. Hand of second pair (X ^\)- PASIPH^A AFFINIS Rathbun. Pasiphcea affinis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 905, 1902. Very closely related to P. cortezia?m. Carapace equal to the first four segments and half of the fifth seg- DECArODS 25 ment of the abdomen ; not carinated behind gastric tooth ; outhne much as in the preceding, as are also the eyes and antenna. Second to sixth abdominal segments inclusive carinate ; telson very nearly as long as the sixth segment, less deeply notched than in Pasiphaa corteziatia. The side view strongly resembles that of „ c_ P. corteziafia, from which the carinated ab- domen and shorter carapace without median carina at once distinguish it. Dinictisioiis. — Length of maleCy mm., length of carapace 22 mm. Type locality. — Near Cortez Bank, Calif., lat. 32O 17' 00" N., long. 119O 17' 00" W, station 2919). Genus Parapasiphas Smith. PARAPASIPH.^ SERRATA Rathbun. ParapasipJicc serraia Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 904, 1902. Carapace and rostrum as long as the first five abdominal somites. The median carina extends backward to the posterior fifth of the cara- FiG. 6. Pasipha-a affinis. Sta- tion 2919. a. Telson (X 33)- b. Hand of second pair (X^)- 984 fathoms {Albatross Fig. 7. Parapasiphie scrrata. ? (X about ij). Station 2919. pace or the cervical groove, and forward along the high thin rostrum which reaches half way along the eye-stalks ; the carina is a httle concave at the middle of the carapace and anteriorly slopes downward, and is armed with i6 small teeth or spines, two of which are on the rostrum and one is terminal ; below this spine the rostrum is a compressed, finely crenulate lobe. Orbital and antennal angles blunt. There is a small spine just behind the orbital angle, and another still farther back in a 26 RATHBUN line with the acicle. The branchiostegal sinus is rectangular, the angle rounded. From the post-antennal spine a ridge runs nearly straight back, with one interruption, almost to the posterior margin. A groove runs from just in front of the middle of the posterior margin vertically half way down the carapace. Eyes light brown, almost colorless in alcohol, nearly as wide as their stalks. The antennular scale, which is foliaceous and has a sharp spine at the upper extremity, is as long as the basal joint of the peduncle. Antennal scale nearly half as long as carapace proper, elongate-oval, with a stout midrib, and its outer border thickened and ending in a slender terminal spine. The external maxillipeds, which are stouter than any of the last three pairs of legs, reach almost to the tip of the antennal scale ; all their joints are setose ; the antepenultimate segment is broadened in its middle por- tion, tapering at each end. The first two pairs of legs are similar in form, the second pair the longer and about half the length of the body. In the first pair, the pos- terior border of the merus and palm are spinous, and the distal angles of the wrist are produced ; the fingers equal the palm in length. In the second pair, the posterior border of the basis, ischium, merus, and palm is spinous ; the angles of the wrist are more strongly produced ; the fingers are nearly as long as the palm. In each case the hand forms about two fifths of the entire length. The fiHform third pair (tip broken ofif) are equal in length to the carapace exclusive of the rostrum. The fourth and fifth pairs have the terminal joint narrow-oval ; the fifth pair are the longer and two thirds the length of carapace. The first three abdominal somites are non-carinate, the fourth is pos- teriorly produced in a thin compressed spine which is carinate and has a shght notch at its base, visible in profile ; the sixth has a longitudinal groove on either side. The telson is a little longer than the sixth somite, shorter than the inner uropod, and much shorter than the outer one ; it is truncate at the tip. Dimensions.— \\\ an egg-laden female the length of the carapace and rostrum is 23.6 mm., the rostrum 1.8 mm., the abdomen 42 mm. Type localHy . — 0'?i Cortez Bank, Calif., 984 fathoms {Albatross station 2919), one female. This species is akin to P. gilesii Wood-Mason, from the Indian Ocean, which also has a serrated carina running the whole length of the cara- pace, but the character of the rostrum alone separates it distinctly from that species. In P. gilesii, the rostrum is a fine, acute, upciu'ved spine, extending about a third of its length beyond the eyes. DECArODS 27 Family OPLOPHORJD^. Genus Acanthephyra A. Milne Edwards. ACANTHEPHYRA CURTIROSTRIS Wood-Mason. Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vil, 195, 1891; IX, 364, fig. 5, 1892. III. Zool. Investigator, Crustacea, pi. iii, fig. 4, 1892. — Faxon, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xviii, 164, pi. xlih, figs. 2-5, 1895.— Alcock, Desc. Cat. Indian Deep-Sea Crust., 81, 1901. Distrihutioji. — Arabian Sea, 937-1043 fathoms; Bay of Bengal, 364- 913 fathoms ; Andaman Sea, 922 fathoms (Alcock). From off San Diego, California, to off Gulf of Panama, 458-2232 fathoms. Off San Diego, 623 fathoms, one male of the typical form [Albatross station 2929); Gulf of California, 857 and 1005 fathoms {Albatross stations 3009 and 3010); see also Faxon, he. cit. Genus Hymenodora Sars. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HYMENODORA. A. Rostrum very short, not reaching beyond the first antennular segment glacialis. A'. Rostrum reaching end of antennular peduncle . . . frontalis. HYMENODORA GLACIALIS (Buchholz). Pasiphae glacialis Buchholz, Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt, il, 279, pi. i, fig. 2, 1874. Hymenodora glacialis G. O. Sars, Arch, for Math, og Naturvid., II, 241, 1877; Norske-Nordhavs-Exped., Crustacea, l, 37, 275, pi. iv, 1885. — Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 501, 1885 (part); Kept. U. S. Fish Commr. for 1885, 678, pi. xv, figs. 3, 10, pi. xvi, fig. 5, 1886. Distribution. — Between Norway and Greenland, lat. 63O to 80° N., 452 to 1862 fathoms (Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition); Faroe Channel [Knight Errant). East coast of North America (U. S. Fish Commission) : Lat. 42° 48' 00" N., long. 50° 55' 30" W., 826 fathoms (sta- tion 2428) ; lat. 40"^ 03' 30" N.,long. 67° 27' i5"W., 1149 fathoms (station 2535) ; lat. 380 19' 26" N., long. 68"^ 20' 20" W., 2369 fathoms (Smith) ; lat. 37° 12' 20" N.,long. 69O 36^00" W., 2949 fathoms (Smith). Bering Sea, south of Pribilof Islands, 1401 fathoms (station 3604), i ? . East of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, 1 569 fathoms (station 2859), 2 5 . Gulf of Cahfornia, 857 fathoms (station 3009); 905 and 1218 fathoms (Faxon). Gulf of Panama, 1832 fathoms (Faxon). Off Ecuador, 1740 fathoms (Faxon). 23 RATHBUN HYMENODORA FRONTALIS Rathbun. Hymenodora frontalis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 904, 1902. Integument very thin, but firmer than in H. glacialis; covered with fine wrinkles or rugose lines. Carapace and rostrum more than half as long as abdomen ; median carina extending almost or quite to the mid- dle of the carapace, and advanced in a rostrum which is unusually long for the genus, being from two fifths to one half as long as the remainder of the carapace, and reaching the end or a little beyond the end of the antennular peduncle. The rostrum is a slender, sharp-pointed spine ; distal half slightly curved upward and usually unarmed, basal half armed Fig. 8. Hymenodora frontalis. ?(Xabout2). Station 3308. with from 3 to 6 small spines above, two or three of which are beyond the line of the orbit. Occasionally there is a single spine on the distal half. Orbit deep ; a tiny spine tips the suborbital lobe. Antennal spine strong ; from it a sharp carina runs back subparallel to the side margin quite to the posterior margin. Above this the branchial region bears a blunt ridge, chiefly longitudinal, but bent down at either end ; a deep groove extends obliquely downward and backward from the orbital sinus nearly to the lower carina. The eyes reach to the middle of the basal segment of the antennulos ; they are without pigment, and bear a slender, blunt spine close up to the cornea on the inner margin. The antennular peduncles are short, the segments diminishing successively in length ; basal scale narrow-oval, as seen from above ; upper flagellum very thick at base. Antennal scale lanceolate, outer margin nearly straight, tipped with a small spine ; peduncle very stout, attaining the end of the first antennular segment. DECAPODS 29 The outer maxillipeds do not reach the end of the antenna! scale ; the first pair of feet reach to the middle of the scale ; the second pair extend not quite so far, and are more slender ; the third pair reach nearly to or beyond the end of the scale; the fifth pair to the end of the antennal peduncle. The meral and propodal joints of the last three pairs are furnished with fine setos. Abdomen devoid of a median carina or median spines ; the sixth seg- ment is two and a half times as long as the fifth, and between three fourths and four fifths as long as the telson. The telson is about as long as the outer branch, longer than the inner branch of the swimmeret ; it is armed with 7 to 9 spinules on either side and 4 long spines at the end. Eggs few and very large, the greatest diameter equaling the length of the fifth abdominal segment. Dimensions. — Male, length of carapace and rostrum 19 mm., of rostrum 6.5 mm., of abdomen 32.5 mm. Distribution. — From Bering Sea to off Monterey Bay, California, and Kamchatka; 322 to 1771 fathoms. Taken at the following stations of the Albatross : North of Rat Islands, Aleutians, 850 fathoms, station 3784. Southwest of Pribilof Islands, 1625, 1771 fathoms, stations 3308, 3603. North of Islands of Four Mountains, 1033 fathoms, station 3307. South of Pribilof Islands, 1401 fathoms, station 3604. West of Unalaska (type locality), 322 fathoms, station 3327. North of Unalaska, 399 fathoms, station 3329. Southeast of Chirikof Island, 695 fathoms, station 3340. East of Prince of Wales Island, 1569 fathoms, station 2859. Off Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 1588 fathoms, station 3342. Off Destruction Island, Washington, 516 fathoms, station 3343. Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 636-877 fathoms, stations 3070, 3071, 3074, 3075- Off Monterey Bay, California, 418 fathoms, station 3127. Off Copper Island, Kamchatka, 1567 fathoms, station 3783. Relations, — The rostrum of this species approaches that of H. rostrata Bate, but is considerably longer; the pleon is like that of H. glacialis (Buchholz), H. glauca Bate, and H. molliciitis Bate in being without median carina and spines. Family PAL^MONJD^. Genus Palaemon Fabricius. PAL^MON RITTERI Holmes. In this species either one or two of the seven or eight dorsal teeth are situated behind the rostrum. Three ventral teeth. 30 RATHBUN Distribution. — Yrom San Diego, California (type locality), to Gulf of California. Bay of St. Elena, Ecuador (Nobili). Specimens are in the Na- tional Museum from San Bartolome Bay, Magdalena Bay, and La Paz Harbor, Lower California, and Carmen Island, in the Gulf of California; all of these were collected by the Albatross. PAL^MONETES KADIAKENSIS Rathbun. 'j Palcemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 903, 1902. Rostrum about as long as the carapace ; it may be a Httle longer or a little shorter; nearly horizontal, very slightly upcurved, dorsally 6- or Fig. 9. Palamointes kadiahensis. ? (X ^g). Kadlak. 7-serrate, one tooth behind the orbit, ventrally 2- or 3-serrate. Sub- orbital angle rounded, a spine just below it, also an antennal spine; antero-lateral angle rounded. Eye wider than the stalk, light-colored in alcohol, a small black ocellus above near its margin. Antennular peduncle reaches about four fifths the length of antennal scale, basal joint the longest, having an outer scale which projects along one third of the second joint, and is tipped at its outer distal angle with a small spine. The outer filament of the outer flagellum is over half as long as the body ; the inner filament is very short, equaling in length the last segment of the peduncle ; inner flagel- lum about three fourths as long as outer. DECAPODS 31 Antennal scale as long or nearly as long as the carapace, oblong, the blade projecting considerably beyond the scale; preceding segment armed with a small spine at the outer base of the scale ; pedmicle not quite reaching end of first antennular segment ; fiagellum one and a third times the length of the body. Outer maxillipeds very slender, reaching when extended only a small bit beyond the antennal peduncle. Feet of first pair reaching nearly to end of scale, carpus longer than merus, enlarged distally, and more than twice as long as propodus, fingers subequal in length to palm and covered with hair. Feet of second pair reaching beyond scale by half the length of propodus ; carpus one and a half times merus, propodus three fourths length of carpus and no wider than in the first pair ; fingers shorter than palm. The third to fifth pairs of feet increase successively in length by about half the length of the dactyli ; the fourth pair reaches just to the end of the scale ; dactyli slender and contained about three times in their propodi, which are sparingly spinulous. Sixth abdominal segment twice as long as fifth, and nearly as long as the telson. Swimmerets longer than the telson, the outer branch longer than the inner. Dimensions. — Length of ? 39 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 15 mm., of rostrum 7 mm. Type /^^a///)'. — Kadiak Island, Alaska, under stones at low water; William J. Fisher, collector. The abdomen is much longer than in P. vulgaris Say of the Atlantic coast of North America, the sixth segment being one third again as long as in P. vulgaris with equal carapace; the rostral teeth are fewer, the acicle larger, the chelipeds of the second pair more slender. From P. varians Leach it differs in its longer rostrum, shorter feet of the second pair, in which the relative length of the segments also is quite different. Genus Urocaris Stimpson. UROCARIS INFRASPINIS Rathbun. Urocaris infraspinis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 903, 1902. Closely allied to U. longicaudaia Stimpson of the West Indian region. Carapace and rostrum equal in length to the first three segments and half of the fourth segment of the abdomen. Rostrum not reaching end of second antennular segment, convex above, armed with 5 to 7 teeth above, i or 2 small teeth below near tip, tip acuminate; behind the rostrum a median gastric spine. Suborbital angle blunt. Antennal and hepatic spines of good size. Eyes two thirds as long as first antennular 32 RATHBUN segment, a minute black ocellus above and toward the outside, and be- yond the limit of the cornea. Urocaris infyaspinis. ? (X 3s)- Locality unkn view of anterior portion. Antennular peduncle nearly as long as carapace, exxlusive of rostrum ; first segment broad, its thin outer margin armed with a spine on the basal portion and another at the extremity ; the inner angle of the lateral ex- pansion is advanced beyond the articulation of the second joint ; second and third segments subequal and together nearly equal to the first. The acicle is oblong, extremity oblique, produced at inner angle away beyond outer spine, which is in line with end of antennular peduncle. The an- tennal peduncle scarcely reaches end of first antennular segment; fla- gellum as long as body. The outer maxillipeds extend to the middle of the last joint of the an- tennal peduncle. The first pair of feet reach the spine of the acicle; merus, carpus, and propodus subequal, palm and fingers subequal. The second pair of feet are as long as the distance from the end of the ros- trum to the posterior end of the first abdominal somite; the ischium, merus, and carpus subequal, palm a little shorter, swollen ; fingers nearly as long as palm. Last three pairs of feet reaching about to end of acicle ; dactyh short, with a slender spine on the under side. Abdomen geniculated at the third segment. Posterior margin of all the segments truncate. Sixth segment shorter than carapace (rostrum excluded), less than twice as long as fifth segment, and a little longer than the telson. Telson with two pairs of lateral spines, the outer uropods much longer than the telson, the inner uropods intermediate in length between the outer pair and the telson. Dimensions.— '\-.^r\^\}i\ of carapace and rostrum of ovigerous ? 6 mm., of rostrum 2.5 mm., of abdomen 15 mm. DECAPODS 33 Type locality. — QxvM of California, in Concepcion Bay, Lower Calif., two ? [Albatross). Distribution.— Aho taken at San Diego Bay, California, 3 fathoms [Albatross station 3567) ; Gulf of California, off San Josef Island, Lower California, 8 fathoms, station 3006 ; Guaymas, Mexico, inner harbor (P. L. Jouy, collector). One lot without label was associated with Crangon nigromaculata Lockington. Relations. — This species, while having the general appearance of U. longicaiidata, is markedly different : U. longicaudata has no antenna! spine on the carapace ; U. in/raspinis has a distinct ocellus outside the cornea, U. longicaudata has not; in U. iiifraspinis the palm and fingers of the first pair are subequal; in U. longicajulata the palm is longer than the fingers; in U. in/raspinis the carpus of the second pair is subequal to the menis, the palm is a little shorter, and the fingers still shorter ; in U. longicaudata the carpus, palm, and fingers are subequal to one another and shorter than the merus; in our species the sixth abdominal somite is shorter than the carapace, and less than twice as long as the fifth ; in U. longicaudata the sixth segment is as long as the carapace (rostrum excluded) and twice as long as the fifth. Family PONTONIID^. Genus Pontonia Latreille. PONTONIA CALIFORNIENSIS Rathbun. Pontonia californiensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 902, 1902. The carapace and rostrum exceed in length the first six segments of the abdomen. Rostrum more than one third the length of the re- mainder of the carapace, very narrow throughout, deflexed, reaching to the middle of the second segment of the antennular peduncle. A tooth on the anterior margin just above the base of the antenna. The eyes reach to the middle of the first antennular segment. The lateral expan- sion of this segment is broad behind and narrow in front, terminating in a short spine at the anterior angle ; second segment one and a half times as long as third, both together half as long as first. Scale about two fifths as long as carapace, scarcely exceeding the antennular peduncle, the spine of the scale about as produced as the blade. Antennal peduncle reaching to end of scale. Feet of first pair extending beyond the scale by the length of the propodus and nearly the whole of the carpus ; merus and carpus subequal and each twice the ischium ; propodus a little shorter than carpus ; palm 34 RATHBUN and fingers subequal. The right foot of the second pair is missing ; the left has a short, stout merus, carpus cup-shaped, with an inner distal tubercle, and a tubercle near the middle of the distal margin ; palm and fingers subequal in length, palm two thirds as broad as long, inner edge marginate, fingers gaping, prehensile edges denticulate, fringed with long hair. Dac- tyli of last three pairs of feet with a sub- terminal and a ter- minal spine. The telson is twice as long as the pre- ceding segment, and has two pairs of long lateral appressed spines inserted on the anterior half. The outer uropod is as long as the tel- son, the inner uropod a litde longer. Dime7isions. — Length of carapace and rostrum 6.7 mm., of rostrum 1.8 mm., of abdomen 9 mm. Type locality. — Off Santa Cruz Is- land, Calif., 30 fathoms {Albatross station 2945), one female. This is the only Pontonia described from the west coast of North America, the P. margarita of Smith being a Conchodytes. Fig. II. Pontonia califomiensis (X 4?)- Station 2945. Genus Periclimenes Costa. PERICLIMENES TENUIPES (Holmes). Anchista tenuipes Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 216, 1900. Not P. teiiuipes Borra- dailc, which may be called P. borradailei, nom. nov. Disti'ibiitiofi. — From San- ta Catalina Island, Califor- nia (Holmes), to Gulf of California. The Albatross collected specimens at Peridhnenes tenuipes (X 4)- Concepcion Bay. a. Carapace, b. Foot of second pair. DECAPODS 35 Concepcion Bay, Lower California, and at stations 2824 and 2825 in the Gulf of California, 7 and 8 fathoms. They agree with Dr. Holmes's description, except that the fingers of the second pair of feet are only a little over half as long as the palm and the postero-lateral angle of the sixth abdominal segment is subacute. Family PANDALID^. Genus Pandalus Leach. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PANDALUS. A. Third segment of abdomen in part compressed and carinated, the carina forming a more or less well defined lobe or spine in front of the posterior margin. B. Third and fourth segments of abdomen armed with a median spine on posterior margin borealis. B'. Third and fourth segments of abdomen without median spine on posterior margin. C. Rostrum unarmed on distal half of superior margin . gotiiurus. C. Rostrum with spines on distal half of superior margin . jordani. A'. Third segment of abdomen not compressed and carinated, and with- out a median lobe or spine in front of posterior margin. B. Dorsal spines not reaching behind middle of carapace. C. Sixth abdominal segment more than twice as long as wide. D. Carapace and abdomen covered with short transverse rugose lines lepioccrus, D'. Carapace and abdomen smooth .... moniagid tridens. C Sixth abdominal segment less than twice as long as wide platyceros. B'. Dorsal spines extending behind middle of carapace. C. Dorsal spines more than 15 (17-21) hypsinotus. C. Dorsal spines less than 15. D. Rostrum one and a half or more than one and a half times as long as carapace gurneyi. D'. Rostrum less than one and a half times as long as carapace. E. Antennal scale very narrow, the terminal half of the blade narrower than the adjacent thickened portion sie?w/epis. E'. Antennal scale of moderate width, the terminal half of the blade not narrower than the adjacent thickened por- tion dancB. PANDALUS BOREALIS Kroyer. Pandalus borealis Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskrift, ll, 254, 1838; (2)1, 461, 1845 ; in Gaimard's Voyage en Scandinavie, en Laponie, etc., pi. vi, fig. 2. Stimpson, Jour.Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 501 [61], 1857; Ann.Lyc.Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 128, 1 87 1. —Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 86, 1879. — BiRULA, Ann. Mas. Zool. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 1897, p. 420 [16] ; 1899, pp. 22 [3], 28 [9]. 36 RATHBUN Surface of body smooth and naked. Rostrum about one and three fourths times as long as the carapace, shghtly arched above the eyes, terminal half slightly ascending ; slender, armed with 12 to 1 6 teeth above (including 3 or 4 on the carapace), of which all but the one, two, or three most anterior are movable, and 6 to 9 distant immovable teeth below, diminishing in size anteriorly ; tip bifid, upper tooth the smaller. The posterior of the dorsal spines Hes between the middle and the anterior third of the carapace ; the anterior is situated at least as far forward as the distal third of the rostrum. Antennal spine strong, pterygostomian slender, feeble. Eyes large, pyriform. Peduncle of antennulse reaching to the middle of antennal scale; second and third joints subequal; outer flagellum twice as long as cara- pace, its basal third thickened ; inner flagellum longer than outer. An- tennal scale seven eighths as long as carapace, the blade obliquely rounded at the end and exceeding the spine. Antennal peduncle extending to end of second joint of antennular peduncle ; flagellum longer than the body. Outer maxillipeds reaching to distal fourth or nearly to end of scale. First pair of feet shorter, but overreaching middle of scale. Of the second pair of feet, the right is one and a half or one and two thirds times the length of carapace ; its carpus is divided into 25 to 27 segments: the left is slenderer and one fourth or one third again as long as the right; its carpus has about 58 segments. The third, fourth, and fifth diminish slightly in length in the order named, the third pair overreaching the scale by at least the length of its dactyl. The dactyli are slender, and are contained in the propodi from three to three and a half times. The terminal portion of the third segment of the abdomen is com- pressed and carinated ; a sharp spine or lobe pointing backward is situ- ated at the posterior third of the segment ; posterior margin produced backward in an acute lobe terminating in a small spine. A similar spine terminates the truncate fourth segment. Sixth segment elongate, about twice as long as fifth; seventh armed with 7 to 10 aculei on each side, and 4 terminal, of which the submedian pair are slenderer and about half as long as the outer pair. Dimensions.— OvigtroViS, female, length 13.5 cm., length of carapace and rostrum 64 mm., of rostrum 41 mm. Females carrying eggs were taken August 5th and 6th in Bering Sea (stations 3528, 3530). I)isti'ibiiiion.—C\icvim])o\zx. Bering Sea and North Pacific southward on the American coast to Columbia River; 29}^ to 350 fathoms. DECAPODS 37 Okhotsk Sea (Brandt). On Atlantic coast of North America from Greenland southward to Massachusetts Bay, 40 to 160 fathoms. Scan- dinavia. Juneau, Alaska, 50 fathoms (Harriman Expedition). Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : Bering Sea, southwest of St. Matthew Island, 59-77 fathoms, stations 3530. 3532. Bering Sea, oflf Pribilof Islands, 39-184 fathoms, stations 3309, 3439- 3442, 3482-3489, 3491-3497, 3500, 351 1, 3523, 3524, 3526-3528, 3533-3536, 3538, 3539. 3544, 3553-3556, 3559-356i, 3602, 3605, 3606, 3609, 3610. Between Bristol Bay and Pribilof Islands, 29^4-36 fathoms, stations 3252, 3253, 3306. North of Rat Islands, 270 fathoms, station 3785. North of Umnak Island, 49 fathoms, station 3537. North of Unalaska, 61-350 fathoms, stations 3226 (i quart rejected), 3316 (309 fathoms, i specimen), 3317, 3318, 3331 (350 fathoms, i speci- men). Chernofski Harbor, Unalaska, 109 fathoms, station 3324. Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, 54 fathoms, station 3321. Ihuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 50-93 fathoms, stations 3310, 331 1, 3313, 3314 ( I quart rejected), zzz^-zzzd. Off Akutan Island, 56-91 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842, 3548, 3549. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Off Aektok Island, 54 fathoms, station 2844. Northwest of Unimak Island, 41-121 fathoms, stations 3224 {y^, peck discarded), 3225 (2 bushels rejected), 3257 (i peck rejected), 3258, 3259, 3263 (2 quarts rejected). Unimak Pass, 34 fathoms, station 3220. North of Unimak Island, 49 fathoms, stations 3256, 3542. Davidson Bank, 42 fathoms, station 2845. South of Unimak Island, 61 fathoms, station 3216. Off Kudobin Islands, 36-53 fathoms, stations 3278, 3279 (i pint rejected), 3280, 3282, 3283. Shumagins, 48-1 10 fathoms, stations 2847, 2848 (abundant), 2849, 2852. South of Trinity Islands, 67 fathoms, station 3341. Off Sitkalidak Island, 60 to 69 fathoms, stations 2854, 2855. Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863, Strait of Fuca, 40-152 fathoms, stations 3445, 3446, 3451, 3453, 3455, 3458-3462, 3464, 3465, 3596, 3597- Washington Sound, Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms, station 2864 (very numer- ous). Puget Sound, 82 fathoms, station 3067. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865. Off Cape Flattery, Washington, 38 fathoms, station 2872. Off Columbia River, 68 fathoms, station 2882. Station 3675 (locahty not given), no fathoms. Unalaska (Brandt). 38 RATHBUN PANDALUS GONIURUS Stimpson. Plate I, fig. 3. Pandahis gonuirus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xii, 36 [105], i860. Pandalus dapi/t-r MVRJyocn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vil, 519, 1884; Marine Invertebrates, in Rept. International Exped. to Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 141, pi. I, figs. 2-2C, 1885. — Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 557, 1899. Allied to F. borealis. Rostrum one and a half times as long as cara- pace, terminal half ascending, posterior half horizontal ; armed above with 8 to 9 movable spines, including 3 on carapace ; the anterior spine behind middle of rostrum, the posterior spine in front of middle of carapace ; lower limb deeper in front of eye than in P. borealis, and armed with 6 or 7 immovable spines ; tip bifid, upper tooth smaller. Antennular flagella shorter than in P. borealis, the inner and longer one being one and a half times as long as carapace. The spine at the antero-lateral angle of the antennal scale extends nearly to the end of the blade. Antennal peduncle falls a little short of end of second joint of antennular peduncle ; flagellum nearly as long as body. Carpus of right foot of second pair divided into 18 to 20 articles; the left foot nearly one and a half times the right and with 5 1 to 54 articles. The third segment of the abdomen possesses a lobe as in P. borealis, but the lobe is blunt, not sharp ; the median line in front of the lobe is nearly horizontal ; the posterior margin is only slightly produced back- wards at its middle ; and it, as well as the fourth segment, is devoid of a median spine. The sixth segment is a little shorter than in P. borealis; seventh segment bears 5 to 6 lateral spinules. Otherwise as in P. borealis. Sometimes occurs with P. borealis, though an inhabitant of shallower water. They are easily distinguished by the presence of spines on the anterior half of the top of the rostrum in P. borealis and the absence of the same in P. goniurus; and by the blunt rather than sharp lobe on the third abdominal segment in the last-named species, as well as the absence of median spines from the posterior margin of the third and fourth segments. JDimensiofis. — 'LB.rgQ female: Length 90 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 41.5 mm., of rostrum 25.2 mm. Distribution. — Ranges from the Arctic coast of Alaska southward to Okhotsk Sea on the one side and Puget Sound on the other, in 3 to 100 fathoms. Its occurrence below 50 fathoms is exceptional. Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : DECAPODS 39 Bering Sea, off St. Matthew Island and Pribilof Islands, 21--59 fathoms, stations 3439, 3513, 3514, 3523, 3524, 3531, 3536, 361 1. Off Nunivak Island, 17-24 fathoms, stations 3516, 3517. Off Cape Newenham, 17 fathoms, station 3247 (i gallon rejected). Off Hagemeister Island, 4^-171^ fathoms, stations 3243, 3244, 3246, Kulukak Bay, 11-14)4 fathoms, stations 3240-3242 {)4 peck rejected). Off Kulukak Bay, 15-17 fathoms, stations 3300, 3301 (2 quarts rejected). Bristol Bay, 5-18 fathoms, stations 3233, 3234, 3236, 3238. Off Bristol Bay, 251^-36 fathoms, stations 3251-3253, 3302 (i quart rejected), 3303, 3306, 3501. Off Cape Menshikof, 24 fathoms, station 3296. Off Cape Strogonof, 26-32 fathoms, stations 3291-3294. Herendeen Bay. Off Cape Seniavin, 35-37 fathoms, stations 3285, 3286. Off Kudobin Islands, 36-39 fathoms, stations 3281, 3283 (i pint rejected). Off Cape Leontovich, 18-22 fathoms, stations 3275, 3276. Off Amak Island, 19-39 fathoms, stations 3273, 3274. Off Unimak Island, 32-34 fathoms, stations 3256, 3259, 3267. Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, 54 fathoms, station 3321. Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863. Strait of Fuca, 48-53 fathoms, stations 3460, 3465. Washington Sound, Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms, station 2864. Bellingham Bay, Washington, 11 fathoms, station 3612. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865. Off Cape Nalacheff, Kamchatka, 39-42 fathoms, station 3781. Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, i6 fathoms, station 3642. Southeast coast of Kamchatka, 96-100 fathoms, stations 3643, 3644. Off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 18-28 fathoms, stations 3646, 3647, 3649. 3650- Collected by W. H. Ball : Off Cape Sabine, 13 fathoms. Hagemeister Strait, 8-15 fathoms. Iliuliuk Harbor and Captains Harbor, Unalaska, 3-15 fathoms. Shores of Amaknak Island. Popof Strait, Shumagin Islands. Chugachik Bay, Cook Inlet, 20-60 fathoms. Other specimens in the National Museum are from : Ten miles west of Point Franklin, Alaska, 131^ fathoms (Point Barrow Expedition, types of P. dapifer Murdoch). Bering Strait (Dr. Robert White). Lat. 660 12' N., long. 1680 54' W. (Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U. S. N.). Lat. 630 50' N., long. 1670 21' W., 17 fathoms (Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U. S. N.). Off mouth Yukon, 35^ fathoms (E. W. Nelson). Bering Island (N. Grebnitzky) ; some specimens found in stomach of Gadiis tnacrocephalus. Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka (L. Stejneger). Avacha Bay (Stimpson). 40 RATHBUN PANDALUS JORDANI Rathbun. Plate II, fig. 3. Panda/us jordani Ratkbvn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 900, 1902. Surface smooth and shining. Rostrum about one and three fourths times as long as carapace, slightly arched above the eyes, terminal two thirds ascending; slender, armed with 14 to 17 spines above, includ- ing 4 on the carapace ; distal three immovable, others movable ; closer to- gether above the eye ; 7 to 10 immovable spines below, extending nearer to tip than superior spines ; tip acuminate ; the posterior of the dorsal spines lies between the middle and the anterior third of the carapace. Antennal spine strong ; pterygostomian small, slender. Eyes large, pyriform. Peduncle of antennulae reaching to middle of antennal scale ; second and third joints subequal ; flagella subequal, one and a half times as long as carapace, thickened portion of outer flagellum extending half its length beyond the antennal scale. Scale three fourths to four fifths as long as carapace, extremity of blade broadly rounded, and equally produced with the spine ; antennal peduncle reaching to end of second segment of an- tennular peduncle ; flagellum one fourth longer than body. Outer maxillipeds slender, not reaching end of acicle. First pair of feet a little shorter; of the second pair, the right foot extends about to end of scale, the left may be half again as long; the right carpus has 19 to 22 segments, the left 58 to 63 segments. The last three pairs of feet diminish a little in length successively, the third pair exceeding the scale slightly ; their dactyH are elongate, and are contained from two and a half to two and four fifths times in their propodi. The third segment of the abdomen is compressed and its posterior half carinated, the carina interrupted by a sHght lobe at the posterior third of the segment ; this lobe is of varying size, at no time strong, and hav- ing a tendency to disappear in large specimens, where it may occur only as a slight unevenness in the curve seen in profile ; posterior margin well produced backward, rounded, unarmed ; fourth segment with posterior margin truncate, entire ; sixth about twice as long as fifth and three fourths as long as seventh, which has 10 to 13 lateral aculei on each side. Females bearing eggs taken in January and February off southern California. Dimensiofis. — Ovigevous female, length 124.5 ^^', length of cara- pace and rostrum 59.5 mm., of rostrum 38 mm. DECAPODS 41 Distribution. — From Unalaska to southern California, 35 to 178 fathoms : Monterey and San Pedro, California (D. S. Jordan, 1880). Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 85, 68 fathoms, station 331 1 (i specimen), station 3313 (i specimen). Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863 (i specimen). Strait of Fuca, 98-152 fathoms, stations 3447-3456, 3458, 3459, 3461. Off Strait of Fuca, 142 fathoms, station 3457. Flattery Bank, Washington, 77 fathoms, station 3673. Off Tahwhit Head, Washington, 178 fathoms, station 3076. Near Flattery Rocks, Washington, 171 fathoms, station 2866. Off Grays Harbor, Washington, 48-58 fathoms, stations 2870, 3046 (abundant), 3047 (abundant), 3048. Off Columbia River, 55-68 fathoms, stations 2882 (abundant), 3066. Off Tillamook Rock, Oregon, 46 fathoms, station 3064. Off False Tillamook, Oregon, 62 fathoms, station 3090. Off Siletz Bay, Oregon, 77 fathoms, station 3059. Off Heceta Bank, Oregon, 93 fathoms, station 3080. Off Point Arena, California, 51 fathoms, station 3251. Off Bodega Head, California, 167 fathoms, station 3170. Off Tomales Point, California, 57 fathoms, station 3175. Off Drake Bay, California, 35 fathoms, station 3155. Monterey Bay, California, 56 and 68 fathoms, stations 3666, 3671. San Luis Obispo Bay, California, 77 fathoms, station 3197. Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 155 fathoms, station 2949 (type locality). Southwest of San Nicholas Island, California, 158 fathoms, station 2898. Distinguished from P. borcalis, which has a similar rostrum, by the reduction of the abdominal lobe or hump, and the absence of posterior median spines on third and fourth segments. PANDALUS MONTAGUI TRIDENS Rathbun. Plate II, fig. 2. ? Pandalus annulicornis RiCHTERS, Abh. Senck. Natur. Gesell., xili, 405, 1884. Bering Sea, N. of Akutan Pass, 70 fath. ; Plover Bay. Pandalns montagui Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 557, 1899. Pandabis montagui tridens Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 901, 1902. Distinguished from the three foregoing species by its non-carinated ab- domen devoid of a hump. Rostrum slender, from one and a half to one and fotir fifths times the length of carapace. Dorsal spines 10 to 12 in 42 RATHBUN number, all movable, and situated, 3 to 5 on the carapace, and the re- mainder on the basal half of the rostrum. Posterior spine just in front of middle of carapace. Inferior spines 6 or 7, rigid. Distal two thirds of rostrum ascending ; tip trifid. Outer margin of acicle slightly arcuate, blade truncate at tip, spine stout, reaching to or beyond the end of blade. The outer maxillipeds may fall short of or exceed the scale. Carpus of right foot of second pair divided into 20 to 28 segments, of left foot into about 74 segments. Dactyli of last three pairs short, being contained from five and a half to seven and a half times in their propodi. Last pair reaching end of acicle or beyond. No median spines on abdomen ; third segment produced moderately backward at the middle, margin broadly rounded at that point. Lateral aculei of telson 5 to 7. Dimensions.— Yerciz\Q, station 2842, length 104 mm., length of cara- pace and rostrum 48.5 mm., of rostrum 30.2 mm. The largest specimen on the Pacific coast was taken off Point Arena, California, in 239 fathoms. It measures no mm. long, carapace and rostrum 53 mm., rostrum 34 mm. Distribution.— Yr ova. Bering Sea to Point Arena, California, 3-351 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : Off Pribilof Islands, 25-184 fathoms, stations 3482-3491, 3494, 3496, 3497. 3500, 3504, 35o5» 3536, 354°, 3544, 3552, 3554, 3558-3561, 3602, 3605, 3611, 3637. Off Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 55 fathoms, station 3599. Off Unalaska, 59-351 fathoms, stations 3236, 3315, 3317, 3319, 3330, 3331. Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, 35—54 fathoms, stations 3321, 3322 (i quart rejected at each station). Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 85 fathoms, station 331 1. Off Akutan Island, 36-91 fathoms, stations 2842 (type locality, abun- dant), 3546, 3548. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43-70 fathoms, stations 3258, 3262. Unimak Pass, 34-56 fathoms, stations 3220, 3222, 3223. Northeast of Unimak Island, 38 fathoms, station 3265. Davidson Bank, 42-43 fathoms, stations 2845, 3215. South of Unimak Island, 42-61 fathoms, stations 3216, 3217. Southwest and south of Sannak Islands, 38-44 fathoms, stations 2846, 3213, 3214 (abundant). North of Amak Island, 39 fathoms, station 3273, Off Kudobin Islands, 36-53 fathoms, stations 3279, 3281, 3282. DECAPODS 43 Shumagins, 21-69 fathoms, stations 2847, 2849-2852. Off Shumagin Bank, 138 fathoms, station 3339 (i peck rejected). Off the Trinity Islands, 67-159 fathoms, stations 2853, 3341. Portlock Bank, 51-230 fathoms, stations 2856 (abundant), 2857, 2858. Off Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, 204 fathoms, station 2861. Near Flattery Rocks, Washington, 171 fathoms, station 2866. Off Point Arena, California, 239 fathoms, station 3349. Small specimens were collected by Dr. Dall at Bay of Islands, Adak, Nazan Bay, Atka, and Iliuliuk Harbor and Captains Harbor, Una- laska, in 3 to 80 fathoms. Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Berg Bay, Glacier Bay (Harriman Expedition). Juneau, 20 fathoms (Harriman Expedition). I have separated this form from P. montagtii Leach of the North Atlantic on account of its somewhat longer rostrum, which varies from one and a half to one and two thirds times the carapace, the dorsal spines terminating behind the middle of the rostrum, while in typical P. monta- gui the rostrum is from one and two fifths to one and a half times the carapace, and its dorsal spines reach to or in front of its middle. In P. fnontagui the tip is bifid ; in the subspecies usually trifid. PANDALUS LEPTOCERUS Smith. Pandahis leptocerus Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., lll, 437, 1881; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, 58, 1882; Kept. U. S. Commr. of Fish and Fisheries for 1882, 367 [23], pi. v, fig. i, 1884. — A. MiLNE Edwards, Recueil Planches Exped. Travailleur, pi. XXll, 1883. An elongate species. Surface of carapace and abdomen roughened with short and irregular transverse, punctate ridges, which give rise to very short, bristle-like hairs. Rostrum from about one and a third to nearly twice as long as the rest of the carapace, and curved very slightly upward ; armed above with II to 13 movable spines, of which one is near the tip and usually only two on the carapace proper, while a considerable space back of the terminal spine is unarmed ; below 6 to 8 immovable spines. The posterior dorsal spine is considerably in front of the middle. Outer maxillipeds provided with an exopod ; the endopod falls short of the end of the antennal scale, and the first pair of feet are correspond- ingly shorter than the maxillipeds. Right leg of second pair reaches about to end of first pair; carpus has 5 segments, proximal half undi- vided, and followed by 3 subequal segments, each about as long as broad, together equal to terminal segment ; chela about half as long as carpus. The left leg of second pair has 52 to 64 segments in the carpus; the 44 RATHBUN merus and distal end of ischium are also faintly segmented. The last three pairs of legs are very slender, and have slender, nearly cylindrical dactyli, which have only a few small spinules beneath near the base, and are contained between two and three times in their propodi. Abdomen more slender than in P. montagui tridens. Otherwise as in that species. Dimensions. — Female (off Cape Ann, Massachusetts), length 98 mm., carapace and rostrum 43.5 mm., rostrum 27.4 mm. Distribution.— Noxy common on the Atlantic coast of America from Nova Scotia to Chesapeake Bay in 15 to 321 fathoms. One specimen only has been taken in the Pacific, by the Albatross, off Shumagin Bank, Alaska, 138 fathoms, station 3339. PANDALUS PLATYCEROS Brandt. Pandalus platyceros Brandt, in Middendorff's Raise in den aussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens, Band ll, Zool., Theil I, 123, 1851.— Stimpson, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vl, 501 [61], 1857. Pandalus pubescentidiis Dana, Crust. U. S. Expl. Exped., I, 568, 1852; pi. xxxvi, fig. 8, 1855.— Stimpson, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 501 [61], 1857. — Kingsley, Bull. Essex Inst., x, 63, 1878. — Smith, Rept. Prog. Geol. Survey Canada, 1878-79, B, p. 214. — HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 210, 1900. Body stout. Carapace covered with a dense, short pubescence. Rostrum one and a half to one and two thirds times the carapace, pro- vided with a broad entire laminar crest on each side. Median crest arising half-way back on the carapace, armed with 14 to 17 spines ex- tending to middle of rostrum, the anterior i to 5 fixed, the rest movable ; usually a solitary spine not far behind the acute tip ; lower limb armed with 7 or 8 fixed spines, diminishing gradually in size ; the basal tooth very large. Posterior part of rostrum deflexed, anterior half or two thirds ascending, tip above level of carapace. Antennal spine very strong ; pterygostomian small, but well marked. Eyes large, pyriform; cornea in alcohol light greenish; ocellus black. Antennular peduncle reaching two fifths the length of acicle, second and third joints subequal ; outer flagellum one half longer than carapace, its basal half thickened ; inner flagellum a httle longer ; outer basal scale reaching nearly to end of first joint. Antennal scale four fifths to seven eighths as long as carapace, oblong, extremity of blade subtruncate, slightly exceeded by the spine ; peduncle reaching nearly to the middle of the third segment of antennular peduncle ; flagellum stout at base, equaling or exceeding length of body. Maxillipeds stout, reaching nearly or about to end of antennal scale ; first pair of feet to middle of terminal joint of maxillipeds. Right leg of DECAPODS 45 second pair reaching to end of maxillipeds, carpus 8- to 9-jointed, the first joint as long as the next 5 or 6, which are subequal, and twice as long as the last joint ; propodus about half as long as carpus ; fingers two thirds as long as palm. Left leg of second pair two fifths again as long as right; carpus divided into 27 or 28 joints, the first and last joints about twice as long as the adjoining segment; intervening segments varying a little in size, but those of the distal half a little larger ; pro- podus as long as last three segments of carpus ; fingers three fourths as long as palm. Third to fifth legs stout, the third reaching about the length of its dactyl beyond the acicle, the fifth reaching to middle of acicle ; dactyli contained from 4 to 6 times in their propodi. Abdomen sHghtly more than twice as long as carapace, smooth, non- carinate ; third segment very slightly produced backward in the middle ; sixth segment short and stout, one and a half times as long as wide ; seventh one and a half times as long as sixth, with six spinules on each side. Dimensions. — Ov'xgQxon?, female (station 3129), length 214 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 113 mm., of rostrum 68 mm. Distribution. — VnaXa-ska. (Brandt) to off San Diego, CaHfornia. Strait of Fuca at Dungeness, Washington (Dana). The specimens in the National Museum from north of the Strait of Fuca were found in shal- low water, while in the Strait and along the coast of Cahfornia the spe- cies occurs in considerable depths, from 48 to 266 fathoms. Taken at the following localities by the Albatross : Klinkwan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Karta Bay, Alaska. Medakatla, Annette Island, Alaska. Mary Island, Alaska. Otter Bay, Pender Island, British Columbia. Port Angeles, Washington. Strait of Fuca, 100-151 fathoms, stations 3445, 3449-3451, 3458. Washington Sound, Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms, station 2864. Off Bodega Head, Cahfornia, 167 fathoms, station 3170. Off Farallone Islands, California, 191 fathoms, station 3161 Off Point Ano Nuevo, 203 fathoms, station 3208. Off Monterey Bay, 65-204 fathoms, stations 3125, 3129. Off Point Carmel, 162 fathoms, station 3183. Off Cape San Martin, 218 fathoms, station 3189. Off Point Conception, 145 fathoms, station 2893. Off Santa Cruz Island, 150-266 fathoms, stations 2946, 2948, 2949. Off San Diego, 124 fathoms, station 2935. Kilhsnoo, Alaska (Northern Trading Co.). Lituya Bay, in stomach of halibut (W. H. Dall). Hood Canal, near Union, Washington, 20 fathoms (R. W. Doane). 46 RATHBUN PANDALUS HYPSINOTUS Brandt. Plate II, fig. 5. Pandalus hypshiotus Brandt, in Middendorff's Reise in den iiussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens, II, Zool., I, 125, 1851. Unalaska. Body stout. Rostrum a little (one sixth or one seventh) longer than the carapace, which is strongly arched dorsally. The median crest reaches nearly to the posterior margin ; the superior median spines are movable, occupy the anterior three fifths of the carapace, and extend an equal distance on the rostrum, in all numbering 17 to 22. The distal portion is strongly ascending and unarmed, except at the tip, which is oblique and armed with three immovable spines; the lower margin is furnished with 7 to 9 fixed spines, the posterior ones very large and hooked ; lateral carinse of moderate prominence. Antennal spine of moderate size, acuminate ; pterygostomian spine small. Eyes pyriform, nearly as broad as long ; cornea in alcohol bluish ; ocellus darker. Antennular peduncle reaching not quite to the middle of the acicle ; second joint a little longer than the third. Outer flagellum two thirds as long as carapace, the posterior five sixths thickened ; inner flagellum about one fourth longer than outer ; basal scale lobiform, not reaching end of eye. Antennal scale about four fifths as long as carapace, oblong, extremity obliquely subtruncate, spine very slightly longer. Peduncle reaching to end of second segment of antennular peduncle; flagellum nearly as long as the body. Maxillipeds in large specimens reaching a little in advance of the acicle ; first pair of feet nearly to end of acicle. Right leg of second pair reach- ing about to the end of the rostrum, carpus with 19 or 20 segments, the first and last of which are about equal to the three adjoining segments ; propodus as long as the last four segments of the carpus, fingers two thirds the length of palm. Left leg of second pair half again as long as right ; carpus composed of about 60 segments, the first and last subequal to the three adjoining segments; propodus a little longer than the last three segments of the carpus ; fingers nearly as long as palm. The merus and the ischium of the second pair are also more or less segmented. The third pair of legs extends beyond the acicle by the length of the dacty- lus and half or more of the propodus ; the fifth pair reaches beyond the middle of the acicle. Dactyli of last three pairs, in the female, contained from two and one fourth to four times in their propodi. In the male the propodi of the third and fourth pairs are a little shorter, are recurved (in the third pair strongly so), and are narrowed at the extremity. DECAPODS 47 Abdomen two and a third times as long as carapace, smooth, non- carinate, third segment very slightly produced backward in the middle ; sixth segment twice as long as wide ; seventh one and a half times as long as sixth, with six spinules on each side. Dimensions. — Ovigerous female (Herendeen Bay), length 133 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 61 mm., of rostrum 31 mm. Distribution. — Yxom Bering Sea to Strait of Fuca and Kurile Islands, 3 to 20 fathoms. Unalaska (Brandt). Specimens have been examined from the following localities : Cape Etolin, Nunivak, 8 fathoms; Hagemeister Island, 8 to 15 fathoms; Nazan Bay, Atka, 10 to 16 fathoms; Unalaska, 3 to 6 fath- oms; Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 3 to 10 fathoms; Port Levashef, Unalaska; Popof Strait, Shumagins, 6 fathoms; Shahafka Cove, Ka- diak; Chugachik Bay, Cook Inlet, between 20 and 60 fathoms; Sitka Harbor, 15 fathoms (W. H. Dall). St. Michael, Norton Sound (E. W. Nelson). Herendeen Bay, Alaska, fine specimens, abundant {Albatross). Kadiak, dredged (W. R. Coe, Harriman Expedition), " very bright col- ored." Port Angeles, Washington {Albatross). Portage Bay, Alaska (Lieutenant H. E. Nichols, U. S. N.). Bering Island (L. Stejneger and N. Grebnitzky), Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka (L. Stejneger). Rakovaya Bay, Avacha Bay, Kamchatka {Albatross). Off Iturup Island, Kurile Islands, 18 fathoms {Albatross station 3653). PA ND ALUS DANyE Stimpson. Pandalus dance Stimpson, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 87, 1857; Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 502 [62], pi. xxi, figs. 6, 7, 1857. Opposite Fort Townsend in Puget Sound. Pandalus franciscoriim KiNGSLEY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1878, 94. San Francisco. A rather stout species. Surface finely pitted. Rostrum a little longer than the carapace (from one fifth to one eighth longer), distal two thirds directed obliquely upward. Median dorsal spines 10 to 12, movable, about half of them on the carapace, the posterior spine a little behind the middle ; terminal half of rostrum unarmed above, apex trifid, lower margin 6- to 8-spined, the spines diminishing anteriorly; lateral carinse moderately prominent. Antennal spine acuminate ; pterygostomian spine small, but well marked. Antennular peduncle reaching about half the length of acicle, last two joints subequal ; outer flagellum about seven tenths length of carapace, 48 RATHBUN basal three fourths thickened ; inner flagellum one fourth or one third longer than outer ; basal scale reaching only to middle of first segment, its distal outer angle almost a right angle. Antennal scale from three fourths to five sixths as long as carapace, tapering to the extremity, the laminar part of which is rounded, and much exceeded by the spine ; peduncle reaching to end of second segment of antennular peduncle ; flagellum equaling or exceeding the length of the body. Maxillipeds reaching nearly to end of acicle ; first pair of feet to mid- dle of terminal joint of maxilliped. The right leg of the second pair may slightly exceed or fall short of the tip of the rostrum ; merus slightly annulated ; carpus with from i8 to 21 joints, those of the proximal half very indistinctly marked, the last joint as long as the two preceding ; pro- podus the length of the last four carpal segments, palm longer than digits. Left leg of second pair one third or nearly half again as long as right leg; merus and distal portion of ischium faintly annulated; about 60 carpal segments, hand and fingers much as in the right leg. Third leg of female reaching beyond the rostrum by one third or one fourth the length of the propodus. Fourth leg reaches one third or one half the length of the propodus of the third pair, while the fifth may reach beyond the middle of the propodus of the fourth. Dactyli of the last three pairs contained about four times in their propodi. The third and fourth pairs of legs of the male differ from those of the female in having shorter propodi, that of the third scarcely overreaching the rostrum; the propodus of the third is also recurved instead of straight and narrow at the extremity, forming an oblique margin against which the dactylus folds ; the dactyli of the last three pairs are contained about three times in their respective propodi. Abdomen two and a half times as long as carapace, smooth, non-car- inate, third segment very slightly produced backward in the middle; sixth segment one and two thirds as long as wide ; seventh one and a half times as long as sixth, and with six spinules on each side. Dimensiojis.—Adinlt female (San Francisco market), length no mm., length of carapace and rostrum 50 mm., of rostrum 26.5 mm. Distribtition.—Yxoxix Sitka, Alaska, to San Francisco, California. Fig. 13. Pnndalusdan(e(y,-i). Station 2865. a. Acicle. b. Third leg of i . c. Third leg of 9 - DECAPODS 49 Specimens have been examined from : Sitka, Alaska, lo fathoms (Harriman Expedition). Ward Cove, Revillagigedo Island, Alaska (Dr. T. H. Streets, U. S. N.). Off Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, 24 fathoms {Albatross, station 2881). Otter Bay, Pender Island, British Columbia {Albatross). Strait of Fuca, 40-97 fathoms [Albatross, stations 3443, 3462, 3464, 3465)- Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms {Albatross, station 2865). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Port Angeles and Port Tovvnsend, Washington {Albatross). Port Orchard, Washington (O. B. Johnson). San Francisco, California (D. S. Jordan). San Francisco market (R. E. C. Stearns). PANDALUS STENOLEPIS Rathbun. Plate II, fig. 4. Pandahis stenolepis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 901, 1902. Differs from P. dance : ( 1 ) In the stouter eyes, the transverse diameter being as great as the axial diameter. (2) In the more slender antennal scale. This scale has a concave outer margin, and the distal half of the blade is very narrow and filiform, narrower than the adjacent thickened portion, icicle (x 2). station 3464. (3) The first pair of feet is longer, reaching almost to the extremity of the maxillipeds. (4) The third, fourth, and fifth pairs of feet in the male, while shorter than in the female, as in P. dance, do not differ in shape from those of the female, as in the older species. (5) In the tip of the rostrum, usually 2-spined, though occasional specimens have 3 spines. Dimensions.— A^ViXt female (station 3464), length 80 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 37.2 mm., of rostrum 21 mm. Distribution. — Yxom the Aleutian Islands to Oregon, 27 to 125 fath- oms. Taken at the following stations : Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, 59 fathoms, station 3319. 4. PandahiS sienolcf'is. IliuHuk Harbor, Unalaska, 85 fathoms, station 331 1. Off Akutan Island, Alaska, 36 fathoms, station 3546. Unimak Pass, Alaska, 34 fathoms, station 3220. Northwest of Unimak Island, Alaska, 43 fathoms, station 3262, Southwest of Sannak Islands, Alaska, 41 fathoms, station 3213. Off Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, 34 fathoms, station 2879. Off Cape Flattery, Washington, 27-40 fathoms, stations 2873, 2874. 50 RATHBUN Strait of Fuca, 37-125 fathoms, stations 3443, 3445, 3451, 3452, 3458, 3459, 3461, 3462, 3464 (type locality), 3593. Off Alsea River, Oregon, 42 fathoms, station 3085. Off Heceta Bank, Oregon, 68 fathoms, station 3078. Heceta Bank, Oregon, 42-50 fathoms, stations 2886, 2887, 2889. Granite Cove, Port Ahhorp, Alaska (W. H. Dall). PANDALUS GURNEYI Stimpson. Plate II, fig. 6. Pa/ida/us ^-urneyt Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 128, 1871. Mon- terey, Calif. The species which I take to be P. gurneyi is very near F. dance. Our adult specimens are smaller than F. dajicz ; rostrum longer, being from one and a half to one and two thirds longer than the carapace. Median dorsal spines 8 or 9, rather distant, ventral spines 9 or 10. An- tennular peduncle only two fifths as long as acicle ; the fiagella are sub- equal and one and a half times as long as carapace, the thickened portion of the outer one being a little over half the entire length ; the basal scale is rounded, not angled. Antennal scale as long as carapace, flagellum exceeding length of body. Maxillipeds reaching three fourths the length of antennal scale, first pair of feet reaching nearly as far. Right leg of second pair extends to tip of acicle, carpal segments 1 7 ; left leg one third longer than right, carpal segments about 45. As the last three pairs of feet are about the same length as in F. dance, it follows that in the female the third pair does not reach as far beyond the rostrum as in that species, or fails to reach the end of the rostrum. In the male the last three pairs of legs are shorter than in the female, ^j_____-----;;;:5^;ri::^h and the propodus of the third pair is slightly re- ^^^'**'"''"''''^ M curved and narrowed at the extremity, forming a / marcin acrainst which the dactvlus closes ; this is, if Fig. 15. Pandalus gurneyi. Third leg of i (X 2). Station margin against which the dactylus closes ; this is, I mistake not, the condition which Stimpson de- scribes as * subcheliform.' Sixth segment of abdomen one and a half times as long as wide ; seventh less than one and a half times as long as sixth, 5 spinules on each side. Otherwise as in P. dance. Dimensions.— Ovigerous female (station 2961), length 77.5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 38.5 mm., of rostrum 25 mm. DECAPODS 51 Disfri^ufio/2. — Southern California, 9 to 55 fathoms (rare). Taken at the following stations by the Albatross : Monterey Bay, 9 fathoms, station 3130. Off Santa Barbara, 21 fathoms, station 2961. Off San Miguel Island, 55 fathoms, station 2959. Off Santa Cruz Island, 30 fathoms, stations 2944, 2945. Off Santa Rosa Island, 52 fathoms, station 2956. Genus Pandalopsis Bate. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PANDALOPSIS. A. Rostrum with spines on distal half of upper margin . . . dispar. A'. Rostrum without spines on distal half of upper margin. B. Dorsal spines not continued to middle of carapace . . . anipla. B'. Dorsal spines continued to middle of carapace. C. Palm of chela more than one and a half times as long as fingers. Rostrum less than twice as long as carapace proper . aleuiica. C. Palm of chela less than one and a half times as long as fingers. Rostrum more than twice as long as carapace proper longirostris. PANDALOPSIS AMPLA Bate. Pandalopsis amplus Bate, Challenger Kept., xxiv, 671, pi. CXV, fig. 3, 1888. Pandalopsis anpla Faxon, Mem. I\Ius. Comp. Zool., XVlll, 155, 1895. Stu^ace remotely punctate. Rostrum one and a third to one and nine tenths times as long as the rest of the carapace (in small specimens it may be two and a half times the carapace), slightly ascending, slightly arched above the eyes. Median crest occupying the anterior two thirds of the carapace, armed with 7 to 13 movable spines, of which 3 to 5 are on the carapace and in front of the middle, the anterior spine considerably behind the middle of the rostrum. There is also a subterminal fixed spine ; and occasionally two subterminal spines — both above, or one above and one below. Greater part of the rostrum unarmed above. Lower margin armed with 13 to 16 slender spines, larger toward the base of the rostrum. Suborbital spine slender, prominent. Pterygos- tomian spine short and slender. Eyes very stout, ocellus rudimentary. The peduncle of the anten- nula extends to the middle or nearly to the middle of the antennal scale ; the second segment is twice as long as the third ; inner flagellum at least half as long as the body ; outer flagellum one fourth longer than inner, thicker at the base, but gradually tapering. The peduncle of the an- tenna does not reach quite to the end of the second segment of the antennular peduncle ; flagellum one and a third times the length of the 52 RATHBUN body. Scale four fifths to eight ninths as long as carapace ; blade broadly rounded at the tip and exceeded by the spine. The maxilliped falls considerably short of the tip of antennal scale, but its penultimate segment reaches to or beyond the end of the anten- nular peduncle. The ischium of the first pair of feet is dilated in a thin, broad laminar inferior projection, which is anteriorly lobiform ; the terminal segment overlaps a little that of the maxilliped. The feet of the second pair are equal; the carpus has 20 to 24 segments; the right and left carpi may or may not have an equal number of segments ; the chela is as long as the five adjacent segments of the carpus. The third, fourth, and fifth pairs of feet are slender and similar, and armed with slender spines; while they diminish regularly in length from the third to the fifth, their propodi increase in length proportionally ; the dactyli are short and con- tained from five to six times in their respective propodi. The third pair overreaches the acicle by the length of the dactylus and at least half the propodus. The third segment of the abdomen is moderately produced backward in the middle, forming a lobe in the posterior margin ; the sixth segment is nearly two and a half times as long as wide, and about two thirds as long as the seventh ; this has 5 to 8 spinules on each side, of which the anterior is just in front of the middle. Dimensions.— 'Length 164 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 85.7 mm., of rostrum 57.5 mm. Disfril>ufion. — From Washington to Mexico; off Monte Video; 309- 984 fathoms: Off Monte Video, 600 fathoms {Challenger, type locality). Off Acapulco, 660 fathoms, station 3418, and near Tres Marias Islands, Mexico, 676 fathoms, station 3424 [Albatross, Faxon). Off Cortez Bank, Cahfornia, 984 and 776 fathoms, stations 2919 (one young) and 3627. Off San Diego, 822 and 623 fathoms, stations 2983 (abundant) and 2929. Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 877 and 859 fathoms, stations 3074 and 3075 (abundant). PANDALOPSIS ALEUTICA Rathbun. Plate I, fig. I. Pandalopsis aletitica Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XXIV, 901, 1902. Surface of carapace covered with a short and soft pubescence. Bran- chial region traversed by a curved longitudinal ridge. Rostrum one and DECAPODS 53 one seventh to one and a half times the length of the rest of the cara- pace, ascending. Anterior two thirds of carapace furnished with a median crest. Median spines 8 to 13, four to six of which are behind the orbits, the insertion of the posterior spine being at the middle of the carapace ; the anterior spine is behind the middle of the rostrum ; this is exclusive of a subterminal spine. Inferior spines 8 to 12. The peduncle of the antennula extends a little past the middle of the antennal scale; the second segment one and a half times as long as third ; outer flagellum two thirds as long as body, inner flagellum shorter. Peduncle of antenna reaching to end of second antennular segment ; scale three fourths to four fifths as long as carapace, broader behind than in P. ampla; flagellum one and a half times the length of the body. The outer maxillipeds extend either to the tip or nearly to the tip of antennal scale; the first pair of pereiopods overreach the penultimate segment of the maxilliped; second pair subequal, extending beyond acicle, carpal segments 18 to 21, chela equal in length to five and a half or six of the adjoining segments of the , , 1 1 1/- • 1 F'G. 16. Pandalpfsis carpus ; palm more than one and a half times as long as aUutka. cheia of « fingers. There is very little difference in the length of the third, fourth, and fifth pairs of feet ; the third pair reaches beyond the acicle by the length of the dactylus and half the propodus ; the dactyli are contained about five and a half times in their propodi. The pleon is much like that of P. ampla; the pleura of the second seg- ment are narrower than in P. ampla; the sixth segment is shorter, only twice as long as wide. For the rest, as in P. ampla. Dimensions. — Adult female, length 132 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 61.5 mm., of rostrum 2,Z ™™- Distribution. — Over one hundred specimens were taken by the Alba- tross at station 3480, off Seguam, Aleutian Islands, 283 fathoms (type locality). North of Rat Islands, Aleutians, 270 fathoms, station 3785, Affinities. — '^t%\^t?, its resemblance to P. ampla, this species is also similar to P. lamelligera (Brandt), from Kamchatka, but differs in the fewer dorsal spines, in the longer feet of the first pair, and in the nar- rower pleura of the second segment of the pleon. PANDALOPSIS LONGIROSTRIS Rathbun. Patidalopsis longirostris Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 902, 1902. Male. — Surface smooth. Rostrum a little more than twice as long as the carapace proper, strongly ascending, and continued backward in a 54 RATHBUN Fig. 17. Pancialofsis longirostris. Station 3316. a. Side of carapace (natural size). b. Acicle (X 2)- f- Chela (X 33)- d. Telson (x 2)- carina behind the middle of the carapace, armed with 9 movable spines, four of which are on the carapace (the hinder one inserted very slightly behind the middle) and five on the base of the rostrum ; i subterminal immovable spine ; lower margin armed with 11 immovable spines. Antennular peduncle extending to middle of scale. Scale as long as carapace. Antennal pe- duncle reaching to middle of second antennular segment. Maxillipeds reaching almost to end of scale, very stout and hairy. The first pair of pereiopods overlaps the basal fourth of the last joint of the maxilli- peds ; second pair extending beyond acicle by length of chela, carpus of 21 joints, chela equal to the seven adjoining segments, fingers almost as long as palm ; third pereiopods extending beyond the acicle by the length of the dactylus and two thirds of the propodus. Sixth segment of abdomen two and a half times as long as wide; telson broader than in P. aleutica. Z>/warRATHBVi^, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 902, 1902. Surface very finely and closely punctate. Rostrum two to two and a half times the length of the rest of the carapace, arched over the eyes, the remainder slightly ascending. Median crest occupying two thirds the length of the carapace, posterior spine at the anterior third, spines 16 to 21, three or four of which are on the carapace, spines closely placed on the arch, distant on the remainder of the rostrum. Inferior spines 9 to 15, extremity bifid or sometimes trifid. Antennal spine long and slender ; pterygostomian spine minute. Eyes very large, with a very small but distinct ocellus outside the corneal area. Antennal peduncle reaching two fifths the length of antennal scale ; DECAPODS 55 third segment but little shorter than second ; outer basal scale a narrow lobe ; outer flagellum one third longer than the body ; inner flagellum one half as long as the outer. Antennal scale a little shorter than the carapace, tapering distally; extremity of blade obliquely rounded and exceeding the spine ; peduncle reaching end of second segment of anten- nular peduncle ; flagellum one and a half times length of body. The outer maxillipeds reach to the distal fifth or sixth of the antennal scale. The first pair of feet overlap the proximal third of the terminal joint of the maxilliped. Second pair subequal, overreaching the acicle a little; carpus composed of from 26 to S3 segments. Third to fifth pairs of feet nearly equal, the third reaching beyond the acicle by length of dactylus and one half or more of propodus, their propodi increasing in length from the third to the fifth pair, while the dactyli increase in reverse order ; so that while the dactylus of the third pair may be contained three and a half or four times in the corresponding propodus, the dactylus of the fifth pair is contained seven or eight times in its propodus ; the spines of the meral and carpal segments are replaced by bristles on the propodi ; dactyli subentire, although there may be a few small very appressed spinules at the base of the concave surface. Abdomen two and four fifths to three times as long as the carapace (exclusive of rostrum) ; third segment slightly compressed, its posterior margin produced in a short subacute lobe. Sixth segment nearly three times as long as wide and three fourths as long as seventh ; seventh with five to seven spinules on each side. Outer branch of tail-fan about as long as the telson ; inner branch much shorter. Dimensions. — Length of female 181 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 100.5 mm., length of rostrum 73.5 mm. Length of female (sta- tion 3675) 21 1.5 mm. Distinctive characters. — The spines distributed along the whole upper margin of the rostrum, the unequal dactyli of the third to fifth pairs of feet, and the inequality of the branches of the swimming-fan easily dis- tinguish this species from the preceding. Distribution. — "From Bering Sea to Washington, 53 to 351 fathoms, at the following stations of the Albatross : Bering Sea, west of Pribilof Islands, 184 fathoms, station 3489. Chemofski Harbor, Unalaska, 109 fathoms, station 3324 (type locality). North of Unalaska, 351, 350 fathoms, stations 3330, 3331. Between Unga and Nagai Islands, Shumagins, no fathoms, station 2848. Off the Trinity Islands, 159 fathoms, station 2853. Clarence Strait, Alaska, 322 fathoms, station 3077. Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, 238 fathoms, station 2 86 2. 56 RATHBUN Off Strait of Fuca, 142 fathoms, station 3457. Strait of Fuca, 53-136 fathoms, stations 3446-3449, 3451, 3452, 3456, 3458-3460, 3596, 3597. Puget Sound, 82-135 fathoms, stations 3067, 3068, OfT Tahwhit Head, Washington, 178 fathoms, station 3076, Stations 3675, 3676 (locaUty not given), no and 122 fathoms. Family HIPPO L YTID^. Genus Hippolyte Leach. HIPPOLYTE CALIFORNIENSIS Holmes. Distribution. — Yrom Sitka, Alaska, to San Diego, California. Speci- mens are in the National Museum from Sitka, 10 fathoms (Harriman Expedition, one specimen) ; Barclay Sound, British Columbia {Albatross, one specimen) ; Puget Sound (T. Kincaid, several specimens) ; Bodega Bay, California (determined by S. J. Holmes) ; San Diego, California [Albatross). The Sitka specimen, about 24 mm. long, has on the rostrum 3 teeth above on basal half, below 3 near the middle and i near the tip. The example from Barclay Sound has 2 teeth above on basal half, and i near the tip, below 2 near the middle and i near the tip. In a lot of eleven specimens from Puget Sound, the dorsal teeth are usually 2 (in one case 3) on basal half of rostrum, and i or none near tip. In the few individuals from San Diego the rostral teeth are typical. Genus Hippolysmata Stimpson. HIPPOLYSMATA CALIFORNICA Stimpson. Distribution. — Yxom Santa Barbara to San Diego, California. Genus Spirontocaris Bate. (Includes Heptacarpus Holmes.) KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SPIRONTOCARIS. A. One or more supraorbital spines present. B. Rostrum subcircular. Median spines of carapace compound or formed by short transverse rows of small spines. 3 or 4 supra- orbital spines prionota. B'. Rostrum not subcircular, usually elongate. Median spines of carapace simple, or not formed by transverse rows of small spines. Not more than 2 supraorbital spines. C. First to third abdominal segments laterally acute or spinous. D. First and second abdominal segments armed with slender spines. Rostrum naiTow grxnlandica. DECAPODS 57 D'. First and second abdominal segments laterally acute. Ros- trum deep lamellicornis. C First to third abdominal segments laterally rounded, not acute. D. Two supraorbital spines. E. Rostrum longer than the remainder of the carapace and with a long slender tip bispinosa. E'. Rostrum shorter than the remainder of the carapace. F. Rostrum not reaching end of antennular peduncle tru?icata, F'. Rostrum reaching beyond end of antennular peduncle. G. Antennular scale not reaching middle of second seg- ment of peduncle. H. Dorsal spines all in front of middle of carapace ska. . H'. Dorsal spines continued posterior to middle of carapace snydcri. G'. Antennular scale reaching beyond middle of second segment of peduncle. H. Dorsal spines not reaching to posterior third of carapace. J. Upper limb of rostrum gradually diminishing in width from the orbit to the tip . . phippsii. ]'. Upper hmb of rostrum arcuate, widest in the middle. K. Rostrum extending only to end of antennular peduncle, deep, usually bifid at tip ochoie7isis. YJ. Rostrum extending nearly to end of antennal scale, less deep, tip acute .... dalli. H'. Dorsal spines continued to posterior third of cara- pace. J. Midrib of rostrum terminating in a spine which projects well beyond lower limb of rostrum. K. Eyes large, pyriform. Spine of antennal scale extending beyond lamellar portion liljeborgit, YJ. Eyes of moderate size, subcylindrical. Spine of antennal scale not reaching beyond lam- ellar portion murdochi. J'. Midrib of rostrum terminating in a spine which does not project beyond lower limb of rostrum. K. Upper margin of carapace and rostrum in ? convex. Third abdominal segment in $, in profile not projecting behind fourth segment arciiata. K'. Upper margin of carapace and of rostrum in $ separated by a depression. Third abdominal segment in $, in profile projecting in a horn- like process behind fourth segment . spina. D'. One supraorbital spine. 58 RATHBUN E, Rostrum less than twice as long as the eye washingtoniana. E', Rostrum twice or more than twice as long as the eye. F. Antennular scale shorter than first segment of peduncle vidna. F'. Antennular scale longer than first segment of peduncle, G. Fifth segment of abdomen not armed with a spine on either side aftinis. G'. Fifth segment of abdomen armed with a spine on either side. H. Rostrum longer than the rest of the carapace tinalaskensis. H'. Rostrum no longer than the rest of the carapace Polaris. A'. No supraorbital spine or spines. B. Rostrum about as long as or longer than the rest of the carapace. C. Third, fourth, and fifth segments of abdomen carinated, the carina on each segment terminating in a sharp spine . . barbata. C. Third, fourth, and fifth segments not all carinated nor ending in a sharp spine. D. Terminal half (at least) of rostrum devoid of spines above. E. Third abdominal segment with an angle or hump, in profile, toward the posterior end. F. More than 3 dorsal teeth, one or more in front of eyes. G. Sixth abdominal segment less than twice as long as wide. Rostrum deep, one fourth as deep as long carinata. G'. Sixth abdominal segment more than twice as long as wide. Rostrum more slender. H. Maxilliped with epipod. Scale at base of antennula extending beyond first segment .... fiexa. YV. Maxilliped without epipod. Scale at base of an- tennula not reaching beyond, or only shghtly beyond, first segment gracilis. F'. Three dorsal teeth, none in front of eyes . . tridens. E'. Third abdominal segment smoothly rounded, without angle or hump. F. One or more superior rostral spines in front of eyes. G. No pterygostomian spine stylus. G'. A pterygostomian spine amabilis. F'. No superior rostral spine in front of eye . . fabricii. D'. Terminal half of rostrum with spines (in part at least). E. Terminal third of rostrum unarmed above and below biunguis. E'. Terminal third of rostrum not entirely unarmed. F. Sixth abdominal segment longer than seventh . decora. F'. Sixth abdominal segment shorter than seventh. G. Maxilliped exceeding acicle. H. Rostrum straight above. Epipods on maxillipeds and first two thoracic feet .... paludicola. DECAPODS 59 H'. Rostrum concave above. Epipods on maxilUpeds and first foot only moseri. G'. Maxilliped not exceeding acicle. H. Third abdominal segment with a lobe (in profile), which is in the form of a hook in the $ , oi a, hump in the ? . 8 to 12 dorsal spines gaifnardii belcheri. H'. Third segment without a lobe (in profile) in the $ . J. Rostrum with more than 8 spines above . layi. J'. Rostrum with 8 or fewer than 8 spines above. K. Fourth abdominal segment with a spine on either side siickleyi. YJ. Fourth abdominal segment without spine. L. Sixth segment barely twice as long as high. M. Maxillipeds reaching just beyond middle of acicle camtschatica. M'. Maxillipeds reaching nearly to end of acicle kincaidi. \J. Sixth segment more than twice as long as high iownsendi. B'. Rostrum shorter than the rest of the carapace. C. Upper and lower limbs of rostrum deep and with convex margins. D. Upper limb of rostrum deepest above the eye . . macilenta. D'. Upper limb narrow above the eye . . . inacrophthalma. C. Upper and lower limbs of rostrum not both convex. D. Rostrum elongate, reaching beyond the middle of the an- tennal scale. E. Upper margin of rostrum concave. F. Fingers of first pair of chelipeds less than one third as long as palm. No pterygostomian spine. No spine on fourth segment of abdomen . . . brachydaciyla. ¥'. Fingers of first pair of chelipeds about half as long as palm. A pterygostomian spine or spinule. A spine or spinule on fourth segment of abdomen viaxillipes. E'. Upper margin of rostrum straight. F. Antennal peduncle reaching end of antennular peduncle picta. F'. Antennal peduncle reaching end of second segment of an- tennular peduncle sitchensis. D'. Rostrum short, not reaching beyond the middle of the an- tennal scale. E. Rostrum not reaching as far as the cornea . . . taylori. E'. Rostrum reaching as far as or beyond the cornea. F. Rostrum not reaching the second segment of antennular peduncle. G. Rostrum with superior margin strongly convex over the eyes, extremity straight avina. G'. Rostrum with superior margin not strongly convex over the eyes, but nearly straight. 60 RATHBUN H. Maxilliped with exopod pusiola. H'. Maxilliped without exopod. J. Antenna! scale about same length as, or shorter than, telson brevirostris . ]'. Antennal scale longer than telson . . palpator. F'. Rostrum reaching second segment of antennular pe- duncle. G. Rostrum straight herdmani. G'. Rostrum arched over the eye. H. Fourth segment of abdomen with lateral spinule. Maxillipeds reaching, or nearly reaching, end of acicle cristaia. H'. Fourth segment of abdomen unarmed. Maxillipeds reaching only to distal third of acicle . stoneyi. SPECIES OF SPIRONTOCARIS, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR EXOPODS AND EPIPODS. A. One or more supraorbital spines present. B. Third maxilliped with exopod and epipod. C. First thoracic foot with epipod sua. C. First and second thoracic feet with epipods . bispinosa, snyderi. C". First, second, and third thoracic feet with epipods prionota, lamellicornis, spina, araiata, jniirdochi, tnincata? , Hljeborgii, phippsii, ochoiensis, dalli. B'. Third maxilliped without exopod but with epipod. C. First thoracic foot with epipod vicina. C. First and second thoracic feet with epipods polaris, tmalaskensis. C". First, second, and third thoracic feet with epipods grcenlandica, washingtoniana. B". Exopods and epipods unknown affinis. A'. No supraorbital spine or spines. B. Third maxilliped with exopod and epipod. C. Thoracic feet without epipods barbata, biunguis, macrophthalma. C. First thoracic foot with epipod fabricii (usually), suckleyi (usually). C". First and second thoracic feet with epipods /abricii (sometimes), gaimardii bcl- cheri, totvnsendi., suckleyi (sometimes). C". First, second, and third thoracic feet with epipods pusiola, herdmani, stoneyi, avina, macilenta. B'. Third maxilliped without exopod but with epipod. C. Thoracic feet without epipods decora, tridens, stylus, niaxillipes, brachydactyla, camtschatica, kincaidi. C. First thoracic foot with epipod .... vioseri, sitchensis. C". First and second thoracic feet with epipods ^exa, picta, paludicola. C". First, second, and third thoracic feet with epipods carinata, palpatory brevirostris, taylori, cristata. DECAPODS 6 I B". Third maxilliped without exopod or epipod. Thoracic feet without epipods gracilis. W". Exopods and epipods unknown atnabilis, layi. SPIRONTOCARIS PRIONOTA (Stimpson). Hippolyte prionota Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 153, 1864.— KiNGSLEY, Bull. Essex Inst., xiv, 127, pi. ii, fig. 9, 1883. — Sharp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 117, 1893. Spirontocaris prionota Walker, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, XII, 277, 1898. Spirotitocaris prioitata HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 206, 1900. To Kingsley's figure one must add 2 or 3 supraorbital spines arranged in a longitudinal series. While 3 seems to be the normal number, the anterior one is often reduced and sometimes wanting. Distribution. — From Bering Sea to Monterey, California: Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, and Kadiak (Harriman Expedition, W. R. Coe). Collected by W. H. Dall at Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island, 8 fathoms ; Captains Harbor, Unalaska, 9 and 80 fathoms ; Coal Harbor, Unga, 8-9 fathoms; Belkofski Bay, 15-25 fathoms; Chiniak Bay, Kadiak; Chugachik Bay, Cook Inlet, 20-60 fathoms. Dredged by the Albatross in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 73^ and 10^ fathoms, stations 3232 and 3233 ; off North Head, Akutan Island, 72 fathoms, station 2842; Unimak Pass, 34 fathoms, station 3220; North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms, station 2850; Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865. Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Pacific Grove, California (J. O. Snyder), Bering Island, 2-12 fathoms, some in stomach of Gadus macroccphalus (N. Grebnitzky). Puget Sound (Stimpson) ; Marmot Isles, Alaska, 45 fathoms (Sharp) ; Monterey, California (Holmes). SPIRONTOCARIS GRCENLANDICA (J. C. Fabricius). Astacus GrcenlandicHs J. C. Fabricius, Syst. Entom., 416, 1775; Entom. syst, auct. et emend., Il, 484, 1793 (granilandicus). Cancer ai^uleattis O. Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 239, 1780. Alpheus Aatleatus Sabine, in Supplement to Appendix of Parry's [First] Voyage, p. CCXXXVii, pi. 11, figs. 9 and 10, 1824. Hippolyte aculeata J. C, Ross, in John Ross, Appendix to Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, II, p. Ixxxiii, 1835. Hippolite armata Owen, in Zoology of Capt. Beechey's Voyage [of the Blossom], Crustacea, p. 88, pi. xxvil, fig 2, 1839 ( $ ). Hippolite cornnta Owen, op. cit., p. 89, pi. xxviil, fig. 2, 1839 ( $ ), Hippolyte groenlandica MiERS, Ann, Mag. Nat, Hist. (4), XX, 62 (12), 1877. — Smith, Trans, Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 85, pi, x, fig, 2, 1879, spirontocaris grcetilandica \^ A'LKTS.K, Trans. Liverpool Biol, Soc, XII, 276, 1898. — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad, Sci,, Vll, 236, 1900, The number of spines on the abdomen is the same in the two sexes, 62 RATHBUN but there is some individual variation. The usual number of spines is one on the second and sixth segments and two on each of the other segments. Distribtitmi. — Arctic coast of America; Bering Sea to Puget Sound; Kamchatka ; Okhotsk Sea ; Atlantic coast of America from Greenland to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 1-72 fathoms: Berg Bay, Glacier Bay, Alaska (Harriman Expedition). Dredged by the Albatross from off Cape Menshikof, Bering Sea, to the Aleutian Islands and Portlock Bank, Alaska, in 16 to 72 fathoms; at the unusual depth of 283 fathoms, off Seguam, Aleutians, a lot of large specimens, the largest ? measuring 77 mm., the largest ^ 67 mm. ; Strait of Fuca and Puget Sound, 40-48 fathoms; off Kamchatka, 12 and 42 fathoms, stations 3780 and 3781 ; Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, 16 fathoms, station 3642 ; Rakovaya Bay, Avacha Bay; off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 10 fathoms, station 3645. Various localities from Kadiak westward along the Aleutian Islands, in 3-25 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Avacha Bay and Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka (L. Stejneger). Bering Island, among Laminaria, and Solovarennaja Bay, Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, 10-12 fathoms (N. Grebnitzky). Arctic Ocean (Stimpson). SPIRONTOCARIS LAMELLICORNIS (Dana). Hippolyte IavielIicornisV>k.-^k, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, 24; Crust. U. S. Expl. Exped., I, 567, 1852, pi. xxxvi, fig. 6, 1855. — Stimpson, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 498, 1857. — Kingsley, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 62, 1878. Spirontocaris lamellic07-nis WALKER, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, Xll, 277, 1898. — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 208, 1900. This species, though resembling strongly -5". spina, is at once separated by the acuteness of the lateral margins of the first to third abdominal ,_^_^^^ segments, which in S. spina are broadly y^-'^ ^^'^^ rounded. The rostrum is about three ^^''^""P^ ^y fourths as long as the rest of the cara- "'^■~>— / ^ ) pace, and does not exceed the antennal "V,^^^^^ ^^^^^^ scale, although it may exceed the blade Fig. 18. spirontocaris lameiiicomis. Side -of the scalc. The spiue of the scale ex- of carapace of MX li). Station 3046. ^^^^^ htyOXi(S. the blade tO a distance equaling or exceeding the distal width of the blade. The dactyli of the last three pairs of feet are longer than in S. spina, those of the last pair being half the length of their propodi ; they are armed with spinules so minute that the segment appears entire in comparison with S. spina. Dimensions. — $ , length 63 mm., carapace 23 mm. DECAPODS 63 Distribution.— This species occurs sparingly from Unalaska to Point Arena, California ; 9-7 7 fathoms. It has been taken by W. H. Dall at Captains Harbor, Unalaska, 9 fathoms; Port Etches, 12-18 fathoms; Sitka Harbor, 15 fathoms. By the Albatross :it Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863 ; Strait of Fuca, 53 fathoms, station 3460 ; Bellingham Bay, Washington, 1 1 fathoms, station 3612; off Destruction Island, Washington, 3 2 fathoms, station 2869 ; off Grays Harbor, 48-58 fathoms, stations 2870, 3046- 3048; off Columbia River, 68 fathoms, station 2882 ; off Oregon, 38-77 fathoms, stations 3057-3059; off Point Arena, California, 51 fathoms, station 3351. SPIRONTOCARIS SPINA 1 (Sowerby). Plate III, fig. 5. Cancer spinus SowERBY, British Miscellany, 47, pi. xxiii, 1805 {teste Steb- bing). Alphcet(s spinus Leach, Edinb. Encyc, VII, 431, 1814; Philadelphia reprint, VII, 271. Aipheus Spinus l.'EKCn, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XI, 347, 1815. Hippolyte Sotuerbcei h^ACn, Malac. Pod. Brit., pi. XXXIX, 1817. Hippolite sowerbei J, C. RoSS, in John Ross, Appendix to Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, li, p. Ixxxiii, pi. b, fig. 2, 1835. Hippolyte spinus WHITE, List Crust. Brit. Mus., ^(y, 1847.— Bell, Hist. Brit. Crust., 284, 1853. — Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 68, 1879. Hippolyte spina Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila., xil, 34 (103), i860; Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 126, 1871. Spirontocaris spinus Bate, Challenger Report, xxiv, 596, pis. cvi and cvil, 1888 (part). — Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 556, 1899 (part). There is considerable variation, in this species, in the height of the carapace in proportion to its length ; in the eyes, which may be widely pyriform or smaller and subcylindrical ; in the length of the outer maxillipeds (in none of the Pacific specimens do the maxillipeds reach the end of the acicle, while in many Atlantic ones ^—-^....^^^ they do): in the carination and the length of the Fig. ig. spirontocaris spina. . ' , . , , , . , Side of carapace of ? (X i2)- spme of the third abdominal segment. station 2842. Hn regard to spina vs. spinus, Stimpson say* (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 126, 1871): " Sowerby, by the name he gave to this species, doubtless had refer- ence to a spine, or the backbone : in Latin spina, not spinus. Spinus is not an adjec- tive, and means only the sloe-tree, which could scarcely have been intended." While spinus has another signification, from anCvo^, the name of a small bird, yet it was without doubt used by Sowerby to call attention to the spine or spines of the animal. <^~^ 64 RATHBUN Ross [loc. cit.) probably represents the 6 of S. spina, but the shape of the rostrum is inaccurate; both upper and lower laminae should have more convex margins. Distribution, — Circumpolar. Arctic Alaska, Bering Strait, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Alaska Peninsula to Lituya Bay, 5-9 1 fathoms ; Atlantic Ocean southward to Massachusetts Bay, 5-90 fathoms; northern Europe: Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Off the Pribilof Islands, 41-62 fathoms, stations 3439, 3442, 3482, 3483, 3485, 3505. 3540, 3544, 3554, 35^0, 3561. Off Bristol Bay, 30 fathoms, station 3302. Off Cape Strogonof, 30 fathoms, station 3293. Off Kudobin Islands, 36 fathoms, station 3280. Off Akutan Island, 56-91 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842, 3548. Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, 35 fathoms, station 3322. Northwest of Unimak Island, 81 fathoms, station 3257. South of Unimak Island, 42 fathoms, station 3217. Between Bird and Nagai Islands, Shumagins, 35 fathoms, station 2851. Collected by Dr. Dall at : Bering Strait, 1 2 fathoms. Bay of Islands, Adak, 9-16 fathoms. Nazan Bay, Atka, 10-16 fathoms. Captains Harbor, Unalaska, 9-80 fathoms. Port Levashef, Unalaska. Lituya Bay, 6-9 fathoms. Off Point Hope, Arctic Alaska, 25 fathoms (U. S. R. S. Corwin). Lorenz Bay and Plover Bay (Richters). SPIRONTOCARIS ARCUATA Rathbun. Plate III, fig. 4. Spirontocaris spinus Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 556, 1899 (part). Spirontocaris arcuata Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 893, 1902. On the Pacific coast, associated in part with 6'. spina, is a very closely allied species, easily mistaken for S. spina, but apparently distinct. In the adult ? , the upper line of carapace and ros- trum in profile forms a single curve, without the sinus shown in S. spina; the rostrum is on a higher level than in that species, the rostral spines larger and more distinctly marked ; the Sidfof carapf^e'T M^igT^^sul Posterior lobe of the third abdominal segment »i°"=^264- shorter and broader; the sixth segment con- siderably shorter, being less than one and a half times as long as wide, DECAPODS 65 while in ^S*. spina it is more than one and a half times as long as wide ; the maxillipeds reach to the tip of the antennal scale ; the dactyli of the third to fifth pairs of feet are shorter than in S. spina, that of the last pair being contained at least three times in the propodus, while in S. spifia the dactylus of the last pair is contained only two and a half times in its propodus. The males of this species and of S. spina are more difficult of deter- mination. The rostrum has the midrib more strongly curved upward, the upper limb deeper and with more convex superior outline than in S. spina. The same differences in the abdomen exist as in the females of the two species, but in a lesser degree. Dimensions.— ? , length 53.8 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 20 mm., of rostrum 8 mm. Distribution. — From Pribilof Islands to Strait of Fuca ; 3-350 fathoms. A more southerly range than that of S. spina. Harriman Expedition. — Kadiak, 5 fathoms (W. R. Coe) ; Berg Bay, Glacier Bay; Juneau, 20 fathoms. Collected by the Albatross : Off Pribilof Islands, 48-150 fathoms, stations 3484, 3486, 3500, 3561, 3602. Off Cape Menshikof, 24 fathoms, station 3296. Off Cape Strogonof, 26 fathoms, station 3291. Northeast of Unimak Island, 24 fathoms, station 3266. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms, station 3262. Unimak Pass, 34 fathoms, station 3220. Off North Head, Akutan Island, 72 fathoms, station 2842. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Off Aektok Island, 54 fathoms, station 2844. Davidson Bank, 42 fathoms, station 2845. North of Unalaska, 350 fathoms, station 3331. Iliuliuk Harbor, 93 fathoms, station 3335. Off Makushin Bay, Unalaska, 61 fathoms, station 3318. Southwest of Sannak Islands, 41 fathoms, station 3213. 15 miles south of Sannak Islands, 44 fathoms, station 2846. Off Shumagin Bank, 138 fathoms, station 3339. Off Falmouth Harbor, Shumagins, 48 fathoms, station 2847. Shumagins, 21-58 fathoms, stations 2850-2852. Off Trinity Islands, 159 fathoms, station 2853. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865. Washington Sound, Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms, station 2S64 (type locality). Strait of Fuca, 40-152 fathoms, stations 3443-3446, 345I5 3454) 3455» 3458. 3459) 3461, 3462, 3464, 3465, 3596. Dr. W. H. Dall has collected the species at 16 localities along the Aleutian Islands and eastward to Port Etches in 3-80 fathoms. ^r^ 66 RATHBUN SPIRONTOCARIS MURDOCHI Rathbun. Plate in, fig. 6. Hippolyte spinus Murdoch, Report Internat. Polar Exped. to Point Barrow, Alaska, 140, 1885. Not Cancer spinus Sowerby. Spirontocaris murdochi Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 893, 1902. Very near S. liljeborgii and S. spi?ia. Female stout. Rostrum three fourths as long as carapace, not reach- ing tip of antennal scale. Carapace cristate, except on posterior fourth, and furnished with 3 or 4 large teeth. Midrib of rostrum nearly horizontal ; tip acute ; upper limb with convex upper margin, armed with 20 ^ — — ^.^^ or 22 small irregular teeth ; lower limb, also with Fig. 21 spirontocaris mur. convcx margin, deeper than the upper, and fur- dochi. Side of carapace of ? O » r rr J (X li). Station 3650. nished with i to 4 small teeth near the extremity. Two supraorbital spines, one antennal, and one pterygostomian spine, all well developed. Eyes of moderate size, slightly pyriform, the width of antennular peduncle and half its scale. Antennular peduncle extending three fifths the length of the antennal scale ; second segment twice as long as third ; basal scale reaching nearly to end of second segment ; thickened portion of outer flagellum reaching about to tip of antennal scale. Antennal peduncle reaching slightly beyond the first segment of the antennular peduncle; scale narrow-ovate, about as long as the rostrum, its spine reaching about as far forward as the blade. Outer maxillipeds rather broad and reaching nearly to tip of acicle. First pair of feet extending a little beyond antennal peduncle, the second pair beyond acicle, fifth pair nearly to tip of maxilliped ; dactyli of last three pairs long and slender, that of last pair half as long as propodus. Abdomen not carinate ; third segment produced well backward ; fourth provided with a lateral spine ; sixth three fourths as wide as long, and about three fifths as long as the seventh, which has 3 pairs of lateral spinules. Male. — The male differs from the female in the same manner as in S. liljeborgii; it is smaller and slenderer than the female, rostrum and anten- nules longer, dorsal teeth much reduced. Dimensions.— ? , length 46.6 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 17 mm., of rostrum 7.5 mm. Distribution.— hxc\Az coast of Alaska; Kamchatka; Okhotsk Sea. Rare. Taken at the following localities: Lat. 710 02' 00" N., long. 1570 46' 00" W., 19 fathoms, i t (U. S. R. S. Corivin). DECAPODS d'J lo miles west of Point Franklin, 13^ fathoms, 3 Z (Point Barrow Expe- dition), OfiE Cape Sabine, 12 fathoms, i ? (W. H. Dall). 15 miles oflf Cape Krusenstern, 14 fathoms, i ? (W. H. Dall). Rakovaya Bay, Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, \ $ {Albatross). Off Robben Island, east coast of Sakhalin, Okhotsk Sea, 28 fathoms, I ovigerous $ , type {Albatross station 3650). The species differs from -5*. liljeborgii in its lower carapace, shorter (in the ? ) and less ascending rostrum, smaller eyes, shorter spine of antennal scale (in S. liljeborgii the spine extends considerably beyond the blade), longer dactyli of third to fifth pairs of feet, longer abdomen, and stouter sixth segment. From S. spifia it differs in the lower carapace and less ascending rostrum, in the lesser advancement of the lower limb of the rostrum, smaller eyes, shorter spine of scale, shorter and broader lobe of third abdominal segment, which is not carinated, longer dactyli of third to fifth pairs of feet (in S. spina the dactylus of the fifth pair is only one third length of propodus). SPIRONTOCARIS TRUNCATA Rathbun. Spi7-ontocaris truncata Rathbun, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 894, 1902. Allied to 6'. spina. Median carina extending nearly to the posterior margin of the carapace, convex, and armed with 4 spines. Rostrum sub- triangular, widest at the extremity, about three fifths as long as the carapace, reaching end of second ^"T^"^'^^^*'*^^^ antennular segment, midrib curving upward as in ^ S. spina, upper margin with i spine at its middle, extremity with 7 spines, 2 above and 4 below the midrib. Supraorbital spines 2, equal, large, one J,«':ldfjf'::?a"a«'oTT behind the other but scarcely above it, well sepa- ^^^^- station 2886. rated. Anterior margin with 2 spines below the orbit as in S. spina. Antennular acicle reaching beyond the anterior margin of the second segment but not so far as the slender spine at the outer angle of that margin; a small spine at the middle of the anterior margin of the third segment. Antennal acicle tapering, narrow at the end, reaching one third the length of the thick antennular flagellum. Peduncle reaching beyond first segment of antennular peduncle; flagellum two thirds as long as body. Maxillipeds reaching end of antennal scale ; first pair of feet to end of antennal peduncle. The propodi of the third, fourth, and fifth pairs are three times as long as their dactyli. Margins of first to third abdominal segments entire ; of fourth to sixth CJ) 6S RATHBUN segments with a spine at the lower postero-lateral angle ; sixth segment less than twice as long as fifth, and only a trifle longer than wide. Tel- son with four pairs of lateral spinules. Dimensions.— $ , length 14 mm. Type locality.— Yitctidi Bank, Oregon, 50 fathoms {Albatross station 2886) ; one specimen. Aside from the peculiar form of the rostrum, this species differs notably from S. spina in its subequal and more widely separated supra- orbital spines. Its habitat is also farther south than the known range of S. spina. SPIRONTOCARIS LILJEBORGII (Danielssen). Hippolyte Liljeborgii Danielssen, Nyt Mag, for Naturvid., xi, 5, 1859 (brief description; Vol. XI appeared in i86r, but the separate contain- ing Danielssen's article was issued in 1859). — Danielssen and Boeck, Nyt Mag. for Naturvid., xix, 196 [8], plate, figs. 15-20, 1872. Hippolyte seciiri/rons'^O'RUX-ti, Rept. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1861, XXXI, 151 (1862); Trans. Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, V, 267, pi. xil, figs. 1-7, 1863. — Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 69, 1879. Distribution. — 'Ea.st of Point Franklin, Arctic Alaska (lat. 71° 02' 00" N., long. 1570 46' 00" W.), 19 fathoms, August 24, 1884, one small male (U. S. R. S. Cortvin). Known from the Atlantic coast of America, from off Nova Scotia to Delaware Bay, 27-452 fathoms; northern Europe. SPIRONTOCARIS BISPINOSA Holmes. Spirontocaris bispinosa Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 207, 1900. Puget Sound. Dimensions. — Ovigerous ? , length (approximate) 59.5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 25.2 mm., of rostrum 14.8 mm. Fig. 23. spirontocaris bispinosa. Side of cara- Distribution. — From Strait of pace of MX.), station .935. j,^^^ ^^ ^^ g^^ j^j^^^^ Cahfomia, 1 3-2 1 1 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at: Strait of Fuca, 116 and 98 fathoms, stations 3447, 3448. Puget Sound, 82 fathoms, station 3067. Off Tahwhit Head, Washington, 178 fathoms, station 3076. Off Tillamook Rock, Oregon, 29 fathoms, station 2882. Off Bodega Head, California, 167 and 62 fathoms, stations 3170, 3172. Off Farallone Islands, California, 191 fathoms, station 316 1. Monterey Bay, 13-68 fathoms, stations 3132, 3134, 3666. Off Lobos Rocks, 77 fathoms, station 3184. Off San Simeon Bay, 211 and 160 fathoms, stations 3191, 3193. Off Esteros Bay, 92 fathoms, station 3194. DECAPODS 6g Southwest of San Nicholas Island, 158 fathoms, station 2898. Off San Diego, 124 fathoms, station 2935. SPIRONTOCARIS SNYDERI Rathbun. SJ)irontocaris snyderiKhTnBVH, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 894, 1902, This species bears a curious resemblance to S. bispinosa; in general terms it is a bispmosa with the slender spine of the rostrum broken off ; but a closer examination shows other and more radical differences. The specimens, among which are several egg-bearing fe- ^^^^^ males, are all smaller than S. bispmosa, but this is not ^^5" ^"~^ absolute proof that the species is smaller, because the 1 ) females of S. bispitiosa are fertile when rather small. The median spines of the carapace proper are 3 or slyderi.'"' ■i;^iJ'o^"lrlt^^ 1 r ' i~< 1 ' , • J 1 of? (X2il)- Station 2886. 4, mstead of 2, as m S. bispinosa, and are larger; ' ^^ s/ the last spine is at the posterior two fifths of the carapace. Between these spines and the small ones on the rostrum there is a considerable space. The rostral teeth are 5 or 6 above, 3 or 4 below. The rostrum is a little shorter than the carapace and is much the shape of that of 5. bispinosa, excepting that the midrib is more rapidly ascending and ends in a short point in front of the laminse, and the upper lamina is shallower and of rather even depth throughout its length. The antennal peduncle reaches only about a third the length of the scale, in S. bispinosa half the length of the scale. The first pair of chelipeds reach the end of the antennal peduncle ; in S. bispinosa they are shorter. The dactyls of the third, fourth, and fifth pairs of feet, which are very long in S. bispinosa (about half as long as the propodi), are in S. snyderi a third, or less than a third, as long as their propodi. Dimensions. — Ovigerous $, length (approximate) 28 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 9.4 mm., of rostrum 4.4 mm. Distribution. — YxQxcv Puget Sound to Lower California, as follows: Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Heceta Bank, Oregon, 50 fathoms {Albatross station 2886). Monterey Bay, California, type locality (J. O. Snyder). Near Lobos Rocks, 77 fathoms {Albatross station 3184). Off Santa Catalina Island, 47 fathoms {Albatross station 3663). Southern California (W. H. Dall). Off Cerros Island, Lower Cahfornia, 44 fathoms {Albatross station 2838). SPIRONTOCARIS SICA Rathbun. Spirontocaris sica Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 894, 1902. Allied to S. bispinosa, but inhabiting deeper water on the coast of California. Differs as follows: The teeth of the dorsal carina begin 70 RATHBUN considerably in front of the middle of the carapace (exclusive of ros- trum) ; in S. bispinosa they begin at or a Httle posterior to the middle. Rostrum shorter; the upper and lower laminae are narrower and extend nearer the tip ; there are 9 to 14 superior teeth ^ . , . y""^ t (in S. bispinosa 10 to 12), of which two Fig. 25. Spirontocans sica. Side of cara- \ -' '' pace of s (X i|)- Station 3200. ^re ou the carapacc ; 3 to 5 inferior teeth on the lamina (the same in S. bispinosa)^ but none on the slender termi- nal portion. The second segment of the antennular peduncle is longer than in S. bispifwsa, being three times as long as the third segment, while in S. bispinosa it is twice as long. The outer maxillipeds are longer, reaching beyond the antennal scale ; in S. bispinosa they do not reach the end of the scale. The thoracic feet are longer and slenderer, the first pair over- reaching the antennular peduncle ; in S. bispinosa they fall short of the peduncle. The last pair exceed the antennal scale by the length of the dactylus and one half the propodus ; in S. bispinosa, by the length of the dactylus only. I)imensio?is.— ? , length 58 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 24.8 mm., of rostrum 12.8 mm. T}pe locality. — Santa Barbara Channel, California, 265 fathoms [Albatross station 3200). Distribution.— O'S. the coast of California, from Point Arena to San Diego, in 211-464 fathoms, at 19 stations of the Albatross. SPIRONTOCARIS PHIPPSII (Kroyer). Hippolyte Phippsii Kroyer, Naturh. Tidssk., in, 575, 1841 ( ^ ); K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhand., IX, 314, pi. Ill, figs. 64-68, 1842 ( 3 )• Hippolyte tiirgida Kroyer, Naturh. Tidssk., ill, 575, 1841 ( ? ); K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhand., IX, 308, pi. II, figs. 57, 58, and pi. Ill, figs. 59-63, 1842 (?). Hippolyte vibrans StimpsON, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 125, 1871 ( $ ). Female.— VosiQriox spine of dorsal crest at about the middle of the carapace ; 7 to 1 2 dorsal spines, which diminish on the rostrum ; 3 or 4 on carapace. Midrib of rostrum slightly inclined upward, nearly straight ; upper limb diminishing gradually in depth toward the tip ; lower limb deeper than the upper, triangular, 4 to 7 spines on distal half ; tip acute, reaching a little beyond the peduncle of the antennula. On the anterior portion of the carapace are 2 supraorbital spines, one above and a little behind the other, the lower smaller ; an antennal spine ; and a well- developed pterygostomian spine. The antennular scale reaches the end, or nearly the end, of the second DECAPODS 71 segment of the peduncle ; the eye extends to the second segment, which, as well as the third, is very short. The antennal peduncle falls short of the middle of the scale ; scale short and broad, subequal in length to the rostrum. The maxillipeds exceed the antennal scale a little. The palm of the first pair of feet overlaps the last segment of the maxillipeds. The last three pairs of feet are rather stout, and the last pair exceeds the antennal peduncle a little. Abdomen conspicuously punctate. Ma/e.— The rostrum is horizontal or deflexed, and very slender, and the spines are small and appressed. Peduncles of antennulse more elongate than in the ? , eyes not reaching end of first segment, basal scale extending to middle of second segment. Dimensions. — Ovigerous ? : length (approximate) 37.5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 13 mm., of rostrum 5.3 mm. Distribution.— Axciic Alaska to the Shumagins; 6-72 fathoms. Cir- cumpolar. Atlantic coast of America southward to Cape Cod; 8-125 fathoms. Northern Europe. In the collections of the U. S. National Museum are specimens ob- tained by Dr. W. H. Dall at various localities along the Aleutian Islands eastward to the Shumagins, in 6-30 fathoms; in Bering Strait, 13-17 fathoms ; and in Plover Bay, Siberia, 1 0-2 5 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Pumicestone Bay, 35 fathoms, station 3322. Off North Head, Akutan Island, 72 fathoms, station 2842. Unimak Pass, 34 fathoms, station 3220. North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms, station 2850. 10 miles west of Point Franklin, Alaska, 131^ fathoms (Point Barrow Expedition). Lat. 710 02' 00" N., long. 1570 46' 00" W., 19 fathoms (U. S. R. S. Corwin). Off Point Hope, Alaska, 25 fathoms (U. S. R. S. Corwin). SPIRONTOCARIS OCHOTENSIS (Brandt). Hippolyte ochotensis Brandt, Middendorff's Reise Sibir., Band ll, Zool., Theil I, Krebse, p. 120, pi. v, fig. 17, 185 1. Dorsal crest arising at about the middle of the carapace; 3 large spines on the carapace. Rostrum reaching to end of antennular peduncle ; midrib ascending in its terminal portion ; upper lamina con- vex above, tapering forward and backward, armed with about 6 or 7 small spines distant from those on the carapace ; tip usually bifid ; lower lamina deep, subtriangular, armed with 4 or 5 small spines on the anterior ^2 RATHBUN half. Two spines above the eye, the posterior one above and much larger than the anterior. Outer spine of antennula reaching the end of the second segment or ^^^^^^^^^^_3-o--^...^^^ a Httle beyond it ; flagella reaching only a little ^^^^ A. beyond antennal scale. Scale broad, about two jf \ thirds as long as carapace. The maxillipeds ^^-«^>_^,---^ reach a litde beyond the antennal scale. The tell?s"%J^^7X^ci'^i% palms of the first pair of feet extend to the last (X If). PortMoUer. segment of the maxillipeds. The last 3 pairs of feet are stoutish, the last pair scarcely reaching the end of the anten- nal peduncle. The telson is a little more than one and a half times as long as the sixth segment, and is armed with 4 pairs of lateral spinules. In the males the carapace is flatter, the rostrum more horizontal, less upturned. Dimensions. — ? , length 40 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 13.5 mm., of rostrum 5.6 mm. Distribution. — Bering Sea to Sitka ; Kamchatka ; Okhotsk Sea ; Japan. Taken by W. H. Dall at 14 stations from Nunivak southward and along the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula to Sitka, 5-20 fathoms. Off Bristol Bay, 7^-14^ fathoms {Albatross stations 3232, 3233, 3236). Off Kululak Bay, 15 fathoms {Albatross station 3300). Lat. 63O 50' 00" N., long. 1670 21' 00" W., 17 fathoms (Lieutenant George M. Stoney, U. S. N.). Sitka (Harriman Expedition). Bering Island (L. Stejneger). Bering Island, in stomach of Gadus macrocephalus (N. Grebnitzky). Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, 10-12 fathoms (N. Grebnitzky). Okhotsk Sea (Brandt). Hakodate Bay, Japan (Stimpson). SPIRONTOCARIS DALLI Rathbun. Spirotttocaris dalli'RATilTiV'iJ, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 894, 1902. Female. — Allied to S. ochotensis, from which it is separated by few but well-marked characters. The rostrum is longer than in S. ochotensis^ reaching nearly to the end of the antennal scale ; the midrib is straighter, less sinuous, and terminates in a single sharp spine ; the teeth on the ros- trum are 6-8 above, 3-4 below. The carapace is lower. The last 3 pairs of thoracic feet are longer and more slender. The sixth segment of the abdomen is also longer than in S. ochotensis^ being more than one and a half times as long as the fifth segment. DECAPODS 73 Male. — As compared with the female, the teeth of the median carina and rostrum are much smaller and more appressed, sometimes obsoles- cent, the rostrum less deep and more horizontal ; the antennular acicle does not reach the end of the second segment of the peduncle ; the spine of the antennal scale falls short of the end of the blade. Dimensions. — $ , length (approximate) 38 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 13.6 mm., of ros- trum 6 mm. Distribution.— Axcdc Alaska, Aleutian Islands fig. 27. spirontocaris daiu to Sitka ^'^ ^^^- '^""• lU OllKd.. ^ Side of carapace of «. Although this species appears to be not rare b. side of carapace of 9 . in Alaska, it has been collected almost exclusively by Dr. Dall, who ob- tained it at 17 stations along the Aleutian Islands and eastward to Port Etches, 6-20 fathoms; off Cape Sabine, 13 fathoms; and 15 miles off Cape Krusenstern, 14 fathoms. Sitka, 2 specimens (Harriman Expedition, W. R. Coe, collector). SPIRONTOCARIS POLARIS (Sabine). Alpheus polaris Sabine, Supplement to Appendix of Parry's [First] Voyage, p. ccxxxviii, pi. II, figs. 5-8, 1824. Hippolite borealis James C. Ross, in John Ross, Appendix to Narrative of Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, p. Ixxxiv, pi. B, fig. 3, 1835 (5)- Hippolite polaris James C. Ross, op. cit., p. Ixxxv ( $ ). Hippolyte St. Pauli Brandt, Middendorff's Raise Sibir., Band 11, Zool., Theil I, Krebse, p. 118, pi. v, fig. 19, 185 1. Hippolyte ciiltellata NORMAN, Rept. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1866, p. 200 (1867) (= H. polaris, teste Norman, Museum Normanianum, ill, Crus- tacea, p. 8, 1886). Hippolyte polaris Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, p. 80, pi. xi, figs. 1-4, 1879- Hippolyte Amazo Pfeffer, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., HI, 46, plate, figs. 7a, 7b, 1886. Hetaiuis gaimardiiV>K'Y^, Challenger Rept., Zool., XXIV, 611, pi. CIX, fig. 2, 1888 (not Hippolyte gaimardii Milne Edwards). Hetairiis tenuis Bate, op. eit., 613, pi. cix, fig. 3. Hetairus debilis Bate, op cit., 615, pi. cix, fig. 4. Professor Smith {loc. cit.) sets forth the variations in the sexes, in the number of rostral spines, and in the aculei on the telson. He states that " the disappearance of the dorsal teeth of the rostrum is evidently a character peculiar to, but not characteristic of, the adult male." In the series of specimens from the North Pacific and Bering Sea this is not the case, as the majority of the females from those localities are devoid of superior rostral teeth. This series also exhibits other variations. The body and thoracic feet are usually stouter, the antennal scale shorter and 74 RATHBUN broader, the antennular scale, on the contrary, commonly longer than in Atlantic forms, in the ? often reaching the end of the peduncle, and in the 5 sometimes the end of the second segment. There is, however, a lack of constancy in these characters which prevents the separation of the stout form as a distinct species ; it was described by Brandt as H. St. Pauli. Again, the rostrum may be only as long as the peduncle of the antennula, or reach nearly to the end of the antennal scale ; it may be of greater or less depth and acuteness. From the variations at a single locality. Bate {loc. cit.) described three species for which he constructed the genus Hetairus. Distribution. — Circumpolar. Atlantic coast of North America south- ward to Cape Cod, 10-218 fathoms. Northern Europe. Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Aleutian Islands eastward to Kadiak, to a depth of 283 fathoms : Taken by the Albatross : Off Pribilof Islands, 25 fathoms, station 3558. Off Rat Islands, Aleutians, 55 fathoms, station 3599. Off Seguam, Aleutians, 283 fathoms, station 3480. Pumicestone Bay, 35 fathoms, station 3322. Northwest of Unimak Island, 41 and 43 fathoms, stations 3259, 3262. Northeast of Cape Leontovich, 22 fathoms, station 3275. Okhotsk Sea, 10 fathoms, station 3645. Collected by Dr. W. H. Ball at : Plover Bay, East Siberia, 10-25 fathoms. Near Indian Point, Bering Strait, 17 fathoms. Various localities along the Aleutian Islands eastward to Kadiak, 3-80 fathoms. St. Paul Island, Pribilofs (William Palmer). Bering Island (L. Stejneger). Bering Island, among Laminaria (N. Grebnitzky). SPIRONTOCARIS UNALASKENSIS Rathbun. Spirofitocaris nnalaskensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 895, 1902. Female. — Body rather robust. Carapace carinated in its anterior half ; posterior median spine situated at the anterior third of the carapace. Rostrum longer than the carapace or the antennal scale, nearly horizontal, but slightly concave above, dor- sal spines 4 or 5, equally spaced, 2 on the carapace and 2 or 3 at base of rostrum ; no upper limb on distal portion, lower limb •^^'■''of n x^ir'sution'saa?'' '^ '""'''" shallow, convex, armed with three DECAPODS 75 spines in front of middle, tip acuminate, sometimes minutely bifid. An- terior margin of carapace armed with 3 spines, one supraorbital, one antennal, and one smaller, pterygostomian. Eyes large, pyriform. First two segments of antennules with an antero-external spine, third segment less than half as long as the second and armed with a spine at the middle of its anterior upper margin ; the scale at outer base over- reaches the first segment. Outer flagellum reaching but little beyond the rostrum ; inner flagellum twice as long. Antennal peduncle extending nearly to the end of the second segment of the antennular peduncle. Scale oblong, tapering, shorter than the carapace, tipped with a small spine which is exceeded by the blade. Flagellum at least two thirds as long as the body. Tip of maxilliped intermediate between rostrum and antennal scale. Carpal joint of first pair of feet reaching end of antepenult segment of maxilliped. Second and fifth pairs of feet reaching about to end of rostrum. Abdomen ecarinate, third segment very prominent, its hinder portion extending well behind the line of the fourth segment. The sixth segment is about one and two thirds as long as the fifth, and seven ninths as long as the telson, which is armed with 5 or 6 spinules on each side. Dimensions.— K female, soft shell, measures about 79 mm. in length; a smaller female is 60 mm. long, carapace and rostrum 26.5 mm., rostrum 14.5 mm. Distribution. — ^ox\\\ of Unalaska, 277-351 izxhom?,, Albatross stations 3315^ ZZZ^^ ZZZ^ (type locality). Variations. — In the male the rostrum is slenderer and more sinuous, the antennal flagella considerably longer. In small specimens the rostrum is relatively shorter. SPIRONTOCARIS VICINA Rathbun. Spirontocaris vicina Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 895, 1902. Allied to S. unalaskensis. Fema/e.—VosterioT dorsal spine at anterior third of carapace. Ros- trum longer than the carapace or antennal scale, concave above, dorsal spines 7 or 8, of which two are on the carapace, the anterior not very near the tip, inferior spines 4, tip * . Fig. 29. Spirontocaris vicitm. Side of broken off in our specimens. Anterior carapace of s (x li)- Station 3316. margin 3-spined, the pterygostomian spine the smallest. Eyes large, pyriform. The antennular peduncles reach nearly to the spine of the antennal ^6 RATHBUN scale ; the second segment is about three times as long as the third ; the basal scale falls considerably short of the second joint of the peduncle. The antennal peduncle does not reach the middle of the second segment of the antennular peduncle ; scale similar to that of S. unalaskensis. Abdomen like that of the preceding species. The telson is incomplete in all the females. Male. — In the single male, the rostrum is a little shorter than the cara- pace and does not reach the end of the antennular peduncle ; it is also straighter than in the female, and is armed with 6 spines above and 3 below. Dimensions. — A female with rostrum and telson broken measures 39 mm. from the orbit to the end of the sixth abdominal segment. A female about the same size, in very bad shape, is laden with eggs, each about 3 mm. in its greatest diameter. Male, length 50 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 18.5 mm., of rostrum 8.5 mm. Distribution. — '^oxth. of Unalaska, 309-406 fathoms, stations 3316 (type locality), 3330, 3332. SPIRONTOCARIS WASHINGTONIANA Rathbun. Spirontocaris washingtoniana Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 895, 1902. jF^wa/.?. — Carapace stout, carinated in its anterior half; posterior median spine situated at the anterior fourth of the carapace. Rostrum slender, half as long as the carapace, reaching just to the end of the first segment of the antennules, nearly horizontal, slightly sinuous ; dorsal spines 4, two of which are on the carapace, anterior two fifths of rostrum unarmed above ; 3 teeth below on anterior third, Fig. 30. sphZ^caris tvash- ouc tooth close to the tip ; except for the teeth, ingtoniana. Side of carapace of , , . i i • i i i 11 « (X 2j). Station 3071. the rostrum is scarcely limbed above or below. Anterior margin armed with 3 spines, one supraorbital, one antennal, one smaller at the antero-lateral angle. Antennular peduncles reaching nearly to the base of the spine of the antennal scale ; first segment with a large bifurcate spine on the anterior margin toward the outer angle; second segment with a long simple spine in the same position ; third segment with a small dorsal spine at the middle of its anterior margin ; the first segment is about twice as long as the second, the second three times as long as the third ; the flagella are subequal in length, and half again as long as the peduncle ; scale about two thirds as long as first segment. The antennal scale is two thirds as long as the carapace, oblong-lanceolate, extremity of blade DECAPODS 'JJ oblique and exceeding the spine ; the peduncle attains the middle of the scale ; flagellum about as long as the body. The maxilliped extends beyond the antennal scale by half the length of its last segment ; the first pair of feet just reaches the end of the antennal scale, the second pair extends a little beyond the maxilliped, the fifth pair not quite so far as the maxilliped. Second to lifth pairs very slender. The abdomen is narrow compared with the carapace; the posterior margin of the third segment is moderately produced ; the sixth segment is one and a half times as long as the iifth, and a little more than one half as long as the seventh ; this last has 5 or 6 spinules on either side. Z?/;//*?/;^/^;/^'. — $, length 39 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 14 mm., of rostrum 5 mm. A mutilated specimen of the same size is ovigerous. Type locality.— O'S. Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 685 fathoms {Albatross station 3071). SPIRONTOCARIS AFFINIS (Owen). Hippolite affinis Owen, in Zoology of Capt. Beechey's Voyage [of the Blossojn], Crustacea, p. 90, pi. xxvil, fig. 4 (rostrum). Locality. — Monterey, California (Owen). SPIRONTOCARIS GRACILIS (Stimpson). Hippolyte gracilis Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 155. Heptacarpus tennissiimis HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 203, 1900. Heptacarpus? gracilis Holmes, op. cit., p. 205. Distribution. — From the Shumagins, Alaska, to Monterey, California: North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms [Albatross station 2850). Off Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 34 fathoms [Albatross sta- tion 2879). Off Cape Flattery, Washing- ton, 40 fathoms [Albatross J- 3x^ s^ircnt^caH^^^^^^ station 2873), Off Drake Bay, California, 35 fathoms [Albatross sta- tion 3155). Off Point Reyes, California, 47 fathoms [Albatross station 3166). Monterey Bay, California (J. O. Snyder). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid, 1895). Puget Sound, deep water (Stimpson): Monterey (Holmes). 78 RATHBUN On the few specimens examined the superior teeth are 4 ; the inferior vary from 4 to 8. Stimpson says that the thick flagellum of the antennulae extends to the end of the rostrum ; this is probably true of the 3 . AH the specimens in hand are females, in which the flagellum extends only about two thirds the length of the rostrum. Z>imefisions.—AppToxima.te length of $ with eggs 48.4 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 18 mm., of rostrum 10.5 mm. SPIRONTOCARIS FLEXA Rathbun. Spirontocaris catntschatica Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 557, 1899. Not S. camtschatica (Stimpson). Spirontocaris Jlexa Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 896, 1902. Female. — Slender, Carapace crested on its anterior third ; rostrum longer than the carapace, armed with 4 or 5 teeth above, including i or 2 on the carapace ; anterior tooth near middle of rostrum ; anterior half of rostrum not limbed above. Rostrum very slender, nearly horizontal, a Fig. 32. Spirontocaris Jiexa. $ . Station 2850. _ a. Side of carapace and abdo- men (X 2)- b. Dorsal view of anterior portion (X 3)- little arched above the eye ; lower limb narrow and armed with from 5 to 8 spines ; tip reaching nearly to or a little beyond the end of the antennal scale. An antennal and a pterygostomian spine, the latter well developed. Antennular peduncle reaching one third the length of the antennal scale ; basal spine to a little beyond first segment ; thickened portion of outer flagellum reaching to about distal third of antennal scale; inner flagellum to end of scale. Spine of antennal scale not nearly as advanced as the membranous portion. Peduncle of antenna advanced as far as the second antennular segment ; flagellum nearly as long as body. DECAPODS 79 MaxilHpeds produced to about middle of antennal scale ; first pair of feet to end of antennal peduncle ; second pair to a little beyond the maxillipeds ; the last pair of feet to the end of the maxillipeds. The abdomen is strongly geniculated or bent at a right angle at the third segment, which is posteriorly produced and compressed, forming a smooth, rounded carina. The first to fourth segments are without spines or spinules ; the sixth is more than twice as long as wide, but shorter than the seventh, which is narrow and has 4 spinules on each side. Mak.— The thickened portion of the outer antennular flagellum ex- tends nearly to the end of the antennal scale. This species is very near S. gracilis, from which it differs in the longer basal scale of the antennula, in the lower position of the pterygostomian spine, in the presence of epipods on the maxilliped and first two pairs of feet. Dimensions.— ?, length 54 mm., of carapace and rostrum 20 mm., of rostrum 11.5 mm. Distribution. — Yxom Bering Sea to Drake Bay, California: Bering Island, one specimen from stomach of Gadiis macrocephalus (N. Grebnitzky). Alaska, probably Bering Sea (U. S. R. S. Corwin). Nazan Bay, Atka (W. H. Dall). Albatross stations : Off Pribilof Islands, 20 fathoms, station 3438. Off Rat Islands, Aleutians, 55 fathoms, station 3599. Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 93 fathoms, station 3335. Off North Head, Akutan Island, 72 fathoms, station 2842. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Unimak Pass, 34 and 50 fathoms, stations 3220, 3222. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms, station 3262. South of Unimak Island, 42 fathoms, station 3217. 15 miles south of Sannak Islands, 44 fathoms, station 2846. Shumagins, 21-58 fathoms, stations 2850 (type locality), 2851, 2852. Drake Bay, Cahfornia, 35 fathoms, station 3155. SPIRONTOCARIS AMABILIS (Lenz). Hippolyte ainabilis Lenz, Zool. Jahrb,, Syst., XIV, 432, pi. XXXII, figs. 2, 3, 1901. Bare Island, British Columbia (type locality). SPIRONTOCARIS DECORA Rathbun. Spirontocaris decora Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 896, 1902. Female.— Csxz^zce crested on its anterior half ; rostrum longer than the carapace, armed with 4 or 5 teeth above, of which one or two are on 8o RATHBUN the carapace, the anterior tooth in front of the middle of the rostrum. Rostrum not deep, but less slender than in S. gracilis and S. flexa, a lit- tle concave above, but nearly hori- zontal ; lower limb narrow- ing distally from near the posterior end, provided with 6 to 8 teeth ; tip acuminate, reaching nearly to or beyond the an- tennal scale. Antennal and pterygostomian spines present, both well developed. Antennular peduncle between one third and one half the length of the antennal scale ; spine at base reaching about to end of first segment. Thick- ened part of outer flagellum not reaching end of antennal scale ; inner flagellum twice as long as outer. Outer margin of antennal scale as long as the carapace ; pedun- cle extending as far as the end of the second antennular segment. Max- illipeds extending beyond middle of antennal scale. The posterior margin of the third abdominal segment is produced backward in the middle, and the segment itself is posteriorly prominent but not laterally pinched or carinated as in allied species. The sixth segment is more than twice as long as wide, and a little longer than the seventh, which has 5 to 7 pairs of lateral spinules, and is shorter than the uropods. J/a/d'.— The thickened part of the outer flagellum of the antennula extends to the end, or nearly to the end, of the antennal scale ; the inner flagellum is correspondingly long. Z>/wr«j/'^/w.— Approximate length of ? 47 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 16.4 mm., of rostrum 9 mm. Distribution. — Yxom Strait of Fuca to San Diego, California ; 50 to 171 fathoms. Dredged by the Albatross at the following stations : Strait of Fuca, 152, 114 fathoms, stations 3454, 3461. Near Flattery Rocks, Washington, 171 fathoms, station 2866. Heceta Bank, Oregon, 50 fathoms, station 2886. Off Point Conception, California, 145 fathoms, station 2893. Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 150 fathoms, station 2946 (type local- ity). Off Santa Rosa Island, California, 52 fathoms, station 2956. Off San Diego, California, 124 fathoms, station 2935. DECAPODS 8i SPIRONTOCARIS TRIDENS Rathbun. Spirontocaris tridens Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 896, 1902. Allied to S. gracilis, S. flcxa, and S. decora^ but more robust than these. Female.— TcvQ. median crest occupies the anterior third of the carapace ; superior spines or teeth 3, one on the carapace, one (the largest and highest) over the base of the eye-stalk and nearer to the anterior than to the posterior tooth. In front of the teeth the rostrum has al- most no upper limb and is gently- ascending and slightly curved ; midrib rather stout and acute at tip ; the lower limb diminishes ante- ^ o.- . 'T -^ o • o.: ^-^ c Fig. 34. Sfiirontocaris tiidcns. 9 . Station 2865. a. Side of carapace and riorlyand is armed abdomen (X ij)- b. Dorsal view of anterior portion (X 3)- with 3 to 6 teeth, one near the tip. Rostrum longer than the carapace or antennal scale. Anterior margin of carapace furnished with a strong antennal and a very small pterygostomian spine. Antennular peduncle extending two fifths the length of the antennal scale ; second and third segments short and subequal ; basal scale with a spine which extends nearly to the end of the second segment. The thickened portion of the outer flagellum reaches nearly to the end of the antennal scale ; inner flagellum twice as long. The antennal pedun- cle extends a little beyond the end of the second antennular segment ; the flagellum is nearly as long as the body; the scale, measured along its outer margin, is a little shorter than the carapace. The maxillipeds reach two thirds the length of the antennal scale ; the first pair of feet barely to the end of the antennal peduncle. The tip of the second pair when extended lies between the end of the maxilliped and that of the antennal scale ; the tip of the last pair hes between the end of the maxilliped and the antennal peduncle. The abdomen has the third segment well produced backward, and its posterior portion carinated ; the carina is defined on either side by a deep groove like the imprint of a nail. The sixth segment is more than twice as long as high, and about as long as the seventh ; this last is a little 82 RATHBUN shorter than the uropods and is armed with three pairs of lateral spinules. Male.— The thickened portion of the outer antennular flagellum reaches to the end or a little beyond the end of the antennal scale. Dimensions.— ? , approximate length 6i mm., length of carapace and rostrum 22 mm., of rostrum 12.5 mm. Distribution.— Yxom the Aleutian Islands to Washington. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Unimak Pass, 34 fathoms, station 3220. Northeast of Amak Island, 19 fathoms, station 3274. Northeast of Cape Leontovich, 22 fathoms, station 3275. North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms, station 2850. Off Cape Flattery, Washington, 40 fathoms, station 2873. Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms, stations 2864, 3465. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865 (type locality). A single specimen was taken by Dr. Dall at Port Levashef, Unalaska, and another at Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Chichagof Island. Variations.— HYate teeth on the dorsal carina is the rule in this species ; in more than two hundred specimens handled, there was one in which the anterior of the three teeth was absent, another in which the posterior tooth was absent, and two cases in which there were 4 teeth instead of 3. Distinguished from nearly related species by the fewer dorsal teeth and by the groove on either side of the third segment of the abdomen. SPIRONTOCARIS BARBATA Rathbun. Spirontocaris barbata Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, ill, 556, 1899. Anterior two thirds of carapace carinated. Rostrum from one third to one fourth longer than the carapace, and also a little longer than the antennal scale ; nearly straight and horizontal ; upper limb very narrow, widening a trifle in front of eye, then diminishing to the tip, and armed with 5 to 7 spines, one of which is on the carapace; anterior tooth at about anterior third of rostrum ; lower limb broader, gradually dimin- ishing forward from a point in front of the eye, armed with about 10 to 20 teeth and denticles, of which the posterior three or four are of fair size, the remainder very small and decreasing toward the tip, where they are almost indistinguishable ; tip acute. Antennal and pterygostomian spines well and equally developed, the latter unusually high in position. Antennular peduncle reaching two fifths the length of the antennal scale ; outer basal spine reaching to about the end of the first segment ; second segment one and a half times as long as third ; outer flagellura DECAPODS 83 Fig. 35. Spironiocaris harhata pace and abdomen (X 1 ?. Station 33:8. a. Sideofcara- Dorsal view of anterior portion (x Zj). not attaining end of scale, a little longer in male than in female ; inner one exceeding scale. Scale oblong, nearly as long as carapace, laminar portion considerably exceeding spine; pe- duncle extending to the middle of the third joint of the antennu- lar peduncle ; flagel- lum nearly as long as body. The maxillipeds ex- tend to middle of an- tennal scale ; first pair of feet nearly to end of antennal peduncle ; third, fourth, and fifth pairs of nearly equal length, the third pair reaching spine on antennal scale ; second pair a little shorter. The abdomen is sharply carinated from the middle of the third to the end of the fifth segment ; the third to sixth segments terminate in a slender median spine, by which this species differs from all others ; third segment with a subterminal hump visible in profile. The fourth segment is provided with a lateral spine, the seventh with 3 pairs of lateral spinules. Dimensions. — $, length 74,5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 29.6 mm., of carapace 12 mm. Distribution. — Yrovci. Pribilof Islands to Strait of Fuca; 45-277 fathoms [Albatross). Occurs usually in small numbers ; most abundant in Iliuliuk Harbor. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Off Pribilof Islands, 56-184 fathoms, stations 3484, 3487, 3488, 3489, 349i> 3492, 3494, 3495^ 3497 (type locality), 3500, 3609. Off Makushin Bay, Unalaska, 61 fathoms, station 3318. Off Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 277 fathoms, station 3315. IliuHuk Harbor, Unalaska, 4 5-93 fathoms,stations 331 1-3314,3334-3336. Off Akutan Island, 51-72 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842, 3547. Off Aektok Island, 54 fathoms, station 2844. Unimak Pass, 50-56 fathoms, stations 3222, 3223. South of Unimak Island, 61 fathoms, station 3216. Shumagins, 48-58 fathoms, stations 2847, 2852. Off Shumagin Bank, 138 fathoms, station 3339. Off the Trinity Islands, 159 and 61 fathoms, stations 2853, 3341. Strait of Fuca, 123 and 114 fathoms, stations 3459, 3461. 84 RATHBUN SPIRONTOCARIS CARINATA (Holmes). Heptacarpus carinatus HoLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 202, pi. Ill, fig. 60, 1900. Distributioji. — From Monterey Bay, shallow water (Holmes), to Point Loma, California {^Albatross, one specimen). The eyes of this species are very slender. The antennular peduncles extend about one third the length of acicle. SPIRONTOCARIS STYLUS (Stimpson). Hippolyte stylus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xvi, 154, 1864 (June). Hippolyte esquimaltiana BATE, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864 (read De- cember 13), 666. Hyppolyte esquimaltiamis BATE, in Lord's The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 11, 278, 1866. A rather slender species. Rostrum about one third longer than cara- pace, exceeding acicle, slender, somewhat styliform, horizontal and straight, armed above with 4 or 5 teeth near its base (one on the carapace in- cluded) and 5 or 6 teeth below. An antennal, but no pterygostomian spine. Eyes small. Antennu- lar peduncle reaching about two fifths the length of the acicle ; second and third segments very short ; Fig. 36. Sfiironiocaris stylus. 9 . Barclay Sound. a. Side oUtCr flagcllum SCarCCly of carapace and abdomen (X 2)- ^- Dorsal view of anterior por- ° _ "' tion(x3)- reaching the termmal fourth of the acicle ; inner flagellum exceeding acicle ; basal scale not reaching beyond first segment. Antennal peduncle extending to end of second segment of antennular peduncle ; acicle (measured along outer margin) shorter than carapace. Maxillipeds short, slightly exceeding antennal peduncle ; first pair of feet stout, not exceeding eyes ; second pair reaching to middle of acicle ; fifth pair scarcely to end of maxilliped. The abdomen is strongly geniculated, though the third segment is gently rounded in profile ; fourth segment unarmed ; sixth segment not quite twice as long as fifth ; telson with 3 pairs of side spinules. I think there is little doubt that Bate's //. esquimaltiana belongs here. DECAPODS 85 Dimensions.— $ , length 44.5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 19 mm., of rostrum ii.i mm. Distribution.— Baxc\?iY Sound and Sucia Island, British Columbia {Alba- tross) ; Esquimalt Harbor, British Columbia (Bate) ; Strait of Fuca (Stimp- son) ; Port Orchard, Puget Sound (U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). SPIRONTOCARIS FABRICII (Kroyer). Hippolyte Fabricii Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskrift, ill, 571, 1841; K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk, Afhand., ix, 277, pi. I, figs. 12-20, 1842. — Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., V, 63, 1879. Distribution.— KxcXxz coast of Alaska southward through Bering Sea to Siberia and Alaska Peninsula (Cook Inlet); Atlantic coast of America from Greenland southward to Massachusetts Bay. ? Europe (Kingsley). Depth, low water to 80 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Off Cape Newenham, 17 fathoms, station 3247. Southwest of Hagemeister Island, 17^^ fathoms, station 3246. Kululak Bay, 14 fathoms, station 3241. Off Kululak Bay, 17 fathoms, station 3301. Off Bristol Bay, 30-33 fathoms, stations 3302-3303. Off Cape Menshikof, 24 fathoms, station 3296. Off Cape Strogonof, 26-32 fathoms, stations 3291-3294. Off Cape Seniavin, 37 and 30 fathoms, stations 3286, 3287. Northeast of Cape Leontovich, 18 fathoms, station 3276. Northeast of Amak Island, 19 fathoms, station 3274. Shumagins, 21 and 35 fathoms, stations 2850, 2851. Southwest of Sannak Islands, 38 fathoms, station 3214. Off Rat Islands, 34 fathoms, station 3598. Off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 10-25 fathoms, stations 3645, 3649. Unalaska, beach. Collected by W. H. Dall : Off Cape Sabine, 13 fathoms. Near Indian Point, Bering Strait, 17 fathoms. Plover Bay, Siberia, 10-25 fathoms. Various localities in the Aleutian Islands and eastward to Chugachik Bay, Cook Inlet ; low water to 80 fathoms. Also collected : Ten miles west of Point Franklin, Alaska, 131^ fathoms (Point Barrow Expedition). Bering Sea, lat. 63O 50' 00" N., long. 167O 21' 00" W., 17 fathoms (Lieu- tenant George M. Stoney, U. S. N.). Bering Island, two specimens in stomach of Gadus macrocephalus; one specimen at 12 fathoms (N. Grebnitzky). Solovarennaja Bay, Kamchatka, 10-12 fathoms, algae (N. Grebnitzky). Kadiak (Harriman Expedition, W. R. Coe). 86 RATHBUN SPIRONTOCARIS GAIMARDII BELCHERI (Bell). Plate III, figs. 3, 3a. Hippolyte belcheri BELL, in Appendix to Belcher's Last of the Arctic Voyages in Search of Sir John Franklin, II, 402, pi. xxxiv, fig. i, 1855. ? Hippolyte layi LOCKINGTON, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 161, 1878 (not H. layi Owen). Hippolyte gaimardii Murdoch, Rept. Exped. Point Barrow, p. 140, 1885 (part). Spirontocaris gibba RATHBUN, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. HI, 556, 1899. Hippolyte gibba BiRULA, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, VII, 428 [11], text fig. I, 1899 [1900] (probably not H. gibba Kroyer). ir;«fl!/^. — Robust. Rostrum longer than the carapace, nearly hori- zontal posteriorly, anterior half ascending, armed above with 8 to 12 teeth (including 2 to 4 on the carapace), below with 3 to 5 teeth; ros- trum tapering gradually to an acuminate tip, which exceeds the antennal scale. A strong antennal and a well-developed pterygostomian spine. Eyes rather large, pyriform. Scale at base of antennules reaches one third the length of the second segment of the peduncle. Peduncle half as long as antennal scale; second segment twice as long as third; thickened portion of outer flagellum not reaching the tip of antennal scale, but sometimes as far as the acicular spine. This scale is shorter than the carapace ; blade arcuate at extremity and exceeding the spine. The peduncle reaches about two fifths the length of the scale; the maxilliped to the distal third of the same; the first pair of feet to the end of the antennal peduncle; the second pair to a little beyond the antennal scale ; the fifth pair overreaches the maxillipeds. The fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen are each armed with a postero-lateral spine. The third segment is laterally compressed in its posterior part, which has an angular median lobe, seen in profile, a little in front of the posterior margin ; on very large females this lobe becomes hook-shaped (as on one 80 mm. long). The sixth segment is about two and a half times as long as high, and shorter than the seventh, which is armed with 5 to 8 spines on each side. The outer uropods are longer than, the inner ones shorter than, the telson. Male.—yioxt slender than the female. Rostrum more nearly straight and horizontal, 8 or 9 teeth above. Thickened portion of outer anten- nular flagellum exceeding acicle. Lobe on third segment of abdomen more prominent and hooked. Young. — In those one inch long and smaller the abdomen shows no median lobe on third segment, though it is slightly compressed. The antennular scale does not reach beyond the first segment of the peduncle. DECAPODS $7 Typical form. — Ixi the typical S. gaimardii (Milne Edwards), of which Hippolyte gibba Kroyer is probably the male form, there is in the female no lobe on the third abdominal segment (in a side view), although the segment is somewhat compressed ; the rostrum is distinctly shorter than the antennal scale, scarcely if at all longer than the carapace, and is armed with fewer spines. In both sexes the scale is longer and wider in the typical form, being about four fifths as long as the carapace. Distribution. — S. gaimardii belcheri is found from the Arctic coast of Alaska and Siberia southward to Sitka, taking the place of typical S. gaimardii; it occurs also in Kara Sea {DiJ??iphna Exped.), Nova Zembla (Birula), and at Nakvak, Labrador (L. M. Turner). Lat. 70O i5'io"N,, long. 162° 55' 00" W., 16 fathoms; lat. 71002' 00" N., long. 1570 46' 00" W., 19 fathoms ; and off Point Hope, Alaska, 25 fathoms (U. S. R. S. Corwin). Ten miles west of Point Franklin, 13^ fathoms (Point Barrow Exped.). Bering Strait and Bering Sea in lat. 66^ 12' 00" N., long. 1680 54' 00" W., 30 fathoms; lat. 64O 12' 00" N., long. 162° 52' 00" W., 17 fathoms; lat. 62° 15' 00" N., long. 1670 48' 00" W., 20 1/^ fathoms (Lieutenant George M. Stoney, U. S. N.). Plover Bay, Siberia, 10 to 25 fathoms; Cape Lisburne; off Cape Sa- bine, 13 fathoms; Bering Strait, 13 fathoms; Sitka Harbor, 15 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Off mouth of Yukon, 3^ fathoms (E. W. Nelson). Off St. Matthew Island, 37 fathoms, station 3519 ; off Pribilof Islands, 50 to 52 fathoms [Albatross stations 3527 and 361 1). That the belcheri form cannot be considered a species is shown by the existence of specimens which unite the characters with those of S. gai- mardii. In three females from Henley Harbor, Labrador, the abdomen is without a lobe, but the rostrum is longer than the rest of the carapace, and just as long as the acicle ; the acicle is long as in typical S. gai- mardii. SPIRONTOCARIS TOWNSENDI Rathbun. Spirontocaris gaimardii Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 556, 1899 (part). Spirontocaris toiunsendi Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 897, 1902. On the Pacific coast there is a large group of species of the gaimardii type, which can be distinguished only by the closest observation. Of these species, S. toiunsendi resembles S. gaimardii and -5". gaimardii belcheri in having the outer maxilhped provided with an exopod and epipod, and the first two feet also with epipods. S. townsendi continues the range of 88 RATHBUN S. gaimardii helcheri southward. As typical S. gaimardii does not occur on the Pacific coast, I will compare the new form with S. gai- mardii belcheri, and indicate the characters by which it differs from the latter. Female. — In S. townsendi the rostrum reaches almost or quite to the end of the acicle, and is armed above with 5 to 7 (2 on the carapace) spines, below with 3 to 6 spines ; the lower limb is deeper than in S. gaimardii belcheri, more as in typical S. gaimar- dii, but the rostrum is nearly straight. The pterygostomi- an spine is very small. The scale at the outer base of the antennula reaches to the end or nearly to the end of the second seg- ment; the second segment is scarcely longer than the third. The antennal scale is almost as long as the carapace. The maxillipeds reach to the distal fourth of the antennal scale ; the fifth pair of feet do not attain the end of the maxilliped. The third abdominal segment is smoothly rounded, without lobe or angle, in a profile view ; posterior margin produced moderately backward at the middle. The fourth segment is devoid of a lateral spine ; the sixth is about twice as long as high ; the telson is provided with 3 or 4 lateral spinules on each side. Male. — The males, which are fewer in number in the collection than the females, appear to be smaller and a little more slender; otherwise, save for their longer antennulse, they present no differences from the females. Dime?isions. — Ytva3.\t, approximate length 60.5 mm., of carapace and rostrum 20 mm., of rostrum 10.6 mm. Distribution. — l^diX\gQs from the Pribilof Islands to Puget Sound, and from 21 to 114 fathoms. One exception to this bathymetrical range is 238 fathoms in Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia {Albatross Fig. 37. Spirontocaris icwnsendi. $. Station 2865. a. Side (X si). b. Dorsal view of anterior portion (X 3)- DECAPODS 89 Station 2862) ; here only one specimen was taken, of which the rostnim and tail are missing ; the characters of the remaining part coincide with those of typical specimens. Other stations at which this species was collected by the Albatross are : Off Pribilof Islands, 25-60 fathoms, stations 3484, 3496, 3558. Off Rat Islands, Aleutians, 55 fathoms, station 3599. Unalaska, 35-85 fathoms, stations 331 1, 3319, 3321, 3322. Off North Head, Akutan Island, 56 and 72 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Unimak Pass, 34-56 fathoms, stations 3220, 3222, 3223. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms, station 3262. Southwest of Sannak Islands, 41 fathoms, station 3213, 15 miles south of Sannak Islands, 44 fathoms, station 2846. Off Kudobin Islands, 36-41 fathoms, stations 3279, 3281. Shumagins, 48 and 21 fathoms, stations 2847, 2850. Off Cape Strogonof, 26 fathoms, station 3291. Pordock Bank, 51-68 fathoms, stations 2856, 2857. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865. Washington Sound, Straits of Fuca, 48 fathoms, station 2864 (type locality). Strait of Fuca, 48-1 14 fathoms, stations 3443, 3445> 346i, 3462, 3465. Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Chichagof Island, Alaska (W. H. Dall). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). SPIRONTOCARIS SUCKLEYI (Stimpson). Hippolyte suckleyi^TWlV^O-^, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 154 ; Lenz, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., Xiv, 432, pi. XXXll, fig. i, 1901. Spirontocaris gaimardii Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. in, 556, 1899 (part). Female.— "Y\xt nearest approach in the Pacific to the S. gaimardii of the Atlantic. Associated with S. toiansendi, with which it may easily be confounded ; distinguished from it as follows : The rostrum is rather more concave above instead of nearly straight ; it reaches end of, or may exceed, antennal scale. The antennular scale does not reach the end of the second segment of the peduncle. The antennular peduncle reaches middle of antennal scale (length measured along outer margin). The second segment is appreciably longer than the third. The antennal scale, measured on its outer margin, is much shorter than the carapace. The outer maxillipeds overlap the distal fourth of the antennal scale, and may reach the end of the scale. The second pereiopod is commonly destitute of an epipod ; sometimes 90 RATHBUN it is furnished with a rudimentary epipod, or with a fully developed one. The last pair of pereiopods reach the end of the antennal scale. The fourth abdominal segment is provided with a spine on either side Fig. 38. Spironiocaris sucklcyi. ? (X ^z). Station 3334. a. Side. b. Dorsal view of anterior portion. below. The sixth segment is a little shorter and broader than in S. townsendi. Male.— As, in S. townsendi, the male resembles the female, except for being smaller, more slender, and with longer antennules. S. suckleyi differs from S. gaimardii in the fewer dorsal spines, 5 or 6 against 7 or 8 in S. gaimardii; in the larger eyes; in the antennular peduncle of the female reaching middle of antennal scale ; in the absence of hook or hump on the third abdominal segment in the male ; in the slightly shorter sixth segment; and in the absence usually of an epipod from the second pereiopod. Variations.-— hi about three hundred specimens examined only one lacks the spines on the fourth abdominal segment ; in another specimen the spine is present on one side, absent on the other. Dimensions.— hength of ? (station 2864) approximately 79 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 28.7 mm,, of rostrum 16 mm, Distribution. — From the Arctic coast of Alaska southward to Wash- ington; 6 to 165 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : Off the Pribilof Islands, 20-65 fathoms, stations 3438, 3439, 3483, 3494, 3496, 3504, 3535. 3538, 3552, 3560, 3561, 3611, 3637. Bristol Bay, 19 fathoms, station 3237. DECAPODS 91 Off Bristol Bay, :^;^ fathoms, stations 3303, 3306. North of Alaska Peninsula, 26-47 f^^thoms, stations 3278, 3285, 3292, 329?: Off Unimak Island, 24-43 fathoms, stations 3259, 3262, 3265, 3266. Off Akutan Island, 72 fathoms, station 2842. Unalaska, 19-165 fathoms, stations 3310, 33i7> 33i9, 3322, 3333-3336. Shumagins, 21-69 fathoms, stations 2847, 2849-2851. .-■ Davidson Bank, 43 fathoms, station 3215. h IG. 40. Sptrontocans maxtlbpes. ? . Station 3480. a. Side ( X 2). is reduced to an almost ''• Dorsal view of anterior portion (X 2). <:. Chela of first pair (X 4)- imperceptible spinule ; the sixth somite is shorter than in S. vioseri, being only one and a half times the fifth ; the side spinules of the telson are commonly 3 in number, occasionally 4. In this, as well as in the preceding species, the fingers of the first chelae are a little over half as long as the palm. Dimensions. — Ytm^s^t, length 48.9 mm., length of carapace and ros- trum 18.4 mm., of rostrum 8.6 mm. Distribution. — Aleutian Islands, 283 to 625 fathoms, at the following Albatross stations : Off Seguam, 283 fathoms, station 3480 (type locality). North of Unalaska, 351 and 350 fathoms, stations 3330, 3331. Off Shumagin Bank, 625 fathoms, station 3338. SPIRONTOCARIS BRACHYDACTYLA Rathbun. Spirontocaris brachydactyla RATHBUN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 898, 1902. This species is closely allied to S. moseri and S. niaxilUpes, but is dis- tinguished by the short fingers of the first cheHpeds, which are not more than a third as long as the palm. There are two specimens in the collection. The rostrum is distinctly shorter than the carapace, and, in the one specimen in which it is perfect, is armed with 6 teeth above (one on the carapace) and 3 below. No pterygostomian spine. Antennular peduncles reaching a little over half the length of the antennal scale, second segment very little longer than third ; antennular scale reaching slightly beyond the first segment in the larger specimen, shorter than first segment in the smaller specimen ; thick- 94 RATHBUN ened portion of outer flagellum extending nearly half its length beyond the scale. Antennal peduncle just as long as antennular. Half the last segment of the maxilliped lies be- yond the scale. The first pair of feet just reach the tip of the scale ; the fingers are unusually short, as above mentioned. No spine on fourth segment of abdomen; sixth segment twice as long as fifth ; telson broken. Dimensions. — Length, of ovig- erous female, exclusive of ros- trum and telson, 24.8 mm., length of carapace 7.7 mm. Distribution. — Southern California, deep water. The type, an ovig- erous female, was dredged olT Santa Cruz Island, in 266 fathoms {Alba- tross station 2948). A much smaller female comes from off San Diego, 417 fathoms {Albatross station 2928). Fig. 41. Sptrontocaris brachy- dactyla. $ . Station 2928. a. Side (X 3)- i>- Chela of first pair (X s)- SPIRONTOCARIS CAMTSCHATICA (Stimpson). Hippolyte camtschatica Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xil, p. 33, [102], i860. Belongs to the gaimardii group. Female. — Rostrum a Httle longer than the carapace, shorter than antennal scale, nearly straight (or slightly concave above), horizontal, armed with 4 or 5 teeth above, the ante- rior tooth at about the distal third, i or 2 teeth on carapace ; upper limb very narrow, disappearing anteriorly ; lower limb deepest a httle in front of the eye, and tapering distally, armed with 4 to 6 teeth ; extremity acute. A strong antennal, a very small pterygostomian spine. The antennular peduncle reaches about two fifths the length of the antennal scale ; second and third segments very short, the second a Httle the longer ; the thickened portion of the outer flagellum extends to the terminal third of the antennal scale ; the inner flagellum reaches to the end of the scale. The spine at the outer base of the antennules reaches to, or nearly to, the distal margin of the second segment. The outer margin of the antennal scale measures nearly as long as, just as long as, or a little longer than, the carapace ; its spine falls considerably short of the laminar portion ; the peduncle extends to the end of the second Fig. 42. Spironiocaris ( Side of carapace (X 2)- tschatica. 9 . Petropavlovsk. DECAPODS 95 segment of the antennular peduncle. The outer maxilh'peds reach a httle beyond the middle of the antennal scale ; the first pair of feet to the end of the antennal peduncle ; the second pair midway between the maxilli- peds and the tip of the scale ; the fifth pair to the end of the maxillipeds. The third segment of the abdomen seen in profile is evenly rounded ; it is laterally slightly compressed ; fourth segment without spines ; the sixth is less than twice as long as the fifth, and also shorter than the seventh, which has 4 or 5 spines on either side. J/a/wa/.f.— Carapace short in relation to the abdomen. Rostrum one third longer than the carapace, not reaching tip of antennal scale, slightly concave above, horizontal, armed above with 5 (occasionally 6) teeth, two of which are on the carapace, the anterior tooth a little before the middle of the rostrum ; tip acute ; lower limb, as in all the gaimardii 96 RATHBUN group, tapering from a point in front of the eye to the tip, armed with 5 teeth, one subterminal. Antennal spine strong, pterygostomian very small. Antennular peduncle reaching about two fifths the length of the antennal scale, second and third segments very short and subequal, outer scale reaching distal margin of second seg- ment, outer flagellum falling short of the tip of antennal scale, inner flagellum exceeding it. Antennal peduncle al- Fig. 43. spirontocarh kincaidi '■ Station 3124. most as long as anten- nular; scale tapering, measured on outer margin exceeding the carapace; its spine long, but still not so advanced as the blade. Outer maxilhpeds not quite reaching tip of ros- trum ; first pair of feet to middle of antennal scale ; second pair ex- tending just beyond maxilliped. The posterior margin of the third abdominal segment is produced backward in a strong lobe; the abdomen is strongly bent at this point; the fourth segment is spineless; the sixth is less than twice as long as the fifth, and a little shorter than the telson, which is armed with four pairs of lateral spines. Dimensions. — Ov\'gtxo^x% 5 , length (approximate) 36.5 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 13.6 mm., of rostrum 7.7 mm. Distribution. — From Washington to Santa Cruz, California: Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). Off Flattery Rocks, Washington, 40 fathoms {Albatross station 2873), i $ . Off Santa Cruz, California, 21 fathoms {Albatross station 3124), i $ (type). Strait of Fuca, 37 fathoms {Albatross station 3593), i egg-bearing ? , placed here with doubt. The rostrum and telson are broken, the antennulae are a little longer than in the type, their peduncles reach nearly to the middle of the acicle. SPIRONTOCARIS LAYI (Owen). Hippolite Layi Owen, in Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage [in the Blos- som], Crustacea, p. 90, pi. xxvil, fig. 3, 1839. Distribution. — Monterey, California (Owen) ; Esquimalt Harbor, Vancouver Island (Bate). Owen's description is as follows : " Hip. rostro acuminato, supra multi-serrato, ante medium subtus quadri-serrato. Long. corp. unc. 2)4- Color ruber." According to DECAPODS 97 Owen, the rostrum is longer and narrower than in S. affinis, extending to the extremity of the superior antennae ; the dental formula was the same, -^j in the 3 specimens preserved. According to Owen's figure, the antennular peduncle extends about to the middle of the rostrum, the second and third segments are subequal, the thickened portion of the outer flagellum is shorter than the peduncle. The rostrum curves strongly upward in its anterior half. SPIRONTOCARIS BIUNGUIS Rathbun. Spirontocaris biunguis Rathbun, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., xxiv, 899, 1902. This species of the gaimardii group is an inhabitant of deeper water, and is distinguished by its larger eyes, longer rostrum, subchelate dactyli, and by having an exopod and an epipod on the outer maxilliped, while the pereiopods are destitute of epipods. Carapace carinated on its anterior half or two thirds. Rostrum from one and a fourth to one and two thirds times as long as remainder of cara- pace, its poste- rior half or third gradually as- cending, the re- mainder more abruptly so ; up- per limb narrow, the widest point in front of the eye ; lower limb a little wider than the upper ; terminal third a slender sharp spine, not limbed ; dorsal spines 5 to 7 (two on carapace), ventral spines 4 to 7. Antennal spine strong ; pterygostomian spine or tooth very small. Eyes very large and oblique, pyriform, the cornea covering the greater part of the peduncle. Antennular peduncle extending a htde past the middle of the antennal scale ; second joint three times as long as third ; outer scale reaching to end of first segment ; thickened portion of outer flagellum extending in the female one third, in the male two thirds of its length beyond antennal scale. This last is four fifths as long as carapace ; antennal peduncle reaching end of second segment of antennular peduncle ; flagellum longer than the body. The tips of the maxillipeds are half way between the antennal peduncle and the tip of the scale. The first pair of feet attain the middle of the last joint of the antennal peduncle ; the palm is less than twee as long as Fig. 44. Spirflnfocaris biunguis. Station 3324. a. Side. 9 (x:J). b. Dorsal view of anterior portion. $(XiJ). c. Dactylus of one of last 3 pairs of legs (X 10). 98 RATHBUN the fingers. The second pair exceed the acicle. The last 3 pairs are very slender and about the same length, the tip of the last pair reaching the terminal third of the rostrum ; the extremity of the propodi is fringed with bristles ; the dactyli are slender ; the proximal half of their concave mar- gin is furnished with 5 or 6 spinules so closely appressed that to the naked eye the dactylus appears unarmed; the distal spinule is long, and with the slender tip of the dactylus gives the appearance of a minute chela. The abdomen is non-carinated ; the fourth segment is unarmed ; the sixth segment is one and a half times the fifth ; the seventh is a little longer than the sixth and armed with 5 or 6 spinules on each side. Dimensions. — Length of egg-laden ? 83 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 37.6 mm., of rostrum 23.2 mm. Distribu/ion. — From Bering Sea (off Pribilof Islands) to Oregon, 109- 987 fathoms. Dredged by the Albatross : Off Pribilof Islands, 184-688 fathoms, stations 3489, 3501, 3502, 3608. North of Aleutian Islands (178° 31' 00" E.), 850 fathoms, station 3784. North of Rat Islands, 270 fathoms, station 3785. North of Unalaska, 225-987 fathoms, stations 3227, 3316, 3329-3332, 3607. West of Unalaska, 576 fathoms, station 3326. Chernofski Harbor, Unalaska, 109-284 fathoms, stations 3324, 3325. Off Shumagin Bank, 625 fathoms, station 3338. Southeast of Chirikof Island, Alaska, 695 fathoms, station 3340. Off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 876 fathoms, station 2860 (type locality). Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 636-877 fathoms, stations 3069-3071, 3074, 3075- Off Cape Elizabeth, Washington, 831 fathoms, station 3344. Off Grays Harbor, Washington, 559 fathoms, station 2871. Off Tillamook Bay, Oregon, 786 fathoms, station 3346. SPIRONTOCARIS PALPATOR (Owen). Hippolyte palpator Owen, in Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage [in the Bhs:om], Crustacea, p. 89, pi. xxvill, fig. 3, 1839. Heptacarpus palpator Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 196, pi. Ill, figs. 48, 49, 1900, and synonymy. Distribution.— ^7m Francisco Bay, California (Stimpson), to Magda- lena Bay, Lower California (Lockington). Monterey (Owen). The specimen from Kadiak referred by Brandt to this species is probably S. brevirostris, as stated by Dr. Holmes. Specimens in the National Museum are from Pacific Grove, California (John C. Brown); San Diego (H, Hemphill, C. R. Orcutt) ; San Diego DECAPODS 99 County (C. R. Orcutt) ; San Diego Bay, 5-63.^ fathoms {Albatross sta- tions 3575-3578, 3582). SPIRONTOCARIS BREVIROSTRIS (Dana). Hippolyie brevirostris'DK'^K, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, 24; Crust. U. S. Expl. Exped., i, 566, 1852, pi. xxxvi, fig. 5, 1855. — Stimpson, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 500, 1857. Spirontocaris brevirostris WALKER, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, xil, 276, 1898. Hcptacarpus brevirostris \io\M^^, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 198, pi. Ill, figs. 50, 51, 1900, and synonymy. Distribution.— AXin, Aleutian Islands, to San Francisco Bay, California. Nine localities between Attu and Sitka, low water to 25 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Unalaska (S. Applegate). Aleutian Islands (L. M. Turner). Kadiak (W. J. Fisher). Tongass, Alaska (H. E. Nichols). Yakutat; Kadiak, 5 fathoms; Sitka (Harriman Expedition). Otter Bay, Pender Island, Seymore Narrows, British Columbia ; Sucia Island, British Columbia ; Port Angeles, Washington [Albatross). Fort Rupert, British Columbia (Harlan I. Smith). Strait of Fuca. Puget Sound (T. Kincaid), Cape Mendocino, California (University of Cahfornia). San Francisco Bay (H. Hemphill). Previously recorded from Kadiak (Brandt, as palpator) ; Vancouver Island (Smith); Strait of Fuca, near Dungeness (Dana); Humboldt County, California (Holmes) ; San Francisco Bay (Stimpson, Holmes). SPIRONTOCARIS PUSIOLA (Kroyer). Hippolyte pusiola Kroyer, Naturh. Tidssk., ill, 576, 1841; K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhand., IX, 319, pi. in, figs. 69-73, 1842. — Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 77, pi. ix, figs. 4-7 (telson), 1879. Distribution. — Benng Island, Aleutian Islands, and Alaska Peninsula eastward to Chichagof Island, 5-159 fathoms. Gulf of St. Lawrence to Long Island Sound, low water to 105 fathoms. Greenland? Iceland. Northern Europe. Collected by the Albatross : Off North Head, Akutan Island, 56-72 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842. Davidson Bank, 42 fathoms, station 2845. Northeast of Amak Island, 19 fathoms, station 3274. North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms, station 2850, Off Trinity Islands, 159 fathoms, station 2853. 100 RATHBUN By W. H. Dallat: Port Levashef, Unalaska, 20-30 fathoms. Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 10 fathoms. Captains Harbor, Unalaska, outside of ridge, 25-75 fathoms. Off Round Island, Coal Harbor, Unga, 8-9 fathoms. Anchorage, Big Koniuji Island, Shumagins, 6-20 fathoms. Popof Strait, near reef, 6 fathoms. Shahafka Cove, Kadiak, 12-14 fathoms. Chugachik Bay, Cook Inlet, 20-60 fathoms. Port Etches, 5-8 fathoms. Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Chichagof Island. Bering Island (L. Stejneger). Bering Island, among Laminaria (N. Grebnitzky). The males grow to be as large and robust as the females ; they have the antennular peduncle and outer maxilliped much longer than in the female ; in old males the peduncle is about four fifths as long as the an- tennal scale, first segment extending half its length beyond the eyes, outer basal scale only two thirds as long as first segment, second segment twice as long as third. Antennal scale, measured on outer margin, two thirds as long as carapace ; peduncle overreaching slightly the first segment of the antennular peduncle. The penult segment of the outer maxilliped slightly overreaches the antennal peduncle ; the terminal segment is very long, as long as the carapace. Dimensions. — A male measures 25 mm. long, carapace and rostrum 8.3 mm., rostrum 2.5 mm. SPIRONTOCARIS HERDMANI Walker. Spiro7itocaris herdtnani WALKER, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, XII, 277, pi. XVI, fig. 2, 1898. Small. Carapace high. Rostrum two thirds length of carapace proper, reaching nearly or quite to end of, or a little beyond, first antennu- lar segment, straight, deflexed ; upper margin armed with 3 to 6 teeth, one of which is on the carapace, anterior tooth remote from the tip, which is pointed ; lower margin with one or two teeth near the tip. Antennal and small pterygostomian spine present. Antennular peduncle reaching a httle past middle of antennal scale ; second and third joints very short, the second a little the longer ; basal scale reaching to end of first seg- ment; thickened part of outer flagellum extending beyond acicle. Acicle nearly as long as carapace ; antennal peduncle nearly as long as antennular. Outer maxilliped extending beyond scale by half length of last segment. First pair of feet exceeding scale a little. Fourth seg- ment of abdomen provided with a small lateral spine ; sixth segment short, very little longer than wide ; telsou with three spinulcs on each side. DECAPODS lOI Walker says of this species that " the rostrum reaches a little beyond the end of the peduncle of the inner antennre," but this may be an error, as in the figure the rostrum is represented not much longer than the eye. Dimensions. — Length of female with ova 30 mm. (Walker). Length of female with ova 16.2 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 5.2 mm., of rostrum 2.1 mm. Distribution. —SxiVdif Alaska, 10 fathoms, June 15, one ? with ova (Harriman Expedition). Puget Sound, 1895, 3 specimens (T. Kincaid). Puget Sound (Walker). SPIRONTOCARIS TAYLORI (Stimpson). Hippolyfe taylori Stiuvso^, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 500, 1857. Heptacarpjis Taylori Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 199, pi. Ill, figs. 52, 53, 1900, and synonymy. Distribution.— 'SiZXi Francisco Bay, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California. Specimens in the National Museum from Monterey (D. S. Jordan, 1880, and J. O. Snyder, 1895), San Pedro {Albatross), Point Loma {Albatross), San Diego (Rosa Smith). One of the three females collected by Dr. Jordan has an abnormal rostrum, longer and more slender than in typical specimens, still not reaching the cornea; in other respects the individual agrees with its associates. SPIRONTOCARIS PICTA (Stimpson). Hippolyte picta Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 125, 1871. Heptacarpus pictiis Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 200, pi. Ill, figs. 54 and 55, 1900, and synonymy. Distribution. — Monttrty Bay to San Diego, California. Specimens are in the National Museum from Monterey Bay {Albatross), Pacific Grove (H. Heath, John C. Brown), Catalina Harbor (W. H. Dall), Lajolla [Albatross], San Diego (various collectors). SPIRONTOCARIS PALUDICOLA (Holmes). Heptacarpus paludicola HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 201, pi. Ill, figs. 56, 57, 1900. Distribution. — Humboldt Bay (Holmes) to San Diego, California. Specimens are in the National Museum from San Diego {Albatross), and from either Monterey or Catalina Harbor (Dall). Since this paper went to press, a Spirontocaris from Pearson, Wash- ington, has been received, through R. W. Doane, which seems to be un- described. It has the coloration of S. picta, a rostrum similar to that of S. paludicola, while the epipods are as in S. sitchensis. 102 RATHBUN SPIRONTOCARIS SITCHENSIS (Brandt). Hippolyte siichensis'QKA.'ii'DT, Middendorff's Reise Sibir., ll, Zool., Theil I, Ii6, pi. V, fig. 1 8, 1 85 1. — ?? Stimpson, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 499) 1857 (Monterey). f? Hippolyte si/c/ia^isis STniFSO'S, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 125, 1871. This species resembles most S. paludicola of California. It differs, however, in its shorter rostrum, which is two thirds or four fifths the length of the carapace ; in the shorter antennular scale, only slightly exceeding the first segment of the peduncle ; in the shape of the antennal scale, which is broadly arcuate at the end, the blade exceeding the spine ; in lacking an epipod on the second pereiopod. Distributmi. — Yxom Sitka, Alaska, southward to Puget Sound: Sitka (Brandt) ; Cape Fox, 3 $ (W. R. Coe, Harriman Expedition) ; Tongass, July 16, 1885, 3 ? (Lieutenant H. E. Nichols, U. S. N.) ; Ref- uge Cove, Port Chatham, i ? (W. H. Dall) ; Puget Sound (Caiman). SPIRONTOCARIS CRISTATA (Stimpson). Hippolyte cristata Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., i860, iz (not H. cristatns De Haan, 1849). l Spirontocaris cristata Walker, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc., XII, 277, 1898. Heptacarpus cristatns Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 202, pi. Ill, figs. 58, 59, 1900. Distribution. — From Sitka, Alaska, to San Diego, California: Sitka, 10 fathoms (Harriman Expedition); Puget Sound (Walker, also collected by T. Kincaid). San Pablo Bay, taken in Chinese shrimp-nets [Albatross). Monterey Bay, 2)2> fathoms {Albatross si3.i\on 2,'i^2>'^); Monterey (J. O. Snyder). San Diego Bay 3-^j4 fathoms {Albatross stations 3563, 3567, 3575- 3578)- San Diego, 10 fathoms (H. Hemphill); south of San Diego Bay, 22 fathoms {Albatross ■sX.dX\on 3679). Southern Cahfornia (W. H. Dall). I have a little doubt about the single speci- men from Sitka, as it is much mutilated ; it is not, however, referable to any other species. The male differs peculiarly from the female. It has the customary points of difference : It is (>f io»)*^' sution'''56''"^Chek 0I Smaller, more slender, the rostrum is more slen- firstpair. a. i . b. % . ^jgj. ^j^^j slightly ovcrlaps the second antennular 1 1 have considered that De Haan's use of this name on plate XLV did not invalidate it for Stimpson's species, because De Haan in his Errata (p. 244), as well as in the explanatory text (p. 194), corrected the name of his species to Sicyonia cristata, the correction appearing, so far as I am able to ascertain, simultaneously with the plate. DECAPODS 103 Fig. 46. Spirontocaris stoneyi (X 5)- Bering Sea. segment instead of reaching to the end of it ; but the most striking char- acter is the unusual length of the fingers, which exceed the palm in length and are rather slender, giving the chelae a Falcemon-WkQ appear- ance ; in the ? , on the contrary, the fingers are considerably shorter than the palm, as in most species of the genus. SPIRONTOCARIS STONEYI Rathbun. Spirontocaris stoneyi Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 899, 1902. Near S. cristata ; a small, slender species. Rostrum about half as long as the carapace and reaching a litde beyond first segment of anten- nular peduncle ; upper margin . convex and armed with 7 to 9 teeth ( I or 2 of which are on carapace), except near the tip, where it is straight and un- armed ; tip pointed ; midrib nearly straight, lower margin with a tooth near the tip. A strong antennal, a short but slender pterygostomian, spine. Antennular peduncle reaching to middle of antennal scale ; second segment one and a half times as long as third ; outer scale not reaching end of first segment ; thickened portion of outer flagellum reaching about to end of antennal scale. Scale as long as carapace ; spine reaching as far as blade ; peduncle reaching a little beyond first segment of anten- nular peduncle. Maxillipeds very slender, reaching to the distal third of the antennal scale ; the first pair of feet to a little beyond the antennal peduncle, the palm widening distally and only a little longer than the fingers ; second pair of feet about reaching tip of scale. Fourth abdominal somite unarmed ; sixth long, over ij^ times as long as fifth, and as long as telson, which has 3 pairs of side spines. Dimensions. — YtvcidXt, length 20 mm,, length of carapace and rostrum 5.5 mm., of rostrum 1.8 mm. Type locality.— ^txxvvg Sea, lat. 62O 15' 00" N., long. 1670 48' 00" W., 20^ fathoms (Lieutenant George M. Stoney, U. S. N., June, 1884). SPIRONTOCARIS AVINA Rathbun. Spirontocaris avina Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, in, 557, 1899. Carapace with anterior half carinated; rostrum half or less than half the length of the carapace, reaching to end of first antennular segment ; 104 RATHBUN Strongly arched over the eye, and armed with 12 to 14 small teeth; the posterior 3 or 4 behind the orbit, the posterior 2 distinctly separated from the others ; the hindermost is much depressed, obsolescent ; the distal third of the rostrum is "Straight, either horizon- tal or slightly deflexed, acute, unarmed above, furnished with i or 2 teeth below ; lower limb very narrow. Antennal spine well developed, pterygostomian very small. Eyes large, pyriform. Fig. 47. Spirontocciris avina. Station 2853. «. Side of carapace ^"^^"""^^^ peduuclc (X 3)- ^. Dorsal view of anterior portion (X 4)- extending tWO thirdS the length of the antennal scale, second segment three times as long as third, outer basal scale suberect and not reaching end of first segment ; flagella subequal in length ; thickened part of outer one extending half its length beyond antennal scale. Outer margin of antennal scale a little more than two thirds as long as carapace, scale tapering, distal margin very oblique, peduncle extending quite to middle of scale and nearly to end of second segment of antennular peduncle. The outer maxillipeds extend beyond the scale by nearly half the length of their last segment. First pair of feet reaching half-way between antennal peduncle and end of scale ; second pair exceeding maxiUiped by the length of the propodus and the last joint of the carpus ; third to fifth pairs nearly equal, the fifth pair overreaching the second pair ; dactyli very slender and unarmed. Abdomen smooth ; fourth segment furnished with a lateral spine ; sixth segment a little less than twice as long as fifth, and shorter than seventh, which bears 3 spinules on each side. Male. — Smaller, more slender, and has slightly longer antennulse than the female. Dimensions. — Female, length 35 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 12 mm., of rostrum 3.5 mm, Disiribution. — From Pribilof Islands to Oregon, 41 to 351 fathoms. Taken exclusively by the Albatross, at the following localities : Off Pribilof Islands, 60-184 fathoms, stations 3484, 3485, 3489, 3494, 3605, 3609. North of Unalaska, 165-351 fathoms, stations 3315, 3317, 3330 (type locality), 3331. DECAPODS 105 Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 58-68 fathoms, stations 3310, 3313. Oil Akutan Island, 72-91 fathoms, stations 2842, 3548, Northwest of Unimak Island, 81-85 fathoms, stations 3225, 3257. Oil Kudobin Islands, 41 fathoms, station 3279. Between Unga and Nagai Islands, Shumagins, no fathoms, station 2848. Off the Trinity Islands, 159 fathoms, station 2853. Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms, station 2863. Strait of Fuca, 53-100 fathoms, stations 3443, 3445, 3446, 3460, 3596, 3597- Near Flattery Rocks, Washington, 171 fathoms, station 2866. Off Heceta Bank, Oregon, 277 fathoms, station 2890. SPIRONTOCARIS MACILENTA (Kroyer). Hippolyte macilenta Kroyer, Naturh. Tidssk., Ill, 574, 1841; K. Danske Vidensk, Selsk., Afh., ix, 305, pi. ll, figs. 55, 56, 1842, — SMITH, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., v, 71, 1879. Spirontocaris macilenta Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt, ill, 557, 1899. Distribution. — Arctic and Atlantic coasts of North America, as far south as Halifax, Nova Scotia; Bering Sea; Kamchatka; Okhotsk Sea; 16 to 100 fathoms. The following localities on the Alaskan and Asiatic coasts are repre- sented in the Museum collection : Arctic Ocean (U. S. R. S. Coriviti). Bering Strait (Dr. Robert White). Lat. 660 30' 25" to 660 43' 00" N., long. 167O 14' 10" to 1680 08' 15" W., 19-30 fathoms (U. S. R. S. Corwin). Bering Sea, between Matthew Island, Pribilof Islands, and Bristol Bay ; 29>^-39 fathoms {Albatross stations 3252, 3306, 3507, 351 1, 3513, 3518. 3519)- Off Kamchatka, 39-42 fathoms [Albatross station 3781). Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, 16 fathoms {Albatross station 3642). Southeast coast of Kamchatka, 100 and 96 fathoms {Albatross stations 3643* 3644). Off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 25 fathoms {Albatross station 3649). SPIRONTOCARIS MACROPHTHALMA Rathbun. spirontocaris macrophthalma Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 900, 1902. Allied to S. macilenta and S. bispinosa. Female. — Carapace carinated in its anterior half, posterior spine at the anterior fifth ; upper line of carapace and midrib of rostrum nearly hori- zontal, the rostrum gently ascending in its anterior portion; rostrum about three fourths or five sixths as long as the carapace, upper and lower limbs with convex margins, and widest at about the middle of their io6 RATHBUN length; upper margin armed with lo to 14 teeth, including 2 or 3 on the carapace ; lower margin with i to 3 spines ; tip acute. A strong antennal ■ ■"iMMiiii.Miiiiiii.Tfi;^- :, Fig. 48. Spirontocaris macrophthalina. Station 3076. a. Side view, i (X 2). b. Dorsal view of anterior portion, 8 (X Zj). spine on the anterior margin, no supraorbital nor pterygostomian spine ; antero-lateral angle sharp. Eyes large, pyriform ; corneae extending on the inner side almost to the base of the peduncle. Eyes reaching two thirds the length of the first antennular segment ; this segment is twice as long as the second, and the second three times as long as the third ; the second and third are each provided with a terminal spine ; the peduncle does not reach the end of the rostrum ; the thickened part of the outer flagellum exceeds by half its length the antennal scale ; inner flagellum half again as long as outer ; the basal scale does not quite reach the end of the first seg- ment ; it has a strong lobe on its proximal outer margin. The peduncle of the antenna extends to the end of the second segment of the anten- nulse and the middle of the scale ; the flagellum is one and a third times the length of the body. The blade of the scale exceeds the spine con- siderably, and is most advanced toward its inner margin. The outer maxilHpeds are slender and reach midway between the end of the antennal peduncle and the end of the scale. The first pair of feet reach just beyond the base of the scale ; the second pair just beyond the end of the scale ; of the carpal joints, the second is greater than the first, the first plus the second equals the third, the fourth equals the seventh, the fifth is greater than the sixth, the fifth plus the sixth exceeds a little the seventh. The last three pairs of feet are long, fragile, and unarmed ; DECAPODS 107 the last pair may extend beyond the antennal scale by the length of the dactylus and two thirds of the propodus. The first four segments of the abdomen are unarmed ; the third pro- duced moderately backward in the middle; fifth with a spine at the infero-posterior angles; sixth with a spine at the infero-posterior and supero-posterior angles ; sixth nearly twice as long as fifth ; telson about as long as sixth segment, with 5 or 6 pairs of lateral spinules ; extremity with a pair of long median spines, a longer pair of submedian spines, and a pair of short outer spines. Male.— The males exhibit the usual differences from the females in being more slender, in the longer antennular flagella, and in the abdominal appendages. Dimensions. — Female, length 62.6 mm., length of carapace and rostrum 24 mm., of rostrum 1 1 mm. Distribution. — Yxom. the north coast of Unalaska eastward and south- ward to Point Sur, California, 178 to 636 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations : North of Unalaska, 399 and 350 fathoms, stations 3329, 3331. Off Davidson Bank, 280 fathoms, station 3337. South of Sannak Islands, 483 fathoms, station 3210. Clarence Strait, 322 fathoms, station 3077. Off Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, 204 fathoms, station 2861. Off Tahwhit Head, Washington, 178 fathoms, station 3076 (type locality). Off Destruction Island, Washington, 516 fathoms, station 3343. Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 636 and 477 fathoms, stations 3070, 3073- Off Cascade Head, Oregon, 345 fathoms, station 3347. Off Heceta Bank, Oregon, 277 fathoms, station 2890. Off Point Arena, California, 455 and 239 fathoms, stations 3348, 3349. South of Farallone Islands, Cahfornia, 391 and 217 fathoms, stations 3104, 3105. Off Pigeon Point, 296 fathoms, station 31 12. Off Monterey Bay, 418-581 fathoms, stations 3126, 3127, 3670. Monterey Bay, 278 fathoms, station 3669. Off Point Sur, 298 fathoms, station 3187. .(^/////(fi-. — Resembles the preceding species, S. macilenta, but differs notably in the much larger and more reniform eyes, the longer rostrum, of which the upper limb is narrowed at its base and the lower limb is less deep, in the larger dorsal spines and the shorter scale. From S. bispinosa at once distinguished by the absence of a supraorbital spine, of the long, slender process of the rostrum and of the spine at the middle of the carapace. The sixth segment of the abdomen is longer and more slender than in S. bispinosa. I08 RATHBUN Family ALPHEID^. Genus Alpheus Fabricius. ALPHEUS DENTIPES Guerin. Alpheus dentipes GU]&RIN, Exp. Scient. Moree, part. Zool., 39, pi. xxvii, fig- 3> 1832. Alpheus c/ama/orUOLUES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 182, 1900, and synonymy. DislrifiulioH. — FsLvaWone Islands, California, to San Bartolome Bay, Lower California. Mediterranean; Cape Verde Islands; Bermudas; Porto Rico ; Cuba ; Key West. ALPHEUS BELLIMANUS Lockington. Distribution. — From Monterey to San Diego, California. Chile (Cou- tiere). ALPHEUS BARBARA Lockington. Habitat.— '^z.XiX.z. Barbara, California. According to Coutiere, probably the same as A. macrocheles (Hail- stone). ALPHEUS CALIFORNIENSIS Holmes. Habitat. — San Pedro, California. ALPHEUS EQUIDACTYLUS Lockington. Distribution. — Monterey to Santa Barbara, California. According to Coutiere, this is Alpheopsis trispinosus (Stimpson). Genus Betaeus Dana. BET^US HARFORDI Kingsley. DisiributioJi. — Point Arena to Catalina Island, California. BET^US LONGIDACTYLUS Lockington. Distribution.— ^d,n Pedro to San Diego, California. BET^US HARRIMANI sp. nov. Female, ivith eggs. — Carapace compressed, upper line nearly hori- zontal ; frontal margin nearly straight, with a broad, shallow, almost im- perceptible median sinus, and a deeper sinus just outside the eye. Basal scale of the antennules broad at base (the breadth of each equaling the interspace), narrowing distally, and somewhat scythe-shaped, curving slightly inward toward the extremity, which reaches the distal third of DECAPODS 109 the second joint ; second joint about one and a half times as long as the third ; inner flagellum about one fourth longer than the carapace ; outer flagellum about two thirds the length of the inner ;. and becoming much smaller at the middle, the distal half very slender. Antennse with a strong spine below the base of the acicle ; peduncle slightly exceeding that of the antenna; scale with a broad terminal spine, which reaches the end of the antennular peduncle, and ex- ceeds the blade, from which it is separated by a short narrow slit ; flagellum nearly twice the length of the ,,.„., , . ... , . , Fig. 49. Beiceus har- carapace. Maxulipeds reachmg a little past the mid- rimam. a. Dorsal view . 1 I 1 °^ anterior portion (x 4)- die of the terminal segment of the antennal peduncle, t. Carpus and chela of sec- „,,.,, .... r 1 • °^^ P^'"" ution. — According to Holmes (who includes here C. alaskensis), this species ranges from Alaska to Lower California. I have seen speci- mens ranging only from Comox, British Columbia, southward, as fol- lows : Comox, British Columbia [Albatross). Neah Bay, Washington, in drag seine [Albatross). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). 114 RATHBUN Bodega Bay, California (University of California). San Francisco Bay, California (W. H. Dall ; Livingston Stone). San Francisco Bay, off San Mateo, 3 fathoms, dredged [Albatross). San Francisco Bay, on South Belmont oyster beds, seine [Albatross). San Francisco Bay, in San Pablo Bay, in Chinese shrimp nets [Albatross). San Francisco Bay, off San Bruno Point, in Chinese shrimp nets [Al- batross). San Francisco market (R. E. C. Stearns). Monterey (D. S. Jordan). Catalina Island [Albatross). San Diego (H. Hemphill; D. S. Jordan; Albatross). San Diego Bay, sH-''-^ fathoms [Albatross stations 3574, 3581, 3582, 3621). Station 3674 of Albatross (locality not given), 31 fathoms. San Geronimo Island, Lower California, 7 fathoms (A. W. Anthony). Mogi, Japan (Dr. F. C. Dale, U. S. S. Falos, June 18, 1881); one speci- men without chelipeds, which otherwise corresponds closely with the American form ; probably, however, distinct from C. affinis De Haan and C. propifiqims Stimpson. Monterey (Owen, as C. vulgaris). CRANGON NIGROMACULATA Lockington. D Distribution. — Yrom northern California to Lower CaUfornia, 2>-33> fathoms. Specimens in the National Museum range from Gulf of nigromcKuiata. Chela the Farallones to San Diego, California ; also found at of 9 (X2i)- Station . 3132. Turtle Bay, Lower California. CRANGON ALASKENSIS Lockington. Crangon alaskensis Lockington, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., vir, 34 [7], 1876 (1877). Mutiny Bay, Alaska. Differs from C. nigricauda as follows : The antennal scale is a little longer and much narrower distally ; the end of the blade is rounded and not produced at the antero-internal angle ; the spine is much longer, extending considerably beyond the blade. :e N The first pair of feet are shorter, reaching v\ _J only to the middle of the terminal segment ( A of the maxillipeds; the hands are more b ,^-^^1^1^—^ Fig. 52. Cran- , , , , ... , J--^ ^=^^. gon aiaskciisis. slcndcr and elongate, being from two and a Chelaof S(X Sj). , ., , . , -j .i • Fig. 53- Crangon Station 3652. half to three times as long as wide; their <2&i/iw«/.f.?. station 3243. a. Dorsal view distal margin is more oblique, forming an angle of about of rostral region (x , .,,,,. • 2i)- ■*• Acicle (X 2). forty-five degrees with the lengthwise margins. Dimensions.— 'Ltx\^\}a. of large egg-bearing female from Kulukak Bay, DECAPODS 115 Alaska (station 3243), 77.2 mm.; length of carapace 20.1 mm.; length of antennal scale 14 mm. Distribution. — East part of Bering Sea and along the Aleutian Islands, in 31^-41 fathoms, at 38 stations of the Albatross. Also taken at the following locaUties : Off Kurile Islands, 14 fathoms {Albatross station 3652). Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms {Albatross station 2863). Sucia Island, British Columbia [Albatross). Bellingham Bay, Washington, 11 fathoms {Albatross station 3612). Strait of Fuca, 81 fathoms {Albatross station 3596). Port Townsend, Washington, rostrum narrower than typical {Albatross). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid). From Sitka northward to Port Clarence and westward along the Aleutian Islands to Attu, 5-20 fathoms, at sixteen localities (W. H. Dall). CRANGON ALASKENSIS ELONGATA Rathbun. Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 888, 1902. The typical C. alaskensis described above passes by insensible grada- tions into a form occurring off the coast of California and Oregon, which differs from it as follows : The rostrum is longer and narrower. The outer flagellum of the antennules falls considerably short of the antennal scale. The scale is much longer than in the typical form, being equal to the length of the carapace exclusive of the rostrum. The fourth segment of the abdomen shows signs of carination. The telson is flattened above, but scarcely grooved; \\^ alaskensis ehngata. 9. Stations 2970, 2971. a. tip IS more acute. Anterior part of cara- Dimensions. — Length of ovigerous female from tip of (x 2). rostrum to tip of telson 55.7 mm.; length of carapace 13.5 mm.; length of antennal scale 11.6 mm. Type locality. — Ofi Santa Barbara, California, 29 fathoms, stations 2970, 2971 {Albatross). Distribution.— Thx?, species occurs in abundance off the west coast of the United States. It has been taken by the Albatross at thirty stations in 9-278 fathoms, off California, Oregon, Washington, and British Colum- bia, and in Strait of Fuca and Puget Sound. The southern limit is off Wilmington, California. It has also been collected in Monterey Harbor by Dr. W. H. Dall, and at Pacific Grove by Mr, J, O. Snyder. Variations. — The more northern of these specimens (those off the coast of Washington more especially) have the scale not quite so long as the types, but still equal to about four fifths the length of the carapace ; the Il6 RATHBUN rostrum, too, is often intermediate between typical alaskensis and typical alaskensis elongata. CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA Say. Crafigon septefftspinosus Sx\, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 246, 1818. Cratigon crangon and Crangon vulgaris of authors (part). Associated sometimes with C. alaskensis, which it closely resembles ; it can be recognized at once by the rounded (non-carinated) abdominal segments. In Alaskan specimens the antennal scale is a little more than two thirds the length of the carapace ; it is equal to or exceeds the distance from the gastric spine to the pos- terior margin ; the extremity of the blade is obliquely sJ/f>'>ispnosa^''Acfc{e subtruucatc, sHghtly rounded, the antero-internal angle (X 2)- Station 3230. retreating ; the spine surpasses the blade to a distance exceeding the anterior width of the blade. The hands are variable in length, being from three to three and one half times as long as wide ; the obliquity of the terminal margin is as in C. alaskensis. All the ab- dominal segments are free from carinse ; the sixth and seventh have a shght median sulcus. There is considerable variability in Atlantic specimens of this species, in the length both of the scale and of the hands ; I cannot see that our Alaskan specimens differ essentially from those of Chesapeake Bay. Dimensions. — Female, station 3230, length from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 60.4 mm., length of carapace 15.6 mm., length of antennal scale II mm. Color. — It is probable that in life the species could readily be detected by the color markings. In alcohol the speckles of the dorsal surface are more uniform and closer than in C. alaskensis, and the telson and uropods are darker than in C. alaskensis from the same dredge haul. Distribution. — This species is less abundant along the Alaskan coast than C. alaskensis; it extends from the Arctic coast of Alaska at Eschscholtz Bay southward along the eastern shore of Bering Sea to the Shumagins ; the separate localities are as follows : Chamisso Harbor, Eschscholtz Bay, 5-8 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Port Clarence, in the seine, with C. alaskensis (W. H. Dall). St. Michael, Norton Sound (L. M. Turner; E. W. Nelson). Head of Norton Sound, 5 fathoms (Point Barrow Expedition). Off mouth of Yukon, 314 fathoms (E. W. Nelson). Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island, anchorage, 8 fathoms, stony (W. H. Dall). Hagemeister Strait, 8-15 fathoms, gravel (W. H. Dall). Bristol Bay (C. L. McKay). Bristol Bay, 31^ fathoms, with C. alaskensis {Albatross station 3230). DECAPODS 117 Bailey Harbor, Alaska Peninsula {Albatross). Coal Harbor, Unga Island, Shumagins, 3 fathoms (\V. H. Dall). Also occurs along the eastern coast of North America, from East Florida (Say) northward. It becomes necessary to separate the common Crangon of the Atlantic and Alaskan coasts of North America from the form found in Europe. These two species have usually been combined under the name Crangon crangon (Linnaeus) or C. vulgaris Fabricius. In Crangon crangon (of Europe) the antennal scale is wider at its distal end, and that margin, although convex, trends forward toward the inner angle. The spine is shorter than the distal width of the blade. In Crangon septemspinosa Say (of America) the scale is narrower at its distal end, and that margin, although convex, does not trend forward toward the inner angle, but rather slopes backward. The spine is as long as, or longer than, the distal width of the blade. CRANGON ALBA Holmes. Crangon alba Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 174, 1900. Monterey, dredged. A short stout species. Carapace about two fifths as long as abdomen. Rostrum broader than in C. nigricauda. The first segment of the anten- nule exceeds the process on the outer side of its base ; inner flagellum exceeding the antennal scale; outer flagellum shorter than the scale. Blade of scale with very oblique inner margin, the tip scarcely wider than the adjacent portion of the spine; spine extending considerably beyond the blade. Scale about three fovu-ths the length of carapace. MaxiUipeds reaching the end of the '^•^°''^^'"* , ^ . ., Fig. 57. Crangon , , , region (X 4)- i^. Ac;cle a!ba._^ Chela of 9 blade, the antepenult segment much ex- /;;;(?«^/^//.y. — Ovigerous female, length 23 mm., length of carapace 5.3 mm., of antennal scale 4,2 mm. Distribution. — Off Wilmington, California, 27 fathoms [Albatross sta- tion 2939), type locality, 4 females. Catalina Harbor, California, 30-40 fathoms, sandy mud; i female (W. H. Dall). Northwest of Cerros Island, Lower California, 58 fathoms {Albatross Station 2983), 4 females. CRANGON STYLIROSTRIS Holmes. Crangon stylirostris HoLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 174, pi. ii, figs. 33-35, 1900. DECAPODS 119 Rostrum long, narrow, grooved above, tapering to a narrow-acute tip which is curved strongly downward and much compressed laterally. There is no median gastric spine ; but with a lens one can discern a scabrous granule in the spot where the spine usually occurs. The antennular pe- duncle has shorter segments than in C. alba, to which this species is nearly related ; outer branch of flagellum as long as, or longer than, the blade of the antennal scale. Antennae shorter than the body. Scale shaped Fig. 59. cra,!gonsty. as in C. alba, but much shorter, being only a little over Chtrikof island* ^ ^ ' half as long as the carapace. Maxillipeds with the antepenult segment outwardly dilated as in C. alba. The hands are slightly widened distally, shorter and broader than in C. alba, the length being barely twice the width ; the anterior margin is more transverse than longitudinal. Second pair of feet more slender and a little longer than the third. Abdominal segments smoothly rounded above, not carinated; sixth segment not sulcated below ; seventh segment a very little longer than the sixth. The uropods extend considerably beyond the telson. Each segment in the male bears a median spine on the ventral side. Dimensions. — Length of female 54 mm., of carapace 15.1 mm., of acicle 9.1 mm. Distribution. — Santa Cruz, California, in seine, April 12, 1897 {Alba- tross); Trinidad, Humboldt Co., California (Holmes); Chirikof Island, Alaska, anchorage, 9-14 fathoms, sand {W. H. Dall). CRANGON DALLI Rathbun. Crangon dalli Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 889, 1902. Rostrum rather long and narrow, sides parallel for a portion of their length, edges upturned. Second antennular segment about one and a half times as long as the third ; inner flagellum exceed- ing the acicle ; outer flagellum considerably shorter. Acicle about seven tenths as long as the carapace ; blade obliquely subtruncate, inner angle rounded, receding ; spine extending beyond the blade to no greater extent than the anterior width of the blade. The first pair of feet reach only to the middle of the terminal joint of the maxillipeds ; the hands widen considerably from the proximal to the distal end ; the distal margin is transversely oblique ; the ^ width of the palm is contained in its greatest length about Fig. 60. Crangon , , . , . dalli. «. Station two and two thuds times. 3287. a. Dorsal view of rostral region (X The first to fifth Segments of the abdomen are smooth; f. Chela (X 4)- ' the sixth has two blunt but prominent longitudinal carinas, I20 RATHBUN with a deep intervening sulcus; the seventh segment has a shallow median sulcus. Dimensions.— Length, of ovigerous female from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 61.5 mm., length of carapace 16.2 mm., of antennal scale 1 1.5 mm. 7y/>e locality. — Bering Sea, off Cape Seniavin, Alaska, 30 fathoms [Albatross station 3287). Distribution.— Benng Sea and Aleutian Islands to Sitka; Kamchatka, Okhotsk Sea, and Kurile Islands; in 41^-61 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at 70 stations, by W. H. Dall at 15 stations; by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U. S. N., at 7 stations, by C. L. McKay at Bristol Bay. Occurs in large numbers in Bering Sea. Bellingham Bay, Washington, 11 fathoms, 200 specimens [Albatross station 3612). Bering Island, stomach of Gadtis viacrocephalus, i specimen (N. Greb- nitzky). Rakovaya Bay, Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, i specimen {Albatross). Off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 18 fathoms, i specimen [Albatross station 3646). Off Kurile Islands, 14 fathoms, i specimen [Albatross station 3652). Affinities.— This species is analogous to C. albnani Kinahan of the North Atlantic, but in that species the rostrum is shorter and narrower, the antennal scale is shorter and the end of its blade more oblique, the hand is longer and its anterior margin is more longitudinal than trans- verse. In the form of the carapace C. dalli resembles C. alaskensis and C. septemspinosa, with which it occurs, but is readily separated from them by the prominent carinae of the sixth abdominal segment and the shape of the hands, which in those species are oblong, but in C. dalli widen distally. CRANGON FRANCISCORUM Stimpson. Crangon fraficiscorum Stimpson, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., I, 97, 1856; Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 495, pi. xxii, fig. 5, 1857.— Holmes, Oc- cas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci., VII, 172, 1900, and synonymy. Carapace about three eighths as long as abdomen. Rostrum short, triangular, tip broadly rounded. Antennal flagella very unequal, the inner one longer than the antennal scale and greatly exceeding it, the outer one less than half as long as the scale. Scale about three fourths as long as the carapace, the blade broad and slightly rounded at the extremity, spine exceeding it, flagellum nearly as long as, or longer than, the body. Maxillipeds not attaining the end of the scale ; first pair of DECAPODS 121 feet reaching the end of the maxillipeds ; hand very long and narrow, the length from four to four and a half times the width, longer in male than in female, inflated near the base, outer margin concave for the most part, inner convex, dactylus when flexed almost longitudinal. Abdominal segments smoothly rounded ; Mth corum (x ^i). ''"a. ^cleia IT"' . , . . , . , , , . San Francisco market, i. Chela With a spme on either side of the postenor ex- of s . station 2528. tremity at the supero-lateral angles. Sixth segment as in C. nigricauda; telson sharp. Dimensions. — Length of male 77 mm., length of carapace 20.5 mm., of antennal scale 15 mm. Distribution. — I have examined specimens from Thorn Arm, southeastern Alaska, in drag seine {Albatross). Promise Island, southeastern Alaska {Albatross). Loring, Revillagigedo Islands, southeastern Alaska {Albatross). Strait of Fuca (D. S. Jordan). Puget Sound (D. S. Jordan). Mouth Tenmile Creek. 10 miles south of Florence, Oregon (S. E. Meek, U. S. Fish Commission). Off Tillamook Rock, Oregon, 29 fathoms {Albatross station 2883). Off Yaquina Head, Oregon, 28 fathoms {Albatross station 3055). San Francisco Bay {Albatross) : on South Belmont Oyster Beds, with seine ; off San Mateo, 3 fathoms, with boat dredge ; in San Pablo Bay, in Chinese shrimp nets ; San Pablo Bay, 1 2 fathoms, station 3097 ; and off San Bruno Point, in Chinese shrimp nets. San Francisco Bay (various collectors). San Francisco market (R. E. C. Stearns). Pacific Grove, California (Stanford University). San Diego, California (H. Hemphill). Previously known also from Shoalwater Bay, Washington, and To- males Bay, California. This form is represented in deeper waters by a form which I have called CRANGON FRANCISCORUM ANGUSTIMANA Rathbun. Crangon franciscorum angiistimana RATHBUN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 1902. Its chief difference lies in the shape of the hands, which are narrower than in C. franciscorum, the differ- ence being less in the female ; in the ciscormn an^usiimana. male the length is about five and a Chela of i (X2j)- Station , •,, i j , 3612. half times the width, the dactylus is more longitudinally placed, and the pollex is more irzxis- /Zluhctrum ^an^ftl verse and nearer the proximal end of the hand. stltbn ^ell'.^ °^ ' ^^'^' ^=^ 122 RATHBUN £>imenswns.— Length of female 70.6 mm., of carapace 18.9 mm., of antennal scale 13 mm. Length of hand of male 9.5 mm., width 1.8 mm. Length of hand of male of C. franciscorum 11 mm., width 2.6 mm. Type locality. — Off Chuck-a-nuts Island, Bellingham Bay, Washington, II fathoms {Albatross station 3612). Distribution. — Bx\\.\?,\\ Columbia to Oregon as follows: Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, 67 fathoms {Albatross station 2863). Washington Sound, Strait of Fuca, 48 fathoms {Albatross staXxon 2864). Strait of Fuca, 53-67 fathoms {Albatross stations 3460, 3597). Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms {Albatross ?.\.aX\ou 2865). Seattle, Washington, taken at the surface by electric light {Albatross). Off Columbia River, 27 fathoms {Albatross station 3065). Astoria, Oregon (Aug. C. Kinney). Off Tillamook Rock, Oregon, 23-28 fathoms {Albatross stations 3060, 3061). It will be noticed that the two forms meet off the coast of Oregon, where the differences are less sharply drawn. CRANGON INTERMEDIA Stimpson. Crangon intermedia Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xil, 25 [94 of separate], i860. In Bering Sea near Cape Chepoonski, 40 fathoms. Crangon tenuifrons Kingsley, Bull. Essex Inst., XIV, 128, pi. I, fig. 10, 1882. Marmot Island, Kadiak. Carapace about two fifths as long as the abdomen ; furnished with a me- dian carina having 2 spines, a stout one about half way between the orbit and the posterior margin, and a smaller one a little behind the rostrum. Rostrum convex in profile, having a longitudinal sulcus and a rounded tip. On the anterior margin there is a blunt spine at the outer angle of the orbit and a sharp spine at the antero-lateral angle. On a line with the orbital spine there is a smooth carina ; below the carina a sharp spine well forward and terminating a short carina ; higher up a flattened blunt spine or tubercle, situated about half way between the two median spines. The antennal scale is short and broad, about half as long as the cara- pace ; the spine scarcely exceeds the blade. The outer maxillipeds ex- ceed the antennal scale by half the length, or more, of their terminal segment. The first pair of feet overreach the scale slightly; the merus has a short spine at the middle of its inner margin ; the manus is about three times as long as wide ; the pollex arises at about the distal third ; the dactylus when flexed is slightly more longitudinal than transverse. The sternum has a lobate median crest, which in the male has a tendency to become spiniform. The first five segments of the abdomen are distinctly carinated ; the sixth segment has two prominent carinte. DECAPODS 123 Dimensions. — Length of female {Albatross station 3504) from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 45 mm. ; length of carapace 12 mm. ; length of antennal scale 6 mm. Distribution. — Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, 21-91 fathoms, at 31 stations of the Albatross/ also off Vancouver Island, at i station in 24 fathoms; off coast of Kamchatka, 39-100 fathoms, at stations 3643 and 3781 ; usually in small numbers. Also taken by Dr. W. H. Dall at 6 stations between Adak and Kadiak, in 9-60 fathoms. Bering Island (N. Grebnitzky). CRANGON COMMUNIS Rathbun. Crangon commutiis Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 556, 1899. Carapace about a third as long as the abdomen ; furnished with a median carina on the anterior half, which is armed with two spines, both in front of the middle ; the posterior of these spines is the larger. The rostrum is slender, tapering, ascending, hav- ing a median sulcus, tip rounded, not extend- ing beyond the eyes. A lateral spine nearly in line with the anterior of the median spines ; two large spines on the anterior margin of the carapace, one of which is at the outer angle of the orbit, and the other at the antero-lateral angle. Y\c,. 64. Cra>is;o>i communis. 9 . ° Station 3611. a. Dorsal view of ante- The first segment of the antennular peduncle rior pan of carapace (x 2). *. Side ° '^ view (X 2)- c. Acicle (X 2)- d. extends beyond the eyes to a distance exceed- cheia (x zJ)- ing the length of the last two segments ; the second segment is about twice as long as the third. The antennal scale is elongate, about two thirds the length of the carapace ; the spine is slender and exceeds the blade. The outer maxillipeds are very slender and extend slightly be- yond the scale. The first pair of feet may not quite reach the scale or may extend beyond it ; the merus has an outer distal spine ; the manus is over three times as long as its average width ; the immovable digit is long and slender, and the dactylus when flexed is obliquely transverse. The sternum has a series of median tubercles. The abdomen is smoothly sculptured ; there is a blunt median carina on the third to fifth segments; the first and second segments have a transverse sulcus ; the third and fourth segments have each two trans- verse sulci, which are connected either side of the median carina ; the sixth segment is furnished with two prominent longitudinal carinse, a median sulcus, and a sulcus on the outer side of each carina ; the seventh 124 RATHBUN segment has a deep median sulcus. The abdominal sulci are filled with a thin short pubescence easily rubbed off. The sixth segment is about one and a third times as long as the fifth. Dimensions. — Female (station 3441), length from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 64 mm., length of carapace 16 mm., length of antennal scale 10.5 mm. Harriman Expedition. — Juneau, 20 fathoms. Distribution. — Yrom Bering Sea to San Diego, California (including Puget Sound and Strait of Fuca), 20-309 fathoms; taken at 142 stations by the Albatross, often in large numbers. Less abundant at southern localities. Off southeastern coast of Kamchatka, 96-100 fathoms, at two Albatross stations. Two specimens were received from the Hopkins Laboratory at Pacific Grove ; they were probably taken in deep water. One specimen was collected at Port Etches, Alaska, in 12-18 fathoms, by W. H. Ball. Variations. — The rostrum in normal individuals does not extend be- yond the eyes ; in many cases, however, it is evident that the rostrum has been broken off or injured and later renewed, the new rostrum having a narrow, elongated, and ascending tip exceeding the eyes, but of variable length. In other respects these abnormal forms do not differ from the types. CRANGON RESIMA Rathbun. Crangon resima Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 889, 1902. Near C. comtmmis. Carapace and rostrum a little more than one third the length of the abdomen ; a median carina on the middle third of the carapace, armed with two spines, not far apart, the posterior larger and more ele- vated and in front of the middle. A sharp hepatic spine is in a transverse line with the anterior median spine and terminates a short but prominent carina. Rostrum long, narrow, pointed, advanced beyond the eyes, ascend- / ing at an angle of about forty-five degrees, Fig. 65. Crangon resima 9 . ^\[rrU\\y curvcd, and prolonged dowuward in Station 2935. a. Dorsal view of an- o j ' jr o terior part of carapace (X 2). h ^ ^\^{^ comprcsscd platc which appears spatu- Side view of same (X 2^)- c Acicle ' *■ 1 f tr (X 35)- '^- Chela (X 4)- late in a side view. The development of this plate is dependent on age ; specimens 20 mm. long show no evidence of it. The second segment of the antennular peduncle is three times as long as the third ; the scale on the outer side at the base is very thin and DECAPODS 125 rhomboidal, tipped with a short spine ; the flagella are not very unequal in length, and exceed the antennal scale, but not the hair which fringes it. The antennal flagellum is longer than the body ; the scale is four fifths of the carapace exclusive of the rostrum ; its extremity is rather broad and slightly rounded, and is surpassed by the outer spine. The maxillipeds are slender and reach beyond the scale ; the first pair of feet extend to the middle of the last joint of the maxillipeds ; they are similar to those of C. communis; the hands are shorter, three times as long as broad ; their anterior margin, and also the dactylus when flexed, are more longitudinal than in C. communis. The second and third pairs of feet are equally slender ; the second pair is shorter than the first ; the third pair is considerably longer than the first. The first and second segments of the abdomen have a thickened band along the posterior margin, in front of which there is a slight transverse depression ; the fifth segment has an obscure median carina with a short depression on either side at the anterior end ; for the rest, the first five segments are smooth ; the sixth has two prominent carinae and a corre- sponding median depression ; the telson is slender, and has a sHght median sulcus ; it exceeds the uropods. Z)imc'nsions. — Length, of ovigerous female (station 2935) from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 48.3 mm., length of carapace 12.2 mm., length of antennal scale 8.2 mm. Even females only 22.2 mm. long are laden with eggs. Type locality. — O'^ San Diego, California, 124 fathoms {Albatross sta- tion 2935). Distribution. — From Monterey Bay, California, to San Domingo Point, Lower Cahfornia, station 3043 ; 44-266 fathoms, at 17 stations of the Albatross, usually in small quantities. CRANGON ABYSSORUM Rathbun. Crangon abyssorum Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 890, 1902. Integument very thin, membranaceous. Carapace and rostrum about two fifths the length of the abdomen. Carapace with three carinae, extending nearly its whole length ; median armed with 2 spines, one at the anterior third of the carapace (ros- trum not included), the other minute, in front of the first. This small spine is often broken off. Rostrum linear, flattened above, acute, as- cending at an angle of about thirty degrees with the carapace, and slightly curved, a little higher than wide, the lower part laterally com- pressed, in length about one fourth the remainder of the carapace. The 126 RATHBUN lateral carina extends backward from the orbital sinus. There is a strong hepatic spine at the end of a short carina ; also a spine at the outer angle of the orbit and an antennal spine. Eyes very large, hemispherical, their inner faces flat and contiguous, the carinae covering nearly all the outer face. Antennules rather slender ; the scale at base is small, falcate, and acuminate, the second segment about one and a half times as long as the third ; the flagella both exceed the antennal scale, the inner is only a little longer than the outer. The antennae have a slender spine at the outer base of the scale, which is \r.j narrow-oblong and about three fourths as „ ^^ „ , „ , \ long as the carapace (rostrum excluded); Fig. 66. Crangon abyssorum. 9 (x 2)- ° f \ /> Station 3603. a. Dorsal view of anterior the blade is rouuded at the cud, and part of carapace, o. side view of rostrum and dorsal spines, c. Acicie. d. Chela. the spiue projccts bcyoud it ; the peduncle reaches to the distal third of the scale, its last joint is very slender, the flagellum is about as long as the body. The maxillipeds are slender and exceed the scale by nearly half the length of the terminal segment. The first pair of feet do not reach the end of the scale. The merus has a small superior terminal spine. The manus widens a little distally ; its length is three times its width measured at the inner base of the spine ; the dactylus is more longitudinal than transverse. The second and third pairs of feet are equally filiform and delicate ; the second reaches to the middle or beyond the middle of the palm of the first ; the third reaches beyond the antennal scale ; the fourth pair also exceeds the scale ; the fifth pair is a little shorter. In the male the sternum has a median carina with a small spine on each segment. The fifth segment of the abdomen has a low blunt carina ; the sixth has two prominent dorsal carinae and a low lateral carina on each side near the dorsal, but extending only half the length of the segment ; the telson has a median furrow on its anterior fourth ; it exceeds the uropods. Dimensions. — Length of female 6i mm., of carapace and rostrum 17 mm., of carapace exclusive of rostrum 13.5 mm., of antennal scale 10.3 mm. Type locality . — '^Q.TXXv^ Sea, southwest of Pribilof Islands, 1771 fath- oms [Albatross station 3603). Distribution. — A deep-water species extending from Bering Sea to the southern extremity of CaHfornia, in 685-1771 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : Bering Sea, south of Pribilof Islands, 1401 fathoms, station 3604. DECAPODS 127 Bering Sea, southwest of Pribilof Islands, 1625 fathoms, station 3308. Bering Sea, north of Rat Islands, 850 fathoms, station 3784. Bering Sea, north of Unalaska, 987 fathoms, station 3607. East of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, 1569 fathoms, station 2859. North of Islands of Four Mountains, Alaska, 1033 fathoms, station 3307. Off Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 876 and 1588 fathoms, stations 2860, 3342. Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 685 to 877 fathoms, stations 3069, 3071, 3074, 3075. Off Cape Elizabeth, Washington, 831 fathoms, station 3344. Off Tillamook Bay, Oregon, 786 fathoms, station 3346. Off Cortez Bank, Cahfornia, 984 fathoms, station 2919. This species in general appearance much resembles a Poniophilus. CRANGON MUNITA Dana. Crangon muniius Dana, Crust. U. S. Expl. Exped., I, 536, 1852; pi. XXXIII, fig. 5, 1855. Female. — Body short and thick. Carapace less than two fifths the length of the abdomen ; the anterior and middle portion of the carapace is depressed and pubescent ; this depressed area is defined by a curved line extending backward from the antero-lateral angle nearly to the pos- terior margin on the median line, and is crossed in part by nine carinas. The median carina is the length of the depression and is armed with two spines, one at two fifths the distance from the ^^^$:^^>y ^,_^'"J>e locality, — Off Point Arena, California, 51 fathoms (Albatross sta- tion 3351). Distribution. — OZ Oregon and California, 51-96 fathoms: Off False Tillamook, Oregon, 62 fathoms, station 3090. Off Point Conception, California, 96 fathoms, station 2906, CRANGON SPINIROSTRIS Rathbun. Craiigon spi)iirostris Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 891, 1902. Also allied to C. muniia and its associates, but differing from them all in its long spiniform rostrum. The position of the spines of the carapace is similar to that in C. munita. The rostrum and the spine behind are long, slender, and suberect, the rostrum the longer. The orbital spine is slender and ascending ; the antero-lateral spine is directed t upward and outward. The spines of the first two antennular segments are slender ; that of the anten- nal scale is longer than usual, exceeding the blade, rostris^^' % (x"Cstation The hand is about three times as long as wide. Of ^frW: ?.°s?de^ew. °' the projecting plates on the ventral surface of the thorax in the male, the 132 RATHBUN anterior has an acuminate, the other a spiniform, tip. The third to fifth segments of the abdomen are carinated; the anterior pair of lateral spinules of the telson are two fifths the distance from the tip. Dimensions. — Female, length of body 35.4 mm., length of carapace 10.5 mm., of scale 4.4 mm., of hand 5.2 mm., width of hand 1.8 mm. Male, length of body n mm.,length of carapace 10.3 mm., of scale 3.9 mm. Distribution. — Bering Sea and off the Aleutian Islands, 276-625 fathoms, as follows : North of Rat Islands, 270 fathoms {Albatross station 3785). South of Pribilof Islands, 276 fathoms {Albatross station 3608). Off Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 309 fathoms {Albatross station 3316). North of Unalaska, 350-406 fathoms, stations 3329 (type locahty) to 3332. Off Shumagin Bank, 625 fathoms, station 3338. CRANGON MUNITELLA Walker. Crangon munitellus Walker, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, xil, 275, pi. xvi, fig. I, 1898. Puget Sound. — HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 176, 1900. This species is related to C. viunitus, but differs from it and all its allies in having the second lateral carina from the middle armed with a spine a little behind the superior lateral spine. The distance between the two median spines is equal to the distance between the posterior of these spines and the posterior margin. The antero-lateral angle of the cara- pace is armed with a spine. The end of the blade of the antennal scale is so produced at the inner angle that it is more advanced than the spine at the outer angle. The first four abdominal segments are smooth ; the fifth has a carina faintly indicated ; the sixth has a broad, smooth carina set off by a depression on either side; the seventh has a slight median depression. The hands of the first pair of feet are two and a half times as long as wide, oblong, swollen, the anterior margin more longitudinal than transverse, spine very long. Dimensions. — YtvcidXt with eggs, length 25 mm., length of carapace 7 mm. Distribution.— Vngei Sound (Walker, Caiman; also collected by T. Kincaid) ; Pacific Grove, California (J. O. Snyder) ; Catalina Harbor, California, 30-40 fathoms, sandy mud (W. H. Dall). Genus Sclerocrangon Sars. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SCLEROCRANGON. A. A long suberect spine situated on the rostrum ; four spines on median carina sJiarpi. DECAPODS 133 A'. No long suberect spine situated on the rostrum ; fewer than four spines on median carina. B. Carapace elongate, about one fifth longer than wide ; blade of an- tennal scale considerably overreaching the spine . . . boreas. W. Carapace nearly as long as wide ; blade of antennal scale not over- reaching the spine alata. SCLEROCRANGON BOREAS (Phipps). Cancer boreas Phipps, Voyage North Pole, 190, pi. xii, fig. i, 1774. Crangon Boreas Sabine, in Suppl. to Appendix of Capt. Parry's [First] Voyage, p. ccxxxv, 1824. Sclerocrangon boreas SarS, Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, xiv, Zoologi, Crust., Pt. I, p. 15, 1885. — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., Vll, 177, 1900, and synonymy. Carapace one fifth longer than wide ; three equidistant spines on the dorsal carina ; a tuberculated carina on the branchial regions armed with an anterior spine and one or two obscure teeth. Rostrum triangular, acute ; tip horizontal. Antero-lateral angles armed with a spine project- ing forward or a little outward. Blade of antennal scale much produced beyond the spine. Hand twice or more than twice as long as wide ; distal margin obliquely transverse ; spine obliquely longitudinal. The merus has an upper distal spine, the carpus a lower distal spine. Abdomen sculptured, the anterior segment with a median dorsal carina which forms a forward projecting tooth on the first segment ; the sixth segment with a double carina, with a sulcus between the ridges ; also on each side of the posterior margin a supero-lateral spine. Pleura of the abdominal segments with only one spine each. Telson sulcate ; two pairs of lateral spinules on the terminal half. Dimensions. — Male (Alaska), length no mm., length of carapace 32 mm., width of carapace at branchial spine 26.4 mm., length of hand 13.2 mm., width of hand at inner base of spine 6 mm. Harriman £xpedi/ion. — Ksidia.k, 5 fathoms (W. R. Coe) ; Berg Bay, Glacier Bay. Distribution.— Arctic Europe and America; Atlantic coast of America southward to Cape Cod ; Alaska (as far south as Killisnoo) ; ' California ' (Ross, Owen); Siberia; Kamchatka (Ross). Depth, 1-44 fathoms. Numerous specimens were taken by the Albatross in Bristol Bay and vicinity in 3^-17 fathoms; by the U. S. R. S. Corivin in lat. 66<^ 12' 00" N., long. 1680 54' 00" W., 30 fathoms, lat. 65O 49' 15" N., long. 169O 04' 30" W., 26 fathoms, and lat. 71O 02' 00" N., long. 157O 46' 00" W., 19 fathoms. Killisnoo, Alaska (Northwestern Trading Company). Plover Bay, Siberia, 10-25 fathoms (W. H. Dall). 134 RATHBUN Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island, 8 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Various localities in the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula, 6-28 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Fig. 72. Sclerocrangon alata. 9 (X 2). Station 2865, carapace and abdomen, b. Side view of carapace. SCLEROCRANGON ALATA Rathbun. Plate III, fig. 2. Sclerocrangon alata Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 891, 1902. Allied to S. boreas. Carapace only slightly broader than long ; surface very uneven, sculpttured and pitted. Median carina armed with a small spine justbehind the orbits, a still smaller one at the middle of the carapace, and a tubercle near the posterior mar- gin. Rostrum with an acute .r^ , . , upturned and a. Dorsal view of * curved tip. A spine at the outer angle of the orbit. Antero-lateral angles broadly alate. Branchial carina having a strong anterior spine ; posterior half protuberant and deeply pitted, as is also the surface below the crest. The spine of the antennal scale extends as far as or a httle farther than the blade. The first pair of feet have a strong upper distal spine on the merus, a large outer dentiform expansion on the carpus, and a very short stout hand less than twice as long as broad, the anterior margin nearly transverse and the spine nearly longitudinal. The abdomen is sculptured. The median carina of the first five segments is very crangon a!ata. ? ° ^ (X 3s)- Station 2865. blunt, and on the third segment especially prominent. "• A^icie. b. cheia. The pleura are without spines. The lateral spinules (one or two pairs) on the telson are situated at about its middle. JDif/iensions. — Male, length 38 mm., length of carapace 11 mm., width of carapace at branchial spine 10.7 mm., length of hand 4.4 mm., width of hand 2.5 mm. A female 25.7 mm. long is laden with ova. Distribution. — From Bering Sea to Puget Sound, 6-9 1 fathoms. Usually not more than one or two specimens in a haul. Taken at the following localities by the Albatross: DECAPODS 135 Bering Sea, off Akutan Island, 36 and 91 fathoms, stations 3546 and 3548. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms, station 3262. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Southwest of Sannak Islands, 41 fathoms, station 3213. Shumagins, 21 and 35 fathoms, stations 2850 and 2851. Strait of Fuca, 37 fathoms, station 3593. Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, 40 fathoms, station 2865 (type locality). By Dr. W. H. Ball at: Constantine Harbor, Amchitka, 6-10 fathoms. Bay of Islands, Adak, 9-16 fathoms. Captains Harbor and Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, 9-15 fathoms. Belkofski Bay, 15-25 fathoms. Coal Harbor, Unga, 8-9 fathoms. Popof Strait, Shumagins, 6 fathoms. Chiniak Bay, Kadiak. By N. Grebnitzky, at Bering Island, from stomach of Gadus macro- cephaliis. SCLEROCRANGON SHARPI (Ortmann). Plate III, figs. I, la. Paracrangon echinatus Sharp (non Dana), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 126. Cra?igoH {Sclerocrangon) sharpi Ortmann, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, 178. Carapace about as broad as long, with three keels, the median one with four strong spines, the first longest and placed on the upper margin of the rostrum, the second nearly as long and situated immediately behind the base of the rostrum ; the first, third, and fourth spines are directed obliquely upward and forward, the second directly upward or a little backward. The rostrum is short, not reaching the end of the first antennular seg- ment, sharp and curved upward. The lateral keels are formed by four spines; the foremost, on the anterior margin of the carapace near the base of the antennae, is the largest, and is directed obliquely outward and forward, more than half as long as carapace ; the three others are smaller but sharp. There is a sharp spine at the outer angle of the orbit and another on the outer side of the antenna at the base of the scale. Merus of first pair of feet with a strong superior terminal spine ; car- pus with an outer, an inferior, and a smaller inner spine ; hand more than twice as long as broad ; anterior margin nearly transverse ; spine short. The abdomen is sculptured, first to sixth segments with a median keel, that of the third arched and produced somewhat posteriorly, that on the third to sixth segments with a median furrow, that of the sixth terminal- 136 RATHBUN ing in two spines. Two other spines are placed at the posterior margin of this segment, one on each side. Fifth segment furnished with a sharp spine on the posterior margin near the median hne; also a small spine on the lateral surface. Lateral faces of the first five segments sculptured by two irregular transverse furrows, sixth segment laterally with an indistinct longitudinal ridge. Pleura of first to fourth segments tri- angular, inferior angles blunt, without spines. Sternal crest low, dentate, terminating anteriorly in a spine. Dimensiofis. — Female, length 36.7 mm., length of carapace 11.5 mm., width of carapace between tips of antero-lateral spines 10.4 mm. Disirilmtiofi. — Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Alaska Peninsula, 35- 150 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following stations: Off Pribilof Islands, 54 and 150 fathoms, stations 3552, 3486. Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska, and vicinity, 35 and 59 fathoms, stations 3322, 3319- Off North Head, Akutan Island, 56 and 72 fathoms, stations 2841, 2842. Off south entrance to Akutan Pass, 45 fathoms, station 2843. Northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms, station 3262. Portlock Bank, 51 fathoms, station 2857. Marmot Isle, Kadiak, 45 fathoms (Sharp). Genus Nectocrangon Brandt. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF NECTOCRANGON. A. Carapace with only two median spines behind the anterior margin. B. Carinse of sixth segment of abdomen not terminating in a small sharp tooth or spine lar. B'. Carinaj of sixth segment terminating in a small sharp tooth or spine. C. All the abdominal segments carinated. D. Eyes with low tubercle. Spines of carapace appressed ; those on anterior margin short. Hand elongate, about five times as long as wide dentata. D'. Eyes with elongated sharp tubercle. Spines of carapace sub- erect ; those on anterior margin long, slender. Hand shorter, only three and a half to four times as long as wide ovifer. C. The first and second abdominal segments not carinated calif oniiensis. A'. Carapace with three or four median spines behind the anterior mar- gin. B. Carinse of sixth segment of abdomen terminating posteriorly in a small spine alaskensis. B'. Carinae of sixth segment of abdomen not terminating posteriorly in a small spine. C. First to fourth segments of abdomen carinated . . . crassa. C. First to fourth segments of abdomen not carinated . . /evior. DECAPODS 137 NECTOCRANGON LAR (Owen). Crangon lar Owen, in Zoology of Capt. Beechey's Voyage [of the Blossofn], Crustacea, p. 88, pi. xxvili, fig. i, 1839. Argis lar Kroyer, Naturh. Tidssk., iv, 255, pi. V, figs. 45-62, 1842. Nectocrangon lar Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 25, i860. — Ort- MANN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 181, 1895. iv///^/t'. — Carapace about two fifths or one third as long as the abdo- men ; two spines on the median line, the distance between them being greater than the distante from the anterior spine to the anterior margin, and about equal to or less than the distance from the posterior spine to 5^^ Fig. 74. Nectocrangon lar. a. Dorsal view of carapace and abdomen. ? (nat. size). Station 364a. b. Side view of carapace and part of abdomen. 9 (nat. size). Station 3642. c. Side view of abdomen. t (X ij)- Station 3779. the posterior margin. Sometimes there is a tubercle behind the rostral spine. A low blunt irregular carina runs from the orbit nearly to the posterior margin; below this a spine on either side; a short antennal spine on the anterior margin. Blade of antennal scale exceeding the spine. Hands of first pair of feet from three and a half to four times as long as the width of the palm. The anterior margin forms an angle of about forty-five degrees with the side margins. First to fifth abdominal seg- ments furnished with a sharp median carina ; sixth seg- ment with two sharp carinae, which toward the posterior end become lower and may disappear altogether in front of the posterior margin. Pleura of first four segments with rounded entire angles ; fifth and sixth . , 11 • YiC 75. Nectocran- segments with an acute tooth or small spine at their^«/«^(x i|). «. Aci- . . , , . , . , cle. $ . Station 3642. b. postero-mfenor angles ; sixth segment with a supero- cheia. i . station 3779. . 1 •, , 1 • • c. Chela, 9. Station 3642. lateral spine on each side of the posterior margin. Seventh segment with two blunt carinae armed with three pairs of spin- ules on the terminal half. Dimensions. — Female, length 79.2 mm., length of carapace 21.5 mm. Male. — The male differs markedly from the female. It is much smaller. The eyes are considerably larger. The anterior margin of the hand is 138 RATHBUN more transverse, making the palm appear longer. The abdominal carinae are higher and thinner, especially on the third segment ; the in- fero-posterior angle of the fourth segment may have a small spine. The abdomen is more elongate, notably the sixth segment. Dimensions.— 'Ls.rgt male, length 55.7 mm., length of carapace 13.6 mm. Distribution.— hxz\\c coast of Alaska and Siberia southward to Sitka and Kurile Islands; Greenland (Kroyer). Beach to 47 fathoms. In the U. S. National Museum this species is represented by numer- ous specimens ranging from the Arctic coast of Alaska and Siberia south- ward via Bering Strait to Bering Sea, lat. 56° 12' 00" N. Within these limits it is very abundant and was taken at 2 1 stations of the Albatross^ at 8 stations by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U. S. N., at 7 stations by W. H. Dall, at 2 stations by the U. S. R. S. Corwin, oflf the mouth of the Yukon by E. W. Nelson, and at Cape Smith by the Point Barrow Expedition. Also taken at the following localities : Shahafka Cove, Kadiak, 12-14 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Sitka Harbor, 15 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Avacha Bay, Kamchatka (L. Stejneger and Albatross; also recorded by Stimpson). Rakovaya Bay, Avacha Bay [Albatross). Off Kamchatka, 12-13 fathoms {Albatross stations 3776, 3777, 3779} 3780). Off Iturup Island, Kurile Islands, 14-18 fathoms {Albatross stations 3652, 3653). Off Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea, 18-20 fathoms, stations 3646, 3647. NECTOCRANGON DENTATA Rathbun. Nectocrangon lar Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci,, v, 61, 1879 (part); not A^. /ar(Owen). — Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 556, 1899 (part). — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 178, 1900 (part). — Ortmann, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1 901, 164 (part). Nectocrangon dentata Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv, 892, 1902. Fig. 76. Nectocrangon dentata. 9 (X ij)- Station 3216. a. Dorsal view of carapace and abdomen, b. Side view of carapace and part of abdomen. DECAPODS 139 The typical Nedocrangon lar is primarily an Arctic species, and is re- placed in the Aleutian Islands and the southern part of Bering Sea by a species which is very closely allied, and has been heretofore united with N. lar. It differs chiefly in the carinae of the sixth abdominal segment terminating posteriorly in a small sharp tooth or spine. The hand is more elongate, being about five times or more than five times as long as its width across the palm. Dimensio/is. — Female, length 73 mm., length of carapace A^<-^ locality. — Off Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, 69 fathoms Ac"cie^' ' 'b. , . ,, . o \ Chela. [Alaatross station 2855). Distribution. — Bering Sea southward to Sitka and southeast coast of Kamchatka ; Atlantic coast of North America from Greenland to Nova Scotia, 6 to 96 fathoms. From Bering Sea, in lat. 59O 55' 00" N., southward to Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, at 65 stations of the Albatross, 21-93 fathoms. Southeast coast of Kamchatka, 96 fathoms [Albatross). Aleutian Islands eastward to Sitka Harbor, 6-80 fathoms (W. H. Dall). Plover Bay, Siberia, 10-25 fathoms (W. H. Dall). It will be noticed that the habitats of N. lar and N. dentata overlap in Bering Sea, that each is occasionally found at the extreme limit of the other's range [e.g., N. lar at Kadiak and Vancouver Island, and N. dentata at Plover Bay), and that N. dentata extends into deeper water. The species recorded from the North Atlantic by Professor S. I. Smith, under the name N. lar, is, I think, identical with N. dentata. The same form was collected by the Princeton Expedition at Greenland ; specimens from Granville Bay are in the National Museum. NECTOCRANGON OVIFER Rathbun. Nectocrangon lar Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 556, 1899 (part). Nectocrangon ovifer RATHBUN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 892, 1902. In the deeper waters of Bering Sea there lives another species of Necto- crangon closely allied to N. lar and N. dentata. Like them, it bears two median spines on the carapace; the median crest is, however, higher, and the spines more ascending ; the three spines of the anterior margin above the eyes are longer and more deeply separated from each other. The tubercle on the anterior surface of the eye is more prominent and acute ; the eyes themselves are of greater size. The spine of the antennal scale extends away beyond the blade, much more so than the allied species. The pleon is relatively shorter than in N. lar and N. dentata; the median carina in the female is higher ; the carinas of the sixth segment end in a I40 RATHBUN small spine or tooth, as in N. dentata. The median carina of the male is higher than in the female, but there is less difference than in the above Fig. 78. Nedocrangon ovi/er. 9 (nat. size). Station 3225. carapace and abdomen, b. Side view of carapace and pa a. Dorsal view of : of abdomen. species. The hands are from three and a half to four times as long as their width across the palm, like those of N. lar. The eggs are larger than those of N. lar or N. dentata, having a diameter of \s about 1.8 mm. as against 1.2 \r\ N. dentata. Dimensions. — Female bearing eggs, length 60 mm., length of carapace 17.4 mm. Male, length 35.5 mm., Fig. 79. Necto. length of carapace 9 mm. TlT^Y^l Type locality.— 0& the Trinity Islands, Alaska, 159 cie" ^^^ Chda. "" fathoms {Albatross station 2853). Distribution.— Bering Sea, from 57O 39' 00" north latitude to Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula as far as Kadiak, 56-368 fathoms, at 26 stations of the Albatross. The three foregoing species are not to be separated at a glance, but the examination of hundreds of specimens of each shows that the differ- ences here mentioned are constant. NECTOCRANGON CALIFORNIENSIS Rathbun. Nectocrangon californiensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 892, 1902. Allied to N. ovi/er. Represented only by small specimens which differ from specimens of JV. ovi/er of equal size. The anterior margin outside the orbital fissure is fur- nished with two spines ^-^"' close together, instead of !^— -^ one in the allied species. The eyes are smaller than in N". ovi/er, but have a prominent tubercle. The spine of the antennal scale extends only slightly beyond the blade. The hands .).^'|.frion^S^T.^DorLt^i^nfca^^^^^ are from three and a half to four times P-e and abdomen, t. side view. as long as wide ; they have the spine situated nearer the proximal end DECAPODS 141 tlian in N. ovifcr^ and the anterior margin (against which the dactylus fits) in consequence more longitudinal. The first and second abdominal segments are without a carina ; that on the third and fourth segments is rather feebly developed. Dimensions. — Male, length 31 mm., length of carapace p^^ g^ ^^^_ 8.6 mm. tocrangon cali- Type locality —O^ Santa Catalina Island, California, 80 3|^-^ ^ '^^^^^ fathoms {Albatross station 3664). ''■ ci^eia. Additional localities. — O^ Santa Cruz Island, California, 155 fathoms, station 2949 ; south of Santa Catalina Island, 59 fathoms, station 3665 (specimen 39 mm. long). NECTOCRANGON ALASKENSIS Kingsley. Nectocrangon alaskensis KiNGSLEY, Bull. Essex Inst., xiv, 128, 1882. 7^7/w/^.— Three equidistant spines on the median carina, and between these and the spine on the anterior margin there is usually a small spinel Lateral carina scarcely traceable. Antennal spine large. Spine of an- FlG. 82. Nectocrangon alaskensis. % (X ij). abdomen. Station 2869. b. Side ^ a. Dorsal view of carapace and ew. Station 2868. tennal scale overreaching the blade. Hands of first pair of feet about four and a half times as long as wide, anterior margin longitudinally oblique. Sternal crest in the male armed with slender spines. First to fourth abdominal segments smoothly rounded ; fifth having a sharp median crest ending posteriorly in a sharp spine, and a spine at the postero-inferior angles ; sixth segment with two sharp crests terminating in small spines; the posterior margin has Neaocran- ^'^^ ^ hci^t supcro-latcral spine, and a small infero-lateral gonalasken. spine. SIS. 9 (X -t zieij a'^Ad -^«/. Chela, lateral angle is much longer than in the female, considerably overlapping the antennal scale. The scale is a little longer also. The 142 RATHBUN first to fourth segments of the abdomen have a median carina, usually sharp and high on the first three segments but not extending the full length of each segment. Dimensions. — Fema.\e, length 66.5 mm., length of carapace 17.7 mm. Male, length 44.3 mm., length of carapace 11.2 mm. Distribution. — From Bering Sea, near the Pribilof Islands, to Oregon, including Puget Sound, 24-121 fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at 38 stations. Also collected by W. H. Dall at the following localities : Iliuliuk, Unalaska, 3-6 fathoms ; Captains Bay, Unalaska ; Shahafka Cove, Kadiak. NECTOCRANGON CRASSA Rathbun. Nectocrangon crassa Rathbun, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 556, 1899. Female.— Body stout. Carapace more than one third the length of the abdomen ; three strong equidistant spines on the median carina ; between the first of these spines and the spine on the ante- rior margin there is a small tooth or spinule. Lat- eral carina well marked. Antennal spine not reaching the antennal scale. Spine of scale extending well beyond the blade. ,^,0.^84. The hand of the first pair of feet is ^°'^^"- ' a little more than three times as long as wide ; its anterior margin is longi- tudinally oblique; the spine is short and stout. Sternal crest of male armed with spines. Abdomen slightly sculptured ; first to fifth segments furnished with a M /f^ blunt median carina; sixth and seventh segments having Vl I ^ two carinae, those of the sixth segment converging and \y I disappearing toward the posterior margin ; this margin has Nee- a large lobe at the supero-lateral angles ; the fourth, fifth, Ttal and sixth segments have a small tooth or spine at infero- Aci- , , 1. posterior angles. .Mz/ff.— Smaller and more slender than female; abdominal carinoe stronger. X>m i860. Distribution. — 'i^oiih. and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, and Indian Oceans: North Atlantic: Northward to 42° (Hansen) ; various localities, from ofT Chesapeake Bay, 2425 fathoms, southward (Bate); Sargasso Sea, 500 to 700 meters (Ortmann). South Atlantic : Off Monte Video, 600 fathoms (Bate) ; South Equa- torial Stream (Ortmann). North Pacific: Lat. 27^^° N., long. 1380 E. (Stimpson); China Sea (Hansen) ; off Japan, 345 fathoms (Bate). Specimens were taken by the Albatross, as follows : Off Destruction Island, Washington, 516 fathoms, station 3343. Off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 477-636 fathoms, stations 3070, 3072, 3073- 1 The locality " California " attributed to Miers is probably an error, as he appa- rently considered Puget Sound as on the Californian coast, and the specimens in the British Museum which were received from the Smithsonian Institution were undoubt- edly from Puget Sound. (See Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, 52.) 146 RATHBUN Off Cascade Head, Oregon, 345 fathoms, station 3347. Off Point Arena, California, 239 fathoms, station 3349. Off Farallone Islands, 552 fathoms, station 3162. South of Farallone Islands, 217 fathoms, station 3105. Off Monterey Bay, 418 fathoms, station 3127. Off San Luis Obispo Bay, 252 fathoms, station 3195. Off Point Conception, 233 and 284 fathoms, stations 2891, 2892. Santa Barbara Channel, 322 and 314 fathoms, stations 2903, 2904, Gulf of Cahfomia, northwest of Tiburon Island, 145 fathoms, station 301 5. South Pacific: Lat. 15OS., long. 109O 20' E. (Hansen); off Fijis, 315 fathoms (Bate) ; south of Australia, 2150 fathoms (Bate). Indian Ocean (Hansen). Size. — The largest specimen examined (station 3195) measures 52 mm. ; the average length is about 40 mm. There is no indication on any of the labels that the specimens came from the surface or from any inter- mediate depth. Common at surface, where no specimen exceeds 30 mm. (Hansen). At 600, 2150, and 345 fathoms, specimens measure 38, 43, and 50 mm. respectively (Bate). SERGESTES sp. indet. A single mutilated female Sergestes, without maxillipeds or trunk-legs, was dredged by the Albatross in 4 1 7 fathoms off San Diego, California, station 2928. It resembles S. mollis Smith. Body stout ; length about 38 mm. The rostrum and anterior outline are as in that species. There is a minute hepatic spine. A strong ridge runs from the anterior margin at the outer edge of the eye-stalk backward to the posterior margin ; the front part of the ridge is higher up than in S. mollis ; at its middle the ridge gives off a weaker branch directed obliquely downward and back- ward, and then backward to the posterior margin. Gastro-cardiac groove deep ; cervical groove present. Eyes a little shorter than in S. f/iollis, reaching fi the length of the first antennular segment ; cornea brown. Antennular peduncle rather stout, first joint the longest, ifz times the second joint ; second and third subequal ; notch in outer side of first seg- ment very slight. Antennal scales broken off. Abdomen as in S. mollis. Telson broken off. No hairs visible on outer margin of outer uropod. Family PENJSID^. Genus Penaeus Fabricius. PEN^US BREVIROSTRIS Kingsley. Peneus brevirostris Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1878, 98. Penans californiensis HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 218, pi. iv, figs. 64-69, 1900. Penceus brevirostris Rathbun, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., iv, 287, 1902. DECAPODS 147 Distribution. — San Francisco Bay, California, to Panama ; Galapagos Islands. To a depth of 51)^ fathoms. Taken by the Albatross at the following localities : Magdalena Bay, Lower California; off Santa Margarita Island, Lower California, 47 fathoms, station 3039 ; Gulf of California, g}4-33 fathoms, stations 2823, 3013, 3022, 3025, 3031, 3037; also at Guaymas; Concepcion Bay, mouth of Rio Mulege ; Algodones Lagoon ; and La Paz Harbor. Panama; Panama Bay, 291/^-51 1^ fathoms, stations 2795, 2799, 2804, 2805. Genus Benthesicymus Bate. BENTHESICYMUS TANNERI Faxon. Benthesicytmis tanneri Faxon, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxiv, 215, 1893; Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xvill, 205, pi. H, 1895. Distribution.— Yxom off San Diego, California, to Ecuador; Galapagos Islands. 331-1322 fathoms. The Albatross has collected this species at the following localities, besides those cited by Faxon : Off San Diego, 822 and 623 fathoms, stations 2923, 2929. Gulf of California, 857 and 1005 fathoms, stations 3009, 3010. Off Cape San Francisco, Ecuador, 401 and 741 fathoms, stations 2792, 2793- Galapagos Islands, 634 and 392 fathoms, stations 2808, 2818. Genus Gennadas Bate. GENNADAS BOREALIS Rathbun. Gennadas borealis Rathbun, Free. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 8S7, 1902. Submembranous, glabrous. Rostrum reaching at least half-way along the eye-stalk, sometimes to the cornea, armed with a single tooth, carina very distinct nearly to the posterior border of the cara- pace, but sharpest in front of the cervical groove. There is a sharp marginal spine at the angle of the antero- lateral sinus. Eyes light brown, globu- . _ Fig. 88. Gennadas borealis. S . Station 3783. a. Side lar, havmg^a speck of black view of carapace (X 2). b. Thelycum (x 5)- pigment near their base on the outer margin of the stalk ; tubercle large and acute. Antennular flagella broken, the upper one thick at base. The antennal scale extends beyond the antennular peduncle by about the length of the last segment of the peduncle. Antennal flagellum as long 148 RATHBUN as body. The dactylus of the external maxillipeds is subspatulate, fully twice as long as broad. The chelae of the first pair of feet are narrow and elongate, as in the succeeding pairs. Exopodites of first abdominal appendages not so long as the carapace ; between the bases of these appendages is a sharp spine, equally devel- oped in both sexes. The thelycum consists of a horizontal convex sub- triangular plate or tubercle, placed between the third pair of legs, followed by two transverse plates between the fourth and fifth pairs. The anterior of these two plates is subquadrilateral, narrowest in front ; the posterior one is somewhat fan-shaped, narrow behind, its anterior margin rounding and with a blunt median point. The andricum or petasma consists of a pair of small leaves not in contact, each of which is attached at Fig. 89. Gennadas borealis. . •t-i* ••^ti «. Station 3783. «. Petasma its proximal end. At extremities of distal margm (X 6§). b. Foot of first pair . , . , . (X4). are two lobes or teeth, the outer one of which is curved. The inner portion is partially folded to form an irregular longi- tudinal plait. The sixth abdominal somite is carinate ; it is more than twice as long as the fifth. The telson has a small lateral spine at its posterior fourth, two spines at the tip. The caudal swimmerets are broken in all our specimens. Dimefisions. — Male, length of carapace and rostrum 13.6 mm., length of abdomen on middle Hne 29 mm. Female, length of carapace and rostrum 18 mm., length of abdomen on middle line 37 mm. Distnbutio?i. — ]^oxih. of Rat Islands, Aleutians, 850 fathoms {Alba- tross station 3784), 2 6 ; off Copper Island, Kamchatka, 1567 fathoms, station 3783 (type locaHty), 1 ^ , 2 ? . Very near G. parvus Bate, but differs in the longer rostrum, the presence of a lateral spine on the telson, the greater length of the anten- nal scale, the elongated chelae of the first pair of feet, and the different form of the thelycum and andricum. A specimen of Gennadas was dredged by the Albatross off San Diego in 417 fathoms, station 2928, but it is so badly mutilated that it is im- possible to say whether it is the same species as the above or not. Family PALINURIDM. Genus Panulirus White. PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS (Randall). Distribution. — Southern California to Mexico. In the National Mu- seum are specimens ranging from Santa Barbara, California, to Rosalia Bay, Lower CaHfornia. DECAPODS 149 Family AXIIDM. Genus Axius Leach. AXIUS SPINULICAUDA Rathbun. Axius spinuUcauda Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 886, 1902. Carapace (rostrum included) measured in the middle line, as long as the first 5 abdominal somites, cervical groove deep, branchial groove indistinct. Gastric region traversed by 5 carinse, all of which fade out before reaching the cervical groove ; the median extends along the basal third of the rostrum and is armed with 4 spines just behind the hne of go. Axius SpinuUcauda. ? (Xz)- Station 3172. a. Carapace and antennae, b. Swimming-fan. the orbits ; the posterior of these spines is broken off in the unique type ; the outer carinae are a continuation of the side margins of the rostrum ; they, as well as the shorter intermediate carinse, are unarmed. The sur- face is covered with rather distant scabrous granules. In front of the narrow median posterior lobe, the surface is compressed or pinched to form a short smooth ridge. The rostrum reaches the middle of the second joint of the antennular peduncle, is slightly deflexed, longitudinally channeled, sharp-pointed, armed with 5 spines on one side and 6 on the other. Eyes black, of the same diameter as the stalk, not reaching the middle of the basal antennular segment. The basal expansion of this segment has convex side margins, an antero-external spine, and reaches just beyond the middle of the segment ; the second segment is a little longer than the third, and the two together are shorter than the first. The entire pe- 150 RATHBUN duncle extends to the middle of the penuhimate joint of the antennal peduncle. The outer flagellum is almost as long as the carapace and rostrum ; the inner is a fifth longer than the outer. The scaphocerite projects as far as the middle of the second antennular segment, while the stylocerite projects to the end of the penultimate joint of the anten- nal peduncle ; this joint is nearly 3 times as long as the last joint. The flagellum is broken off, but the part remaining reaches beyond the anten- nular flagella. The outer maxillipeds reach the end of the antennal peduncle. The first pair of chelipeds are missing. The second pair are rather narrow ; the merus has 3 spines on its lower margin ; the carpus is half as long as the merus and three fourths as long as the propodus ; palm and fingers subequal ; lower margin of merus, carpus, and propodus fringed with long hair. The third to fifth pairs of feet are slender ; the lower margin of the distal half of the propodi is fringed with long hair; the dactyli are slender, those of the third and fourth pairs contained 3 times in their propodi, those of the fifth pair contained 4 times in their propodi. The abdomen is smooth above, but the pleura are sculptured and pubescent; the telson is elongate, subquadrilateral, lateral margins spinulous, dorsal surface with a few spines ; caudal swimmerets about as long and as broad as the telson ; inner one with two outer marginal spines, carina spinulous; outer branch with serrate outer margin, outer carina with i or 2 spinules, obliquely transverse suture bordered by slender spinules. Dimensions. — In the unique type, a female, the length of the carapace and rostrum along the median line is 19.6 mm., length of rostrum 3.5 mm., of abdomen 31.5 mm. Type locality.— OR Bodega Head, California, 62 fathoms {Albatross station 3172). From the other species on the west coast of North America, viz., Axius crista-galli Faxon and A. acutifrons (Bate), both of which occur off Pana- ma, A. spinulicauda is readily distinguished by the five gastric carinae and the black eyes. Genus Calastacus Faxon. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CALASTACUS. A. Carapace granulate ; no spines behind those at base of rostrum, invesiigatoris. A'. Carapace not granulate ; 5 rows of spines behind the rostrum, quinqueseriatus. DECArODS 151 CALASTACUS INVESTIGATORIS Anderson. Calastacus investigatoris Anderson, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, i.xv, Pt. II, 97, 1896. Illustrations of the Zoology of the Investigator, Crustacea, Pi. IV, pi. XXV, fig. 1, 1896. — Alcock, Descriptive Catal. Indian Deep-Sea Crust. Dec. Macr. and Anom. in Indian Mus., 191, 1901. Disiributiofi. — Taken by the Albatross^ south of Sannak Islands, Alaska, 483 fathoms, station 3210, i $ ; off Cascade Head, Oregon, 345 fathoms, station 3347, i $ ; off San Diego, California, 417 fathoms, sta- tion 2928, 2 $ . Type /(?r^///>'.— Arabian Sea, off the coast of Sind, 947 fathoms {^Investigator). The antennal spines of one Califomian specimen agree with Alcock's description, while in the Alaskan and Oregonian examples the scapho- cerite and stylocerite are about equally produced ; in the second Califomian specimen the stylocerite is broken off. There is also variability in the spination of the upper margin of the merus of the large chelipeds ; in one individual (from California) the whole margin is armed with spines which are proximally reduced in size ; in the other three individuals ex- amined only the distal half of the margin is armed, as in the types. CALASTACUS QUINQUESERIATUS Rathbun. Calastacus quinqueseriatus Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 887, 1902. Carapace (rostrum included) measured in the middle line, as long as the first 5 abdominal somites ; its surface is pitted, especially on the infero- lateral portions, and a few feeble setae spring from the pits; cervical groove deep, branchial grooves indistinct. The rostrum reaches to the end of the second joint of the antennular peduncle and is tipped with a spine ; its lateral margins are armed with 3 to 7 spines, and the pro- longations of these margins extend two thirds the length of the gastric region, are armed with 5 or 6 spines, and form a horseshoe on the cara- pace which is open behind and outlined in front by a groove a little posterior to the orbit. The median carina extends from the middle of the rostrum to the rear of the horseshoe and is from 2 to 6 (usually 3) spined at its middle. Between the median carina and the sides of the horseshoe is another row of 3 to 5 spines. The eyes are colorless and form a globular tip to the short eye-stalk. Expanded basal portion of the first joint of the antennular peduncle narrow-oval, bearing i or 2 marginal spinules near the tip. Stylo- cerite of antennal peduncle reaching to distal third of the penultimate joint ; scaphocerite not reaching middle of the stylocerite. The external 152 RATHBUN maxilHpeds reach to the end of the antennal peduncle. The chelipeds are unequal, the longer one in the male nearly as long as the body ; setose ; its inner surface and also the outer surface of carpus and manus covered with sharp granules or short spines ; upper margin spinose, also lower inner margin of merus ; lower outer margin of merus outlined with very short blunt spines and a single longer distal spine ; lower margins of propo- dus armed with dentiform granules. Margins of pro- podus sub-parallel. Fin- gers shorter than palm in adult males, just as long as palm in smaller males and in females; usually slightly gaping at base; occludent edges finely and irregularly dentate. The stouter cheliped may be longer or shorter than the slenderer one. In the fe- male the chelipeds are two thirds as long as the body. The second pair of feet are a little stouter and shorter than the last three pairs; the first four joints have a few spines on lower mar- gin ; the carpus a few spines toward the distal end ; mar- gins long-setose, Meral joints of third and fourth pairs of legs with an infero-distal spine ; last three pairs more or less setose, especially so on the dactylus and distal end of the propodus. Abdomen almost smooth ; there are a few setse on the sides and on the swimming-fan. The pleura behind the first, which is subacute and armed with a spine, are rounded and decrease in length from the second to the fifth, the anterior margin of the third, fourth, and fifth, and lower margin of sixth, being armed with a small spine. Telson subquadrangular, broadly rounded behind, a median groove, a few lateral and one median marginal spine, 2 larger dorsal spines. Inner branch of caudal swira- FlG. 91 Calastacui quinqueseriatus. t (X about |). Station 3196. DECAPODS 153 meret with a longitudinal 4- to 6-spined carina and a postero-lateral spine. Outer branch with a transverse row of small spines near the posterior end, and a few lateral marginal spinules also near the posterior end. JDimensions. — '^idiXe, length of carapace and rostrum, measured in the middle line, 28 mm., length of abdomen 41 mm. Distribution. — Southern Cahfornia, 160-388 fathoms, at the following stations of the Albatross: Off Point Sur, 298 fathoms, station 3187. Off San Simeon Bay, 160 fathoms, station 3193. Off San Luis Obispo Bay, 252, 200 fathoms, stations 3195, 3196 (type lo- cality). Off Point Conception, 233-284 fathoms, stations 2891, 2892, 3198. Santa Barbara Channel, 205-280 fathoms, stations 2909, 3199-3201. Off Anacapa Island, 388 fathoms, station 2979. Allied to C. felix Alcock and Anderson, from which it is easily dis- tinguished by the more numerous spines of the carapace, the longer penultimate segment of the antennular peduncle, the squarer telson, etc. Family CALLIANASSID^. Genus Upogebia Leach. UPOGEBIA PUGETTENSIS (Dana). Harriman Expedition. — Cdc^e Fox, Alaska (W. R. Coe). Distribution.— Yxoxci southeastern Alaska to San Quentin Bay, Lower California (Lockington). Localities worthy of note represented in the National Museum are : Southeastern Alaska : Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island ; Union Bay, Cleveland Peninsula ; Thorn Arm. British Columbia: Nanaimo; Comox; Departure Bay; Sucia Island; Otter Bay, Pender Island. California : Mouth of Tia Juana River, San Diego County. Genus Callianassa Leach. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CALLIANASSA. A. Front with median tooth either obscure or not prominent. Eyes pigmented. B. Eye-stalks with acute and divergent extremities. C. Median prominence of front rounded ; cornea at middle of eye- stalk ; large cheliped of male very broad, the carpus very little longer than broad, but considerably longer than palm, calif orniensis. C. Median prominence of front subacute; cornea just behind 154 RATHBUN middle of eye-stalk; large cheliped of male elongate, the carpus twice, or nearly twice, as long as broad . . longimana. B'. Eye-stalks oblong, their inner extremities tuberculiform, and not diverging ; cornea in front of middle of eye-stalk ; carpus of large cheliped of male very little longer than broad, and very Httle longer, sometimes even shorter, than palm affinis. A'. Front with a sharp and prominent median tooth. B. Eyes not pigmented, oblong ; large cheliped of male with carpus much shorter than wide goniophthalma. B'. Eyes pigmented, tips acute and divergent, cornea behind the mid- dle of the stalk; large cheliped of male with carpus a little longer than wide • gigas. CALLIANASSA CALIFORNIENSIS Dana. Distribution. — Yxom Mutiny Bay, Alaska (Lockington), to mouth of Tia Juana River, San Diego County, California (Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. A.). Besides 'published localities, there are in the National Museum speci- mens from Departure Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and San Diego, Cahfornia. CALLIANASSA LONGIMANA Stimpson. Distribution. — Yxom Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Bate), to San Quentin Bay, Lower Cahfornia (Lockington). CALLIANASSA GIGAS Dana. Distribution.— Vxxgti Sound (Dana, Caiman). Gulf of the Farallones, California, 2 1 fathoms {Albatross ?,i3X\on 3150), one fragmentary specimen showing the large cheliped and portion of abdomen. CALLIANASSA AFFINIS Holmes. Distribution.— Yxom Catalina Harbor to San Diego, California. CALLIANASSA GONIOPHTHALMA Rathbun. Plate VIII. Callianassa goniophthalma Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 886, 1903. Carapace contained in the abdomen two and a third times. Rostrum triangular, acuminate, reaching barely one third the length of eyes. Lat- eral projections of the front shallow blunt teeth. Behind and parallel to the front there is a sulcus which is continued back, defining the raised area of the gastric region. No median carina, but a slight, blunt elevation near the posterior margin, corresponding to the strong tooth of C, cacigcna. DECAPODS 155 Eyes reaching nearly to end of first antennular segment, oblong, more than twice as long as wide; sides subparallel; antero-extemal angle rounded ; antero-internal angle produced in a tuberculiform tooth, these teeth being slightly divergent from each other; eyes without pigment. First segment of antennular peduncle longest ; second segment stouter, and a little shorter, than the third ; flagella subequal and less than twice the length of peduncle. The antennal peduncle overreaches the antennu- lar by the length of the last and one third of the preceding segment ; the penultimate segment is twice as long as the antepenultimate and one and a half times as long as the ultimate ; the flagellum is nearly as long as the body. The ischium and merus of the outer maxillipeds, while wider than the succeeding joints, are not very broad ; the ischium has a lobiform opercular dilatation on its inner or lower margin ; dactylus almost circular. The chelipeds are very unequal ; the larger one is equal to the cara- pace and first four abdominal somites combined ; the ischium has a few minute spinules at the proximal end of its lower edge ; the merus may have a small spine at the proximal end of its lower margin, or it may (as in the largest specimen) be devoid of armature; the carpus is nearly twice as deep as it is long and one half as long as the palm ; its lower angle is rounded ; the palm is a little longer than high, and subequal in length to the dactylus; its distal lower quarter has a few tubercles irregularly disposed, from which proceed bunches of hair. The lower margin of the ischium, merus, and carpus, and both upper and lower margins of the manus are carinated. The dactylus is longer than the pollex ; the upper surface is very broad and has a rounded carina on the inside and the outside ; the outer one is tuberculate near the base of the finger ; the outer margin of the cutting surface has a broad tuberculated tooth near the palm, and a lobe near the tip ; the inner margin of the cutting surface is tuberculate along its distal half ; the pollex has a stout tooth on the upper edge. The fingers gape widely in the male, not at all in the female, and are beset with bunches of long hair. The smaller cheliped is one third as wide as the larger and reaches only to the distal third of the palm of the larger. The ischium and merus are similar to those of the larger cheliped ; the carpus is longer than high, lower angle subacute. The palm is a little shorter than the carpus, longer than wide. Dactylus slender, nearly twice as long as the palm and longer than the pollex, which is armed with a single sharp tooth at its proximal third ; the fingers do not gape, as they overlap far from the extremities. The second, third, and fourth pairs of legs are stout and compressed, and increase slightly in length in the order named ; the fifth pair is as 156 RATHBUN long as the third. Those of the second pair are a Httle longer than the carapace, and end in a short, broad compressed hand, the edges and outer surface of which are setose, as are also the lower border of the merus and the upper and distal borders of the carpus. The dactyli of the remaining pairs are almost hidden in setas. The first of the abdominal somites is the shortest, and is one half the length of the second, which is the longest. The lateral margins of the first are rounded and upturned. The second is half as long as the cara- pace ; its angles are rounded, the anterior pair being carinated ; the third and fourth somites have rounded margins, the posterior angles being setose ; the fifth somite has dentiform posterior angles ; the sixth has a lateral spine in front of the middle, pointing down and back ; this somite is a little longer than wide, exclusive of the spines. The telson is nearly as long as the sixth somite ; its sides are subparallel, notched at the anterior third; posterior angles rounded; the caudal swimmerets are broad and rounded, the outer much the larger. The first abdominal appendage in the ? is slender and forked, the outer branch filiform, the inner very short, truncate, and fringed with long hair. The second to fifth pairs are very broad, foliaceous ; in the second, the outer branch is very much larger than the inner ; in the third, fourth, and fifth the two branches are subequal ; in each case the inner edge of the endopodite bears near its middle a small styliform appendage. In the $ the ter- minal joint of the first abdominal appendage is somewhat scythe-shaped, with a lobe at the inner base of the scythe. The third to fifth pairs are similar to those of the $ ; the second pair is much smaller, branches subequal, inner styliform appendage larger and fringed with hair toward the extremity. Z>ime;iswns. — Male, station 3198, length of carapace 30.5 mm., of abdomen 67.5 mm.; female, station 3077, length of carapace 22.2 mm,, of abdomen 52 mm. Distribution, — Clarence Strait, Alaska, 322 fathoms, station 3077, 4 $, , 2 $ ; off Point Conception, California, 278 fathoms, station 3198 (type locaHty), i 3 {Albatross). Closely allied to C. ccecigena Alcock and Anderson, but differs in the shorter rostrum, in the absence of spines on the second to fifth somites of the abdomen, in the squarer telson. The shape of the first pair of chelipeds is the same as in C. azcigena, but the carpus of the larger one is without a spine, the palm is not serrated on its lower margin, its outer surface is furnished with tubercles on the distal lower quarter, to which also the hairs are restricted ; the pollex is shorter in our species and its tooth is nearer the middle. DECAPODS 157 Suborder ANOMURA. Family PAGURID^. Genus Pagurus Fabricius. PAGURUS ALASKENSIS (Benedict). Fagtmis alaskensis Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, 456, text fig., 1901, and synonymy. DisfnV'ufwn. — Bering Sea (Siberian and Alaskan coasts) to Oregon; beach to 136 fathoms. PAGURUS ALEUTICUS (Benedict). Pagurus aleuticus Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxill, 460, text fig., 1901, and synonymy. G?^/'. — Specimens in formalin showed the spines orange-red or crimson- red, eye-stalks and antennal scales reddish. Harritnafi Expedition. — Juneau, 50 fathoms. Distribution. — YxQxa Bering Sea (latitude of Pribilof Islands) to Oregon ; 8 to 238 fathoms. PAGURUS OCHOTENSIS Brandt. Pagurus ochotensis '&QXi&di\c\., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 463, text fig., 1901, and synonymy. Distribution.— Unalaska. to San Diego, California; 6 to 80 fathoms. Okhotsk Sea (Brandt). Japan (Stimpson). PAGURUS TRIGONOCHEIRUS (Stimpson). Distribution. — From the Arctic coast of Alaska and Siberia southward through Bering Sea to the Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka ; 3 to 100 fathoms. PAGURUS CAPILLATUS (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 3. Harriman Expedition.— ^lika., 10 fathoms. Distribution.— Axctxc Ocean southward through Bering Straits to Kam- chatka and California (lat. 36° 55' N.) ; 3 to 240 fathoms. PAGURUS BRANDTI (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 4. Distribution.— Bering Sea (latitude of Pribilof Islands) southward to Oregon ; 9 to 1 2 1 fathoms. 158 RATHBUN PAGURUS DALLI (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. I. Co/oK— In formalin, legs banded with yellowish-red, the red coming at the articulations, the light band in the middle of the segments. Haniman Expeditb?i. — T>\xic\i Harbor, Unalaska (W. R. Coe) ; Ka- diak; Berg Bay, Glacier Bay, 20 fathoms; Juneau, 20 fathoms. Distribution. — ^tx\\-\g Sea (latitude of Nunivak) to Oregon; low water to 151 fathoms. PAGURUS RATHBUNI (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 2. Distrihutio7i.—^tx\ng Sea; east coast to Kamchatka; Okhotsk Sea, near Robben Island; 10 to 100 fathoms. PAGURUS TANNERI (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 7. Distribution.— Yxom Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, to off San Simeon Bay, California (lat. 35° 35' N.) ; 50 to 559 fathoms. PAGURUS CONFRAGOSUS (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 8. Haniman Expedition. — Juneau, 50 fathoms. Distribution. — Yxom Bering Sea (latitude of Pribilof Islands) to mouth of Columbia River, Oregon; 41 to 238 fathoms. PAGURUS CORNUTUS (Benedict). Plate V, fig. 3. Eupagnrtis cornutns Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XV, 12, 1892. Distribution.— BQx'mg Sea (lat. 55° 38' N.) to off Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia; 91 to 406 fathoms. PAGURUS TOWNSENDI (Benedict). Plate IV, fig. 5. Eiipagurus /tfa/;/i-r«.^2i. to Ensenada, Lower California. Beach to 15 fathoms. PAGURUS HEMPHILLII (Benedict). Plate V, fig. 9. Distribution. — Ybjccc^oX^i County to Monterey, California. PAGURUS TENUIMANUS (Dana). Color. — In formalin, claws yellowish-red, spines lighter. Dactyli and propodi of second and third pairs of legs spotted with darker red ; carpal joints with two broad longitudinal stripes of red on upper side. DECAPODS l6l Harrman ExpcdUion. — Yi^^x^k; Sitka, lo fathoms; Sitka Harbor. Distribution. — Yxom Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula to Strait of Fuca and Puget Sound. Beach to 123 fathoms. PAGURUS MUNITUS (Benedict). Plate V, fig. 2. Color. — \xi formalin, yellowish red. Second and third pairs of legs of the same color, with white spots which tend to coalesce. Harriman Expedition.— ]viX\QdiVL, 50 fathoms (an extension of the range). Distribution.— V,ev\v\g Sea (lat. 56° 56' N.) southward and eastward to Portlock Bank and Juneau, Alaska; 20 to 138 fathoms. PAGURUS GILLI (Benedict). Plate V, fig. 10. Etipagurus gilli Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xv, 20, 1892. Color.— \xi formalin, orange-red. Ambulatory legs more of an orange- vermilion, as are also the bases of the antennae. Pits on legs whitish. Harriman Expedition. — 'Dutch. Harbor, Unalaska; Kadiak; Orca, Prince William Sound, shore on rocks (W. R. Coe) ; Sitka. Distribution. — Btx'mg Island, Aleutian Islands; Alaska Peninsula southward to Revillagigedo Island, southeastern Alaska. Low water to 60 fathoms. PAGURUS CALIFORNIENSIS (Benedict). Distribution. — Yxovci Santa Catalina Island, California, to Gulf of Cali- fornia; 8 to 58 fathoms. PAGURUS SPLENDESCENS Owen. Harriman Expedition.— ]u.r\e2iVi, 50 fathoms. Distribution. — Yxom Arctic coast of Alaska (at Point Barrow) west- ward through Bering Sea to Kamchatka and Washington. Below low water to 225 fathoms. Genus Paguristes Dana. PAGURISTES TURGIDUS (Stimpson). Distribution. — Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Santa Catalina Island, California. PAGURISTES PARVUS Holmes. Distribution.— Whites Point near San Pedro, California (Holmes). l62 RATHBUN PAGURISTES BAKERI Holmes. Distributioti.—'$)ZXi Diego, California (Holmes), Genus Holopagurus Holmes. HOLOPAGURUS PILOSUS Holmes. Distributio?i. — OS. San Diego, California, 25 fathoms (Holmes). Genus Parapagurus Smith. PARAPAGURUS MERTENSH (Brandt). Plate V, fig. 6. DistribiitioJi. — Islands of Kadiak and Atka ; Nootka Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island ; North California ; Kamchatka (Brandt). In the National Museum are specimens from the coast of California between Lobos Rocks (lat. 36° 26' 40" N.) and southeast of San Nicholas Island (lat. 33O 00' 30" N.), depth 77 to 266 fathoms. The depth and locality quoted by Holmes for the specimen examined by him are i:>robably erroneous. PARAPAGURUS sp. indet. Distribution. — Yxora southeast of Chirikof Island, Alaska, to off San Diego, Cahfornia; 414 to 877 fathoms. Family LITHODID.^. Genus Hapalogaster Brandt. HAPALOGASTER CAVICAUDA Stimpson. Z)/i-/;77'?//'/(?-';. — California: Cape Mendocino to Monterey. Common under rocks at low tide. HAPALOGASTER DENTATA (de Haan). Lomis dentata DE Haan, Fauna Japon., 219, pi. XLVlll, fig. 2, and pi. O, 1849. Hapalogaster dentattis StimpsON, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., x, 232, 1858. Z>istrib?ition. — " Colonise rosso-americanae " (Schalfeew) ; Japan (de Haan, Stimpson). HAPALOGASTER MERTENSH Brandt. Harriman Expedition. — T>\itch. Harbor, Unalaska (W. R. Coe) ; Fox Island (T. Kincaid) ; Yakutat and Sitka (W. R. Coe). DECAPODS 163 Distribution. — Yxom. Atka, Aleutians, eastward and southward to Puget Sound; to a depth of 19 fathoms. HAPALOGASTER GREBNITZKII Schalfeew. Harriman Expedition. — T)\xich. Harbor, Unalaska (W. R. Coe) ; Popof Island ; Orca (T. Kincaid) ; Sitka (W. R. Coe), extending the known range. Distribution. — Yxom Bering Sea off the Pribilofs and Cape Newenlumi southward along the Aleutian Islands to Sitka, Alaska ; Bering Island. Genus Dermaturus Brandt. DERMATURUS MANDTII Brandt. Harriman Expedition. — Dutch Harbor, Unalaska ; Popof Island ; Sitka. Distribution. — Pribilof Islands; Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula to Sitka ; Bering Island ; 6 to 40 fathoms. Genus CEdignathus Benedict. CEDIGNATHUS INERMIS (Stimpson). Hapalogaster inerniis Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vil, 243, i860. Hapalogaster Brandti Schalfeew, Mel. biol., XIII, 330, 1892, figs, i and 5b, of the Bull. Acad. imp. sci. St. Petersbourg, xxxv, 336, 1892. CEdignathus gilli Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., xvii, 487, 1894. QLdignathus inennis HoLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 119, 1900, and synonymy. CEdignathus Brandti HOLMES, op. cit., 118, and synonymy. I think there is little doubt that Schalfeew's species is identical with Stimpson's. That the number of squamse on the carapace is variable is evidenced in the small series I have examined. Stimpson's type was smaller than any examples in the National Museum. Distribution.— '[JnSiXa.i'ka. to Pacific Grove, California. Genus Acantholithodes Holmes. ACANTHOLITHODES HISPIDUS (Stimpson). Distribution. — Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Monterey, Cali- fornia. To a depth of at least 16 fathoms. Genus Placetron Schalfeew. PLACETRON WOSNESSENSKII Schalfeew. Plate VI, fig. I. Placetron IVosncsscnskii SCHALFEEW, Mel. biol., Xlll, 333, 1892, fig. 6, of the Bull. Acad. imp. sci. St. Petersbourg, xxxv, 339, 1892. Lepeopiis forcipatus Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, 488, 1894. l64 RATHBUN Distribution.— MfWadXi Islands to British Columbia: Unalaska; west of Amaknak Island, 60 fathoms; northwest of Unimak Island, 43 fathoms {Albatross station 3262); Kadiak (Schalfeew) ; Parry Passage, Graham Island, British Columbia. Genus Phyllolithodes Brandt. PHYLLOLITHODES PAPILLOSUS Brandt. Harriman Expedition. — Dutch Harbor, Unalaska. Hitherto not known west of Kadiak. Distribution. — Unalaska to Monterey, California. To a depth of at least 16 fathoms. PHYLLOLITHODES BICORNIS (Bate). Distribution. — Y.'=>Q^\xtvz\.\. Harbor, British Columbia, 10 fathoms (Bate). Perhaps not distinct from P. papillosus. Genus Cryptolithodes Brandt. CRYPTOLITHODES TYPICUS Brandt. Z>/i-/n'<5z///^//. — Belkofski Bay, Alaska, to Monterey, California. Be- tween high and low tide marks. CRYPTOLITHODES SITCHENSIS Brandt. Distribution.— Yxom Sitka, Alaska, to Pacific Grove, California. CRYPTOLITHODES BREVIFRONS Miers. Distribution.— YaxxcoMvex Island, British Columbia. Perhaps not a valid species. Genus Lopholithodes Brandt. LOPHOLITHODES MANDTII Brandt. Distribution.— Yxom. Sitka, Alaska, to Monterey, California. LOPHOLITHODES FORAMINATUS (Stimpson). Distribution. — From Victoria, British Columbia, to near San Francisco and the Farallones, California. Genus Rhinolithodes Brandt. RHINOLITHODES WOSNESSENSKII Brandt. Rhinolithodes wossncsenskii Brandt, Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, vil, 174, 1849 (typo, error iox ivosnessenskii). Rhinolithodes Wosnessenskii Newcombe, Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. Brit. Col., 1893, 28, pi. III. DECAPODS 165 Disfri/'uf/o/i. — Kadiak; Port Etches, 12 to 18 fathoms; Sitka; Crescent City, Cah'fornia. Genus Pristopus Benedict. PRISTOPUS VERRILLI Benedict. Pristopris verrilli Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, 486, 1894, Distribution.— O'S. Pribilof Islands, 688 fathoms, station 3501 ; off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 859 fathoms, station 3075; off Cortez Bank, Cahfornia, 984 fathoms, station 2919 [Albatross). Genus Leptolithodes Benedict. LEPTOLITHODES MULTISPINA Benedict. Leptolithodes multispiiuts Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, 484, 1894. Distribution.— O^ Shumagin Bank, Alaska, 625 fathoms, station 3338 ; off Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 876 fathoms, station 2860 ; off Sea Lion Rock, Washington, 685 fathoms, station 3071 ; off San Diego, California, 822 fathoms, station 2923 {Albatross). Genus Lithodes Latreille. LITHODES RATHBUNI Benedict. Distribution.— O^ San Simeon Bay, California, 211 fathoms. LITHODES CALIFORNIENSIS Benedict. Distribution. — Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 155 fathoms. LITHODES BREVIPES Milne Edwards and Lucas. Lithodes brevipes Milne Edwards and Lucas, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 11,465, pis. xxiv-xxvii, 1841. — Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,xvii, 484, 1894. Lithodes caviischaiicus Richters, Abh. Senck. Natur. Ges., Frankfurt, Xlll, 404, plate, figs. 9, 10, 1884. Distribution. — Bering Island; St. Paul Island, Pribilofs ; off the Pribilofs, 25 to 47 fathoms; Unalaska; Kamchatka; Okhotsk Sea. LITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS (Tilesius). Maja camtschatica TiLESlUS, Mem. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, v, 18 12, p. 336, pis. V and VI (1815). Lithodes camptschensis Latreille, Cuvier's Regne Animal, 2nd ed., iv, p. 65, 1829. Lithodes spinosissimtis Brandt, Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, VII, 172, 1849 (young).— Stimpson, Boston Jour. Nat. Hist., VI, 478, 1857. l66 RATHBUN Harriman Expedition. — Y^2id^\sk\ Orca. Young specimens only. Distribution. — '^txmg Sea (from Norton Sound) to Aleutian Islands to Orca, Prince William Sound, 5 to 49 fathoms. Kamchatka ; Okhotsk Sea ; Japan. LITHODES ^QUISPINA Benedict. Lithodcs aquispinns BENEDICT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVII, 481, 1894. Distrikition.-'BeTing Sea (off the Pribilof Islands and north of Un- alaska), 150 to 406 fathoms. LITHODES COUESI Benedict. LitJwdes coicesi Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, 481, 1894. Bistrihitiofi. — North of Unalaska and off Shumagin Bank, 399 and 625 fathoms. Family GALATHEIDJE. Genus Pleuroncodes Stimpson. PLEURONCODES PLANIPES Stimpson. Distributiofi. — Yxoxa 90 miles southwest of San Francisco, California, to 150 miles southwest of Cape St. Lucas, Lower Cahfornia. Genus Galathea Fabricius. GALATHEA CALIFORNIENSIS Benedict. Galathea californiensis BENEDICT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvi, 247, fig. i, 1902. Distribution.— 0'S.'S>dJ\.\.z. Cruz Island, California, 150 fathoms. Genus Munida Leach. MUNIDA QUADRISPINA Benedict. Distribution.— Yxom Sitka, Alaska, to San Diego, CaHfornia, 50 to 559 fathoms. Probably the species designated by Owen as M. gregaria. Genus Munidopsis Whiteaves. MUNIDOPSIS HYSTRIX Faxon. Munidopsis hystrix Faxon, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxiv, 183, 1893 ; Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xviil, 89, pi. xix, fig. i, 1895. Distribution. — Yxom off Anacapa Island, California, to off Acapulco, Mexico ; 364 to 6S0 fathoms. DECAPODS 167 MUNIDOPSIS BERINGANA Benedict. Munidopsis bcringana Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvi, 279, fig. 23, 1902. Distribution. — Bering Sea, southwest of Pribilof Islands, 1771 fathoms. MUNIDOPSIS VERRILLI Benedict. Munidopsis verrilU Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvi, 291, fig. 34, 1902. Distribution. — California: Off Cortez Bank and off San Diego, 984 and 822 fathoms. MUNIDOPSIS QUADRATA Faxon. Munidopsis quadrata Faxon, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, xviii, 97, pi. xxiii, fig. I, 1895, and synonymy. Distribution. — Yxom off Destruction Island, Washington, to Tres Marias Islands, Mexico. Usually between 339 and 859 fathoms; also at 47 and 60 fathoms, off Wilmington, CaHfornia, and Los Coronados Islands, respectively. MUNIDOPSIS ASPERA (Henderson). Elasmonotus asper Henderson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), xvi, 416, 1885; Kept. Challenger Anomura, 163, pi. xix, fig. 4, 1888. Munidopsis aspera Faxon, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxiv, 188, 1893; Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xvill, 96, 1895. Distribution. — Yroxa north of San Clemente Island, California, to Straits of Magellan ; Galapagos ; 69 to 782 fathoms. Brazil, 1 500 fathoms (Henderson). Family ALBUNEID.E. Genus Blepharipoda Randall. BLEPHARIPODA OCCIDENTALIS Randall. Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 131, pl. VI, 1839. Distribution.— Yxom San Francisco, California (D. S. Jordan), to San Quentin Bay and Rosalia Bay, Lower California. Genus Lepidopa Stimpson. LEPIDOPA MYOPS Stimpson. Distribution.— Yxom San Diego, California, to Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. l68 RATHBUN Family HIPPID^. Genus Emerita Gronovius, Benedict. EMERITA ANALOGA (Stimpson). Hippa analoga Stimpson, Proc. Boston See. Nat. Hist., vi, 85, 1857. For synonymy, see Holmes. Distribution.— k.zcQx6\Xi^ to Holmes, this species extends from Oregon to Panama. The collections in the National Museum range from Drake Bay, California, to San Bartolome Bay, Lower California, and from Peru to Chile. The intermediate region (from Lower California to Panama) is represented by E. emerita (Fabricius), which occurs also on the Atlantic side of tropical America. Family PORCELLANID^. Genus Petrolisthes Stimpson. PETROLISTHES CINCTIPES (Randall). Distribution. — From Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to the Gulf of Cahfornia. PETROLISTHES ERIOMERUS Stimpson. Distribution.— Yxom Humboldt Bay to Pacific Grove, California. Genus Pachycheles Stimpson. PACHYCHELES RUDIS Stimpson. Plate VI, fig. 6. Distribution.— British Columbia to Santa Catalina Island, California; Lower California (Lockington). PACHYCHELES PUBESCENS Holmes. Distribution. — Csiliiornia., from Humboldt County to the Farallones. Suborder BRACHYURA. Family DORIPPID^. Genus Clythrocerus A. Milne Edwards and Bouvier. CLYTHROCERUS PLANUS (Rathbun). Plate IX, fig. 4. Cyclodorippe plana Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 519, 1900. DECAPODS 169 Carapace subcircular, a little broader than long; dorsally flat, finely granulate, the granules larger toward the outer margin; gastric and cardiac-intestinal regions bounded by deep grooves. The front is occu- pied by two triangular lobes, each tipped with a blunt tooth, and sepa- rated from each other by a broad V-shaped sinus, which is prolonged on the dorsal surface by a broad, shallow depression continued to the gastric region ; outer margin of each lobe slightly concave. Outer orbital tooth narrow, blunt, well marked, A little in front of the middle of the lateral margin is a tooth somewhat larger than the orbital, and directed forward and slightly outward. At one third the distance from the orbital to this branchial tooth is a much smaller triangular tooth directed outward. The antennulae are hidden under the carapace. The basal segment of the antennae is moderately enlarged. The anterior end of the buccal cavern and of the merus of the outer maxillipeds project slightly in front of the median sinus of the front. Chehpeds equal, rather short, stout, coarsely scabrous-granulate. Merus stout, unarmed. Carpus broader than long, having a shallow, plate-like blunt tooth along its outer surface, a short blunt tooth at inner angle. The palm is about as broad as long, bears a stout blunt spine or tooth on the outer side at the articulation of the carpus, and a lower, less conspicuous tooth at the articulation of the fingers ; two feebly marked carinae, one connecting the two teeth, the other lower down. The digits are longer than the upper margin of the palm, bent down, not gaping, the pollex much stouter than the dactylus, edges denticulate ; the pollex has a superior longitudinal groove ; its inner superior margin is subacute and continuous with that of the palm. Second pair of feet about twice as long as the carapace, dactylus longer than propodus. Third pair exceeding the second by half the length of the dactylus. Last two pairs of feet missing. C(?/e locality. — Southern California, either at Catalina Harbor or Monterey (probably the former); W. H. Dall; i ,5 , i ? (Cat, No. 14,256), Additional specimen.— K female corresponding to the above was dredged in 1863 at Catalina Island by Dr. J. G, Cooper, With it is a male (Plate ix, fig. 5) a little larger and as long as wide (4,3 mm. long to end of horns and 4,2 mm. wide), which differs notably in the following particulars: The frontal lobes are prolonged in cylindrical blunt spines ; the upper orbital margin has an inner rectangular sinus, I70 RATHBUN while the fissure next the outer tooth is larger than in the typical form ; the first tooth of the lateral margin is nearer the posterior tooth than it is to the orbital tooth; the surface is more uneven, and more coarsely granulate. The legs are absent. I think the differences are not those of age, and indicate a distinct species, to which, however, I hesitate to give a name on account of the poor condition of the specimen. Family LEUCOSIID^. Genus Randallia Stimpson. RANDALLIA ORNATA (Randall). Distribution. — From Mendocino County, Cahfornia, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California; 5^ to 51 fathoms. Varies greatly in the prominence of the granules on the carapace. RANDALLIA BULLIGERA Rathbun. Distribution. — O'K San Diego, Cahfornia, 30 fathoms, and Magdalena Bay, Lower California, 12 fathoms. Genus Philyra Leach. PHILYRA PISUM de Haan. Distribution. — VvLgtf&ovin^.; Japan; Korea; Philippine Islands. Only one specimen of this species has been taken in Puget Sound, as noted by Caiman. 1 Family CALAPPID^. Genus Platymera Milne Edwards. PLATYMERA GAUDICHAUDII Milne Edwards. Distribution. — Yxom the Farallones, California, to Panama; Chile; 26 to 218 fathoms. Family PARTHENOPID^. 2 Genus Heterocrypta Stimpson. HETEROCRYPTA OCCIDENTALIS (Dana). Distribution.— Yxom Gulf of the Farallones to San Diego, California, and Los Coronados Islands; 13 to 36 fathoms. lAnn. N. Y. Acad. Sci., xi, 262, 1898. "^ Ldolambnis punctatissimus (Owen) is not known to occur north of latitude 27° 45' N. DECAPODS 171 Family MAIID^. Genus Podochela Stimpson. PODOCHELA HEMPHILLII (Lockington). Plate X, fig, 2. Distribution. — Yxom San Luis Obispo, California, to Gulf of California. Recorded from 8 to 47 fathoms, and perhaps occurs in shallower water. Genus Anasimus A. Milne Edwards. ANASIMUS ROSTRATUS Rathbun. Plate X, fig. 4. Distribution.— Sonihevn California (either at Catalina Harbor or Monterey) ; northwest of Cerros Island, Lower California, 58 fathoms. Genus Erileptus Rathbun. ERILEPTUS SPINOSUS Rathbun. Plate X, fig, I. Distribution. — Oflf San Diego, California, 36 fathoms; also southern California (either at Catalina Harbor or Monterey). (W. H. Dall.) Genus Inachoides Milne Edwards and Lucas. INACHOIDES MAGDALENENSIS Rathbun. Distribution.— From Wilmington, Cahfomia, to Gulf of California; 3^ to 66 fathoms. Genus Oregonia Dana. OREGONIA GRACILIS Dana. Harrunan Expedition. — Dutch Harbor, Unalaska; Juneau; Sitka, Distribution. — From Bering Sea at Nunivak and Bering Island, to northern Cahfomia; 5 to 135 fathoms. OREGONIA BIFURCA Rathbun. Plate VI, fig. 5. Oregonia bifiirca Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 885, 1902. Carapace about three fourths as wide as long (rostrum included) ; width between tips of postorbital spines two thirds of the branchial width. Branchio-hepatic constriction very slight. Surface of carapace covered with tubercles from which proceed long yellow hairs, curved at the tips, making a tolerably thick coating. Rostrum not divided quite to the base ; 172 RATIIBUN horns slender, divergent, their outer margins almost longitudinal, their length along the inner margin about one eighth of the entire length of the carapace. Supraocular eave extending laterally not quite so far as in O. gracilis. Postocular spine narrow, as in O. gracilis, and directed a little more forward than in that species. The interantennular spine is curved a little more forward than in O. gracilis. Eyes a little stouter than in that species. Basal segment of antenna armed along its outer margin with one stout blunt subterminal spine and three small spines, one of which is at the anterior angle, and along its inner margin with one or two tubercles. Outer maxillipeds as in O. gracilis. Lower surface pubescent. Chelipeds of the female of moderate size, one and a half times as long as carapace, subequal, shaped much as in O. gracilis. Inner surface of merus bordered by short blunt spines. Propodus slightly longer than merus, fingers and palm subequal, margins of palm subparallel, fingers fitting close together, denticulate. Ambulatory legs slender, diminishing gradually in length from the first to the fourth pair, the third pair being the length of the female cheliped. The dactyli are contained about one and a third times in their propodi. Chelipeds and ambulatory legs covered with long yellow hair, mixed with shorter and finer hair. Dimensions. — Length of carapace and rostrum 26.5 mm., width of carapace 19.6 mm., width between tips of postorbital spines 13 mm., length of horn measured along the inner edge 3.4 mm., distance between tips of horns 3.5 mm. Type localily. — North, of Rat Islands, Aleutian Chain, 270 fathoms {Albatross station 3785), one adult female. This species, by reason of the character of its orbits, maxillipeds, and trunk-legs, falls into the genus Oregonia, but differs from O. gracilis in its spreading horns, greater anterior breadth, different ornamentation of the basal antennal segment, etc. Genus Dasygyius Rathbun. DASYGYIUS TUBERCULATUS (Lockington). Plate X, figs. 3, 3a. Distribution. — From Alamitos Bay, Cali- fornia, to Panama Bay, including Gulf of California; 4 to 33 fathoms. A fine series of specimens of this species was collected in San Diego Bay, 6 fathoms, by the Albatross (station 3620) ; the largest Fig. 92. Dasygyius inhcrcuiatus. «. male mcasuics 23 mm. long and 17.2 mm. Station 3030. a. Maxilliped, much en- larged. ^. Side view of carapace (X !§)• WldC. DECArODS 173 Genus Epialtus Milne Edwards. EPIALTUS PRODUCTUS Randall. Distribution. — Yxom British Columbia ^ to Lower California. EPIALTUS NUTTALLII Randall. Distribution. — Yxom Santa Barbara, California, to Ballenas Bay, Lower California. EPIALTUS BITUBERCULATUS Milne Edwards. Epialtus bituberculatus MiLNE EDWARDS, Hist. Nat. Crust., I, 345, pi. xv, fig. II, 1834. — Rathbun, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1900, vol. 2, p. 60 ( 1 901), and synonymy. Epialtus bituberculatus ? van bcrinudcnsisY^KKllA., Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci., XI, 16, pi. I, fig. I, 1901. Z>/^/;7^////^«.— Southern California (either Catalina Harbor or Monte- rey) to Chile ; Indian River, Florida, to Rio de Janeiro ; Bermudas. Genus Mimulus Stimpson. MIMULUS FOLIATUS Stimpson. Distribution. — From Unalaska to Mazatlan, Mexico (A. Milne Ed- wards). Genus Pugettia Dana. PUGETTIA GRACILIS Dana. Harriman Expedition. — DvXch Harbor, Unalaska (W. R. Coe) ; Kadiak (Coe) ; Fox Island (Kincaid) ; Virgin Bay (Coe) ; Orca ; Yakutat ; Sitka, ID fathoms; Tongass Village (Coe). Distribution. — From. Aleutian Islands to southern Cahfornia (Holmes) ; low tide to 40 fathoms. PUGETTIA RICHII Dana. Distribution.— Br\i\i\i Columbia to San Diego, Cahfornia; low tide. PUGETTIA DALLI Rathbun. Plate II, figs. I, I a. Distribution. — From San Pedro, California, to San Geronimo Island, Lower California ; 6 1^-30 fathoms. iThe specimen recorded from Kiska Harbor, Alaska, was wrongly determined; it was overgrown with sponge and proved to be Pugettia gracilis. 174 RATHBUN Genus Chorilia Dana. CHORILIA LONGIPES Dana. Distribution. — Yrora 570 north latitude, off Kadiak, Alaska, to 32O north latitude, off San Diego, California; 27-603 fathoms. Genus Chioncecetes Kroyer. CHIONCECETES OPILIO (O. Fabricius). Harriffiajt ExJ)edition.—YsikvA3X, in cod's mouth; Juneau, 20-50 fathoms. Distribution. — From British Columbia northward to Bering Sea, thence eastward to Greenland, thence southward to Casco Bay, Maine; Kam- chatka; Okhotsk Sea (off Robben Island); 3-206 fathoms. CHIONCECETES TANNERI Rathbun. Distribution. — Yxom Bering Sea to off San Diego, California (lat. 32° 17' N.); 29-1625 fathoms. Genus Hyas Leach. HYAS COARCTATUS Leach. Distribution. — Circumpolar; Bering Sea; Kamchatka; Okhotsk Sea, as far south as Robben Island ; Atlantic coast of America southward to off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ; northern Europe ; 7-906 fathoms. HYAS LYRATUS Dana. Harriman Expedition. — Berg Bay, Glacier Bay; Juneau, 50 fathoms. Distribution, — Yxox^ Bering Sea (off Kululak Bay and at the extreme end of the Aleutian Islands) to Puget Sound; 5-1 10 fathoms. Genus Pelia Bell. PELIA TUMIDA (Lockington). Distribution.— ?)dJ\idL Catalina Island, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California. PELIA PACIFICA Milne Edwards. Distribution.— Yrom Santa Catahna Island, California, to Bay of Panama; 10-40 fathoms. DECAPODS 175 Genus Loxorhynchus Stimpson. LOXORHYNCHUS GRANDIS Stimpson. Disfribiitioft. — Yxom. the Farallones and San Francisco to San Diego, California; 6^-68 fathoms. LOXORHYNCHUS CRISPATUS Stimpson. Disinbutio?i. — Yrom the Farallones to San Diego, California; 4-53 fathoms. Genus Scyra Dana. SCYRA ACUTIFRONS Dana. Distribution. — Yxom Kadiak, Alaska, to San Diego, California. Low tide to 40 fathoms. Genus Rhodia Bell. RHODLA PARVIFRONS (Randall). Herbsiia parvifrons ^A-i^i-DAlA., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vill, 107, 1839. — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 38, 1900. Herbstia (HcrbsticUa) camptacantha Holmes, op. cit., p. 2,7, and synonymy. Rhodia parv if rons Rathbun, Amer. Nat., XXXIV, 511, 1900. Distribution. — Yxom San Pedro, California, to Acapulco, Mexico; 30-40 fathoms. 1 Family CANCRID^. Genus Cancer Linnaeus. CANCER PRODUCTUS Randall. Harriman Expedition. — Y ox Island (T. Kincaid). Distribution.— Yxom Kadiak, Alaska, to Magdalena Bay, Lower Cali- fornia. CANCER AMPHICETUS Rathbun. Plate VI, fig. 3. Trichocarcinus dentatus Mii:rs, Vroc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 34; not Cancer dentatus Bel-l, 1835; nor C. dentatus Herbst, 1785. Cancer amphicetus Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, 582, 1898. Distribution. — Yxom San Diego Bay, California, to IMagdalena Bay, Lower California; Japan; Korea; 11^-169 fathoms. ^S/sd".— Specimens from Magdalena Bay, in the Museum of Compara- 1 Libiuia emargiuata Leach, included in Holmes's list on the authority of Randall, I have omitted, because so many errors have been discovered in the localities cited by Randall that the existence of this species on the west coast of America needs verifica- tion. 176 RATHBUN tive Zoology, measure as follows: Male, length 24.2 mm., width 33.4 mm.; female, length 18.7 mm., width 25 mm. ' CANCER ANTENNARIUS Stimpson. Distribution. — QyxeQV]. Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, to Magda- lena Bay, Lower California, Shallow water to 7 fathoms. CANCER GIBBOSULUS (de Haan). Corystes (Trtchocera) gibbosida de Haan, Fauna Japon., 45, pi. il, fig. 4, pi. XIII, fig. 3, 1835. Trichocarcimis gibbosiilus MiERS, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 34. Cancer gibbostdus Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, 581, 1898. Distribution. — Yxora Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to San Geronimo Island, Lower California; Japan. Shallow water to 40 fathoms. CANCER ANTHONYI Rathbun. Plate VI, fig. 2. Cancer anthofiyi Rathbun, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, iii, 1897; Amer. Nat., XXXI V, 134, 1900. Distribution. — 'Long Beach, California (H. N. Lowe); Playa Maria Bay, Lower California. Size.— Among the specimens taken by Mr. Lowe from the wharf at Long Beach is a male somewhat larger than the type, measuring 52.1 mm. long and 77.5 mm. wide. CANCER JORDANI Rathbun. Plate VI, fig. 4. Cancer jordani Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 133, 1900. A small species allied to C. magister and C. antennarius. Female. — Length of carapace one and a fourth times width. Surface hairy and covered with small crowded scabrous granules. Regions indi- cated by narrow and shallow depressions. Teeth of front and lateral border not thickened as in C. antennarius ; inner orbital tooth very slightly produced ; margin of upper orbital tooth almost transverse, scarcely denti- form. Lateral teeth separated to their bases, tips spiniform and curved forward ; second, fourth, sixth, and eighth teeth smaller than the others (the outer orbital tooth reckoned as the first) ; ninth tooth scarcely more prominent than eighth. No postero-lateral tooth. Basal antennal tooth and the adjoining tooth of the orbital margin acute. Movable part of antennae half as long as carapace. The outer maxillipeds overlap con- DECArODS 1/7 siderably the basal joint of the antennae ; merus longer than wide. The palms of the chelipeds have 2 superior and 5 external carinaj fringed with hair. On the prehensile edges of the fingers the dark color runs from the proximal end of the fingers nearly to the tip, but on the outer edges the dark color begins near the middle of the fingers. Di»ietiswns. — ¥tm:i\Q, length 15.5 mm., width 19.5 mm., length of movable part of antenna 7.5 mm., fronto-orbital width 9 mm. A male is about 20 mm. long, but too damaged for measurement. Distribution. — '^ionierey Bay, Cahfornia (Harold Heath), one under rocks between low tide mark and mean tide, and three from the sub- umbrella space of a large violet-and-white jellyfish (type locality. Cat. No. 22,868). Young specimens were taken by John C. Brown at Pacific Grove, and by H. N. Lowe at San Pedro, California. Relations.— This species may have been confounded with the young of better known species. The young of C. magister has a nearly naked carapace, the ninth tooth of the lateral margin is produced sideways, the antennae are less than twice as wide as front, the merus of the maxilli- peds is no broader than long, the carinas of the upper and outer surfaces of the hand are 6 instead of 7. The carapace of young C. antennaritis is also nearly naked (Dr. Holmes may have had in his hand C. gibbosulus when he described the carapace of young C. antejinarius as thickly covered with hair) ; the teeth are all much thickened, the orbital teeth prominent, the two underneath being rounded, not sharp ; the maxillipeds reach only to the base of the anten- nal segment, the merus not broader than long ; the dark color on the fingers is more extensive than in C.jordani. Cancer gibbosulus has a much more uneven carapace, strongly marked and rounded orbital teeth, a postero-lateral tooth, ninth tooth more prominent than eighth. Carapace hairy, as in C.jordani. In C. afithonyi the antero-lateral teeth are low and broad, not alter- nately large and small, the first 6 having blunt angles ; the inner supra- orbital tooth is well developed. CANCER MAGISTER Dana. Harriman Expedition.— 'Berg Bay, Glacier Bay. Bistribution.-VndiXd.sksi to Magdalena Bay, Lower California. Low water to 50 fathoms. CANCER GRACILIS Dana. Distribution.— Ksisa.a.n Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, to Playa Maria Bay, Lower California. Shallow water to 56 fathoms. I yS RATHBUN CANCER OREGONENSIS (Dana). Plate VII, fig. 1. Trichocera oregonensis Dana, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 86, 1852; Crust. U. S. Expl. Exped., I, 299, 1852, pi. xviii, fig. 5, 1855. Platycarcinus recurvidens Bate, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 663. Trichocarcimis oregonensis MiERS, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, 34.— Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 54, 1900, and synonymy. Trichocarcimis recurvidens WALKER, Trans. Liverpool Biol. Soc, xii, 271, pi. XV, figs, i-ib, 1898. Trichocarcifius Walkeri Holmes, op. cit., 53. Harrimafi Expedition. — Fox Island (Kincaid); Virgin Bay (Coe) ; Orca; Yakutat; Sitka. Z>/^//-/i5///'/^//.— Aleutian Islands to Lower California (Holmes). Low water to 238 fathoms. I am unable to separate from typical C. oregonensis the form described by Walker under the specific name recurvidens, and later by Holmes as TricJiocarcinus walkeri, because the species displays more variation and intergradation than was known to those authors. Material from 43 localities has been examined. In a lot of specimens collected by Dr. Dall at Coal Harbor, Unga Island, Alaska, are not only typical oregonensis and typical tvalkeri, but some with sculpturing and teeth intermediate between the two ; others more deeply areolated than in typical walkeri, but with teeth as narrow and well separated as in the other extreme of oregonensis. In a lot of fairly typical oregonensis from the Strait of Fuca (D. S. Jordan) is one in which many of the granules of the areola are prolonged into conical spines. Still another variation is shown by a single male (plate vii, fig. i) from station 3274 {Albatross), northeast of Amak Island, Alaska, 19 fathoms, where the lateral teeth are broader and more overlapping than in the specimen figured by Walker {loc. cit.) ; the granulate areolae are small, round, and raspberry- like, the interspaces much smoother than usual. ^Sz^^.— The largest specimen measured is a female from Puget Sound (O. B. Johnson), 36.5 mm. long, 47.1 mm. wide. ~^.: ^ Cancer oregonensis might well be set apart generically on account of the antero-lateral margins not being sharply marked off from the postero- lateral, in which respect it differs from the other species of Cajicer, in- cluding C. gihbosiilus and C. amphioetiis. The name Trichocarcifius is not, however, available for the species oregotiensis, as the type of TricJio- carcinus Miers, substituted for Trichocera de Haan, preoccupied, is Cancer gibbosulus (de Haan). This species I consider a true Cancer (^^q p. 176) ; therefore Trichocarcimis is a synonym of Cancer. DECAPODS 179 Genus Telmessus White. TELMESSUS CHEIRAGONUS (Tilesius). Cancer cheiragonus Tilesius, Mem. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petcrsbourg, v, 347, pi. VII, fig. I, 1815. Telmessus cheiragonus BENEDICT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XV, 224, pis. xxv and XXVI, figs. 2, 3, and 4, 1892. Telcjnessus cheiragonus HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., Vll, 69, 1900, and synonymy. Harritnan Expedition.— Vo^oi Island, Shumagins ; Fox Island, Prince William Sound (Kincaid). Z>/j-/r/^?///^«. — Northeastern Siberia; Kamchatka; Kurile Islands; Bering Sea to California (Holmes). Low water to 20 fathoms. N'ote Oft specimens from the type /oca /itj. — Since the publication of Dr. Benedict's ' Corystoid Crabs of the Genera Telmessus and Erimacrus,' Dr. Leonhard Stejneger has collected specimens of Telmessus at Avacha Bay, Kamchatka, the type locality of Cancer cheiragonus Tilesius. These specimens are identical with T. cheiragonus, as figured by Benedict ; otherwise the exaggerated lateral spines and the aculeate front of Tile- sius's figure would lead one to suppose that his was a different species. Genus Erimacrus Benedict. ERIMACRUS ISENBECKII (Brandt). Plaiycorystes (Podacanthus) isenbeckii Brandt, Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imper. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Vll, 180, 1848; Middendorflf's Sibirische Reise, Bd. II, Theil I, p. 83, 1851. Cheiragonus isenbeckii BRANDT, MiddendorfT's Sibirische Reise, Bd. II, Theil I, p. 147, 1851. Platycorystes isenbeckii RiCHTERS, Abh. Senck. Natur. Gesell., Frankfurt, XIII, Heft 4, p. 402, plate, figs, i and 2, 1884. Erimacrus isenbeckii Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XV, 229, pi. xxvi, figs. 5, 6, and 7, pi. xxvii, 1892. Distribution.— Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Alaska Peninsula. Shallow water to 85 fathoms. Family PORTUNIDM. Genus Portunus Fabricius. PORTUNUS XANTUSII Stimpson. Distribution.— Yvom Puget Sound to Chile (A. Milne Edwards). Ex- cept for a single specimen taken by the Albatross in Puget Sound, this species is not known north of San Pedro, California. l80 RATHBUN Genus Callinectes Stimpson. CALLINECTES BELLICOSUS (Stimpson). Distributioft. — Point Loma, California, to Gulf of California. Family FIL UMNID^y Genus Cycloxanthops Rathbun. CYCLOXANTHOPS NOVEMDENTATUS (Lockington). Plate VII, fig. ID. Distribiitio7i.—^2C!\ Pedro, California, to Guadalupe Island and San Martin Island, Lower California. CYCLOXANTHOPS RUGOSUS Holmes. Distribution.— 'SiZXi Diego, California. Genus Lophopanopeus Rathbun. LOPHOPANOPEUS BELLUS (Stimpson). Xantho bella STIMPSON, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VII, 204, pi. V, fig. 2, i860. Lophoxanthus bellus A. Milne Edwards, Crust. Reg. Mex., 257, pi. XLVi, fig. 4, 1879 (part). — Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., Vll, 60, pi. I, fig. 3, 1900, and synonymy. Lophopatiopeiis bellus Rathbun, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, iv, 272, 1898. Harriman Expedition. — VrincQ William Sound, at Fox Island (Kin- caid) and Virgin Bay (Coe). This is the most northern locality known for this species. Distribution.— Vxmce WilHam Sound; Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Monterey, California (type locality of Xanthodes het/iphillii Locking- ton). Lower California (A. Milne Edwards). The figure given by A. Milne Edwards resembles L. bellus more than it does any of the other species here described ; the locality given is Lower California. There are on the Pacific coast six closely allied species of Lophopano- peus ; some of these have been confused with L. bellus and L. leucomanus ; therefore the published localities from which I have not examined speci- mens are accepted with a reservation. 1 I have concluded to omit Daira ainericana Stimpson from the list until it is known that the species really occurs in California in contradistinction to Lower California. DECAPODS l8l The characters most useful in determining the species are given below : The carapace is roughened antero-laterally, but not conspicuously so. The frontal lobes are slightly sinuous and oblique, the outer tooth faintly indicated. The anterior margin of the third antero-lateral tooth (or tooth N of Dana) is in line with the truncate margin of the second tooth or the one coalesced with the outer orbital tooth. The carpus of the chelipeds is slightly roughened. The hand is smooth, without a tooth on the upper margin ; the proxi- mal end of the inner margin of the upper surface is, however, well marked. The dark color of the fingers does not run back on the palm. The carpal joints of all the ambulatory legs are slightly bilobed on the anterior or upper margin. The propodal joints have a convex anterior margin without lobes. Dimensions. — Male, length 22.5 mm., width 33.8 mm., proportion of length to width 1:1.5, fronto-orbital width 16 mm., proportion of fronto- orbital width to width of carapace i :2.ii. LOPHOPANOPEUS FRONTALIS Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 8. Distrihition.—'&2>Xi Diego, CaUfornia. The locaUty 'Monterey ' cited for this species is an error. The carapace is almost smooth. The frontal lobes are markedly oblique and sinuous, the middle lobes very convex. The third antero-lateral tooth is more produced than the second tooth. The carpus of the chelipeds is smoother than in Z. bcUus. The hand is smooth, with a large tooth projecting inward on the inner side of the upper margin and extending half the length of the upper margin. The dark color of the fingers runs back on the palm ; in this respect differing from all other allied species. The carpal joints of all the ambulatory legs are slightly bilobed on the anterior or upper margin. The propodal joints have a convex anterior margin, but are narrower than in Z. belliis. Dimensions. — 'M.aXQ, length 17.2 mm., width 23.7 mm., proportion of length to width i : 1.32, fronto-orbital width 1 2.5 mm., proportion of fronto- orbital width to width of carapace i : 1.9. 1 82 RATHBUN LOPHOPANOPEUS HEATHII Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 9. Lophopanopeus heathii Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 137, 1900. Lophoxanthns leucomanits HoLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 61, 1900 (part). Distribution.— ^^ecimtns are in the National Museum from Monterey Bay, California, under stones, mean and low tide mark (H. Heath ; types, Cat. No. 22,870) ; Monterey Bay (J. O. Snyder) ; Catalina Island. Others also from Monterey and Catalina Island, and belonging to the Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, have been examined. The carapace is smooth except on the outer half of the hepatic region, where it is slightly roughened. The margin of the frontal lobes is slightly oblique, the outer tooth inconspicuous. The anterior margin of the third antero-lateral tooth is in line with the second tooth. The carpus of the chelipeds is smooth, or nearly so. The hand is smooth, one tooth on inner side of upper margin. The dark color of the fingers does not run back on the palm. The carpal joints of the ambulatory legs have the anterior or upper margin slightly bilobed. The propodi have slightly convex anterior margins. Dimensions.— Ma.\e, length 12.2 mm., width 16.5 mm., proportion of length to width i : 1.35, fronto-orbital width 11.6 mm., proportion of fronto- orbital width to width of carapace i : 1.42. While the antero-lateral teeth resemble those of Z. />e//us, the smooth surface and the tooth on the manus ally it closely to Z. /ronta/is. LOPHOPANOPEUS LEUCOMANUS (Lockington). Xanthodes leucojnatius LOCKINGTON, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 32, 1877 (not X. lejicomanus, op. cit., p. 100). Lophoxanthus bellus A. Milne Edwards, Crust. Reg. Max., 257, 1879 (part). Lophopanopeus leucovianus Rathbun, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, IV, 272, 1898. Lophoxanthus leucomanus Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, 61, pi. I, fig. 4, 1900 (part). Distribution. — From Monterey to San Diego, California: San Pedro, Catahna Island, and San Diego (National Museum); Monterey, Santa Rosa Island, and San Diego (Lockington). Types not extant (Holmes). The anterior half of the carapace is deeply rugose, the roughness on the hepatic region not divided from that on the two adjacent teeth. DECAPODS 183 The frontal lobes are strongly oblique, except the outer tooth, which is not strongly marked. The third antero-lateral tooth is more produced than the second tooth. The carpus of the chelipeds is covered with numerous small irregular pits separated by reticulating lines. The upper portion of the hand is pitted and reticulated like the carpus, and has two or more irregular inward-pointing teeth on upper margin, the proximal the larger. The color of the fingers does not run back on the palm. The carpal joints of the ambulatory legs have on the anterior or upper margin a very thin crest, strongly bilobed. The propodal joints are wide, and have a prominent lobe at the prox- imal end. Dimensions. — Male, length 8.7 mm., width 11.6 mm., proportion of length to width i: 1.33; fronto-orbital width 7.1 mm., proportion of fronto-orbital width to width of carapace i : 1.63. LOPHOPANOPEUS LOCKINGTONI Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 7. Xanthodes leucomanus Lockington, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Vii, 100, 1877 (not X. leucomanus, op. cit., p. 32). Lophoxanthus bellus A. MiLNE Edwards, Crust. Reg. Max., 257, 1879 (part). LopJioxanthus leucomanus Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, 61, 1900 (part). Lophopanopeus lockingtoni Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 137, 1900. Distribution. — 'S>a.n Diego Bay, California, to Gulf of Cahfornia. Speci- mens examined from San Diego Bay, 4)4 fathoms {Albatross, type local- ity) ; San Diego (H. Hemphill) ; San Diego (Cal. Acad. Sci.) ; Gulf of California at La Paz, 3 fathoms, Mulege Bay, and Port Escondido (speci- mens described by Lockington, op. cit., p. 100, not p. 32). The anterior half of the carapace is irregularly roughened ; the obliquely oval granulated patch on the hepatic region is separated from the gran- ules on the adjacent teeth. The frontal lobes are slightly oblique, but the outer tooth is well marked. The third] antero-lateral tooth is more produced than the second tooth. The carpus of the chelipeds is crossed by a few thickened ridges incompletely reticulating, anterior margin having a thick granulated ridge distinctly separated by a deep sulcus from the rest of the carpus ; a large granulated tubercle near articulation with hand. l84 RATHBUN The upper margin of the hand has two longitudinal ridges, the outer straight, the inner curved and ending proximally in a tooth ; outer sur- face of hand granulate, the granules tending to form in longitudinal and transverse lines, and becoming fainter toward the fingers. The dark color of the fingers does not run back on the palm. The carpal joints of the ambulatory legs are distinctly but not mark- edly bilobed on the anterior or upper margin. The propodal joints have a slightly convex anterior margin. Dimensions. — I^I^Xq, length 9.6 mm., width 13.3 mm., proportion of length to width i: 1.39; fronto-orbital width 7.9 mm., proportion of fronto-orbital width to width of carapace i : 1.68. LOPHOPANOPEUS DIEGENSIS Rathbun. Plate IX, fig. 3. LopJwpanopeiis diegensis Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 137, 1900. Distribution. — Off Point Conception, California, 31 fathoms {Albatross station 2908); San Diego, 10 fathoms (H. Hemphill), one male, type (Cat. No. 4281). The carapace has a few granulate lines on the antero-lateral regions. The frontal lobes are slightly oblique and sinuous, the outer tooth inconspicuous. The front is deflexed so that its true edge does not show in the view figured. The second antero-lateral tooth, though small, is dentiform and not merged with the first or orbital. The third, fourth, and fifth teeth are prominent, carinate, and subacute. The carpus of the chelipeds has about 35 unequal tubercles, irregularly placed, some of them forming lines. The hand is bicarinate above, the inner carina having a small promi- nence at the proximal end ; a few tubercles on upper part of inner sur- face ; upper and proximal portion of outer surface rough with fine granu- lated rugae. The dark color of the fingers does not run back on the palm. The carpal joints of all the ambulatory legs have on the anterior margin two prominent naked truncate tubercles, by which this species may at once be recognized. The propodal joints of the last two pairs have a smaller similar lobe at the proximal end of the anterior or upper margin. Di7nensions. — yidi\t, length 7.9 mm., width 11.4 mm., proportion of length to width i: 1.44; fronto-orbital width 6.6 mm., proportion of fronto-orbital width to width of carapace i : 1.37. DECAPODS 185 Genus Xanthias Rathbun. XANTHIAS TAYLORI (Stimpson). Distribution. — Monterey, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower Cali- fornia. Beach to 55 fathoms. 6'/2!wnotus palm widcns a little distally, as figured by Dana, and lowei. S . San Pedro f ■" ° . ^ \ Bay. a. Endofcnath of IS fumishcd With two TOWS of hair below, the mner outer maxilliped (X 8). • , . b. Chela (X 3b)- ouc of which IS contmucd to the end of the pollex. In R. lowei the fingers are less arched and less gaping than in R. sub- quadratus. The carapace is also a little wider in our species. Dimensions.— Female, length of carapace lo mm., width 12.5 mm., length of merus of third ambulatory leg 5 mm. Distribution. — San Pedro to San Diego, California: San Pedro Bay, in siphon of Pholas pacifica, collected by H. N. Lowe, for whom the species is named (type locality) ; San Pedro, in shell of Tapes (Holmes, as Fabia subquadrata) ; San Diego (H. Hemphill), one of the specimens DECArODS 187 examined is from Pachydesma crassatclloidcs. Recorded by Lockington from the same locality, commensal, and collector, under the name of Fabia subquadrata. Genus Pinnixa White. PINNIXA OCCIDENTALIS Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 4 ; plate ix, figs. 6, 6a. Distribution. — X^xidiXdciV'x to Humboldt County, California (Holmes). Shallow water to 238 fathoms. The specimen recorded by me in 1893, from San Diego, is P. Uitoralis Holmes. Harmnan Expedition. — Juneau, 20 fathoms; Hot Springs; Sitka; Wrangell, in burrows of Echiurus (T. Kincaid) ; Cape Fox. This species shows remarkable variation in the length and breadth of the ambulatory legs, especially of the third pair, as is shown in the accompanying table : Sex. Station. Length of carapace. Width of carapace. Length of merus of third ambu- latory leg. Width of menis of third ambu- latory leg. ? 2862 Wrangell 2862 Wrangell 7.5 mm. 6 7-3 7 15.8 mm. 12 14-5 14.2 8.7 mm. 5-1 7 5-5 2.8 mm. 2.1 2.6 31 I was at first led to believe that the Wrangell specimens represented a distinct species, but a reexamination of the entire collection of P. occi- de?italis shows intermediate forms. It may be added that station 2862, which yielded the longest and slenderest legs, is also the greatest depth (238 fathoms) from which the species is known. Small specimens often exhibit an almost complete absence of the car- diac ridge. PINNIXA CALIFORNIENSIS Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 3. Distribution. — From off Point Ano Nuevo, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California; 13 to 51 fathoms. PINNIXA TUBICOLA Holmes. Distribution.— Yrom Puget Sound to San Diego, California. Taken by the Albatross off Point Conception, California, 31 fathoms, station 2908 ; in calcareous tube of worm, Trinidad, Cahfornia (Holmes). l88 RATHBUN PINNIXA LITTORALIS Holmes. Distribution.— "Qo^egdi Bay to San Diego, California. PINNIXA LONGIPES (Lockington). Distribution.— Tom7i\&% Bay to San Pedro, California. In tube of annelid ( ClynmieUa) . PINNIXA FABA (Dana). Distribution. — From Sitka, Alaska, to San Pedro, California. In shells of large bivalve mollusks, and in the cloaca of a large holothurian, Liosoma arenata Stimpson. Genus Scleroplax Rathbun. SCLEROPLAX GRANULATA Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 5. Distribution.— Yxom Bodega Bay, California, to Ensenada, Lower California. Genus Parapinnixa Holmes. PARAPINNIXA AFFINIS Holmes. Distribution. — DQadmsLXi Island, San Pedro, California. Genus Cryptophrys Rathbun. CRYPTOPHRYS CONCHARUM Rathbun. Plate VII, fig. 6. Distribution. — From Puget Sound to San Diego, California. From mantle of Jfya arenaria Lin- F1G.94. Cryptof>hryscon. nseus, Cardita borealis Conrad, and Mytihis edulis charuni. Outer maxillipeds . (X8). Pacific Grove, Calif. LinuaeUS. Genus Opisthopus Rathbun. OPISTHOPUS TRANSVERSUS Rathbun. Plate IX, fig. 2. Distribution. — Yrom Monterey to San Diego, California. In Lucapina crenulata Sowerby, siphon of Pholas, and mantle cavity of Mytilus edulis. The suture dividing the ischium from the merus of the maxillipeds is obsolescent ; thop^us ^]ranst"r. while in most specimens it is deep on the ventral surface, gnath 'of ^me in none is it evident on the upper surface. Padfic Grol^ ^^' DECAPODS 189 Family GRAPSID^. Genus Pachygrapsus Randall. PACHYGRAPSUS CRASSIPES Randall. Distribution. — Yxom. Oregon to Gulf of California; Japan; Korea. The locality Sandwich Islands, given by Randall, is too doubtful to be relied upon. PACHYGRAPSUS TRANSVERSUS Gibbes. Distribution. — Yvom California to Peru; Galapagos Islands; Oriental region; West Africa; Bermudas; Bahamas and Florida Keys to Rio de Janeiro. Genus Hemigrapsus Dana. HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS (Dana). Brachynotus nudus Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., Vll, 81, 1900, and synonymy. Hemigrapsus nudus Rathbun, Amer. Nat., xxxiv, 587, 1900. Harriman Expedition. — ^\\kd,, 10 fathoms; Mctlakatla, Alaska; Grenville Channel, British Columbia. Distribution. — From Sitka to Gulf of California. HEMIGRAPSUS OREGONENSIS (Dana). Brachynotus oregonensis Holmes, op. cit., 82, and synonymy. Hemigrapsus oregonensis Rathbun, loc. cit. Harrimaji Expedition. — Fox Island, Prince William Sound (T. Kin- caid) ; Yakutat ; Sitka, 10 fathoms; Metlakatla; Grenville Channel, British Columbia. Distribution. — From Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Gulf of Cali- fornia. Fox Island is farther north than the species has been collected hitherto. Genus Grapsodius Holmes. GRAPSODIUS EXIMIUS Holmes. Distribution. — San Diego, California. Genus Planes Leach. PLANES MINUTUS (Linnaeus). Distribution.— Tempersite and tropical seas. Specimens are in the National Museum from lat. 41° N., long. 141° W., at sea west of Hum- boldt Bay, California (W. H. Dall, 1871); California (D. S. Jordan, IpO RATHBUN 1880); Point Loma, California; and off San Diego {Albatross sta- tion 2928). Family OCYPODID^. Genus Ocypode Fabricius. OCYPODE GAUDICHAUDII Milne Edwards and Lucas. Distribution.— T\\e normal range of this species is from Nicaragua (Gulf of Fonseca) to Chile and Galapagos Islands ; Honolulu (Cano). Three young specimens from San Pablo, California, are in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, determined by Dr. Faxon. Genus Uca Leach. UCA CRENULATA (Lockington), 1877. ( = Gelasifnus gracilis Rathbun, 1893 = G. macrodactyhts Bouvier, 1895, not Milne Edwards and Lucas = U. stenodactyla Ortmann, 1897, part (specimen from San Diego), not Milne Edwards and Lucas.) Distribution.— Yxom San Diego, California, to Gulf of California. Genus Speocarcinus Stimpson. SPEOCARCINUS CALIFORNIENSIS (Lockington). Plate IX, fig- I. Distribution.— ^a.n Pedro and Alamitos Bay, California. PLATE I. Fig. I. Pandalopsis aleutica. 9 , X |. Albatross station 3480. 2. Pandalopsis dispar. 9, X |. Albatross station 3675. 3. Pandalns gottuirits. 2, nat. size. Albatross station 3293. (192) H. A. E. VOL. X DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS. PLATE II. Fig. I. Piigettia dalli. 9, X i^. Southern California. I a. Pttgettia dalli. $ , X i\- Southern California. 2. Pandalus montagui tridens. 9, X f. Albatross station 2842. 3. Pandalus jordani. 5, X 6* Albatross station 2949. 4. Pandalus stenolepis. 9, Xf. ^/^fl^rijji' station 3464. 5. Pandalus hypsinotus. $ , y.\. Herendeen Bay, Alaska. 6. Pandalus giirtieyi. 9,XA' Albatross %\.2i\!\QVi 2^2P' (194) A. E. VOL. X DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS HELIOTYPE CO.. BOSTON. v^ PLATE III. Fig. I. Sclerocrangon sharpi. ^^;^..^ I. 7 ~ -^^ 3 'Jfe ^^ <^ DECAP, HELIOTYPE CO., BOSTON. PLATE V. Fig. I. Fa gurus setosus. (f, X Tu- ^/(5(7/;wj station 3449. 2. Pagurus niiniitus. 9,Xt- ^/(^«/r^^J station 2843. 3. Pagurus cornutus. 9, X i-. Albatross station 3608. 4. Pagurus kennerlyi. $ , in sponge {Suberitcs), X §• Albatross station 3265. 5. Pagurus beringatius. $, X iV ^/fe/raj-j- station 3234. 6. Parapagurus mertensii. $, X 1%. Albatross station 2948 (larger chela foreshortened). 7. Pagurus samuelis. $ , X ro-. Pacific Grove. 8. Pagurus granosinianus. $ , X i^o"' Pacific Grove. 9. Pagurus hcmphillii. $ , X rn- Monterey (chelas foreshortened). 10. Pagurus gilli. ^, X f. Dutch Harbor. (200) H. A E. VOL. X DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS ^EL10TYPE CO.. BOSTON PLATE VI. Fig. I. Placetron ivosnessenskii. $ . Type of Lepeopiis forcipatiis, X t^. 2. Cancer anthonyi. $ , X Ti). Playa Maria Bay. 3. Cancer arnphicetns. $ , nat. size. Albatross station 3656. 4. Cancer Jordani. 9 , nat. size. Monterey Bay. 5. Oregonia biftirca. 5, type, Xfo-. 6. Pachycheles rudis. $ , nat. size. Pacific Grove. H. A. E. VOL. X DEC- ACEANS. HEUOTYPE CO., BOSTON. PLATE VIL Fig. t. Cancer oregoticnsis. $ , nat. size. Albatross station 3274. 2. Pihimmis spinohirsiiUis. 2 , nat. size. Albatross station 3026. 3. Pinnixa californiensis. 2, nat. size. Albatross station 3133. 4. Pinnixa occidentalis. $, nat. size. Albatross station 2862. 5. Scleroplax gramilata. 9 , X if. Ensenada. 6. Cryptophrys concharwn. $, X if. Neah Bay, Washington, 7. Lophopanopeus lockingtoni. 2, nat. size. Albatross station 3591. 8. Lophopanopeus frontalis. $ , nat. size. Southern California. 9. Lophopanopeus heathii. $ , nat. size. Monterey Bay. JO. Cycloxanthops novemdentatus. tf , nat. size. Guadalupe Island. H. A. E. VOL. X f^^^ DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS. HELIOTVPE CO., BOSTON. PLATE VIII. Callianassa goniophthalma, $, nat. size. Albatross station 3198. (206) DECAPODS LFJ^SP-ITTCII 3tRE^B.F \ a R . ^ Ui*jf¥F.R8ITY PLATE IX. Fig. I. Speocarcinus californicnsis. $ , X Is". Alamitos Bay. 2. Opisthopus transversus. 5 , X i^. Pacific Grove. 3. Lophopanopeiis diegensis. $, type, X if. 4. Clythrocerus plaints. (f , X 6, Southern California. 5. Clythrocerus, sp. Carapace ol $ , X 6. Catalina Island. 6. Pinnixa occidentalis. $,X\\. Wrangell. 6a. Pinnixa occidentalis. Chela of jf , X i^. Wrangell. (208) H.AE. VOLX HP.TTTDKSHE or THE UNIVERSITY PLATE X. Fig. I. Erih-pttts spinosits. $ , 'X,2\. Albatross station 2934. 2. Podochcla hempJiiUii. c? , X f . Albatross station 2831. 3. Dasygyi2is titbercidattis. $ , nat. size. Albatross station 3030. 3a. Dasygyiiis tubercnlatus. $ , ventral view, nat. size. Albatross station 3030. 4. A nasi m lis rostratiis, ?>X3^'. .^/^rt/zwj- station 2983. ISOPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA ISOPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA BY HARRIET RICHARDSON CONTENTS. Systematic discussion of species 213 Bibliography 228 The present paper contains a list of the Isopods collected by the Harriman Alaska Expedition, and in addition a number of species from California received from Dr. William E. Ritter, head of the Zoological Department of the University of California.* Five species are described as new. A little-known species, Idotea gracillima (Dana) is figured for the first time and de- scribed more fully than heretofore ; and Asellus tomalensis Har- ford also is redescribed and figured. FLABELLIFERA or CYMOTHOIDEA. Family CIROLANIDJE, CIROLANA HARFORDI (Lockington). jEga harfordi Lockington, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., vii, Pt. i, p. 46, 1877. Ciroiafia californka Hansen, Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., 6th ser., natur. og math. Afd., V, pp. 338, 339, pi. Ill, fig. 2, 2f, 1890. Cirolana harfordi Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, pp. 822, 823, 1899. Locality,— W\[%Q)Xi Cove, California (Dr. Ritter and party). 1 Science, xv, no. 367, Jan. 10, pp. 55-65, 1902. (213) 214 RICHARDSON Family ^GIDM. ROCINELA BELLICEPS (Stimpson). ^ga belliccps STIMPSON, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xvi, p. 155, 1864. jEga alaskensis LOCKINGTON, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, Pt. i, p. 46, 1877. Rocviela alaskensis Richardson, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxxvii, p. 11, 1898. Rocinela belliceps Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 827, 1899. Locality.— YzkvXdX, Alaska (Harriman Alaska Expedition). Family CYMOTHOID^, LIVONECA VULGARIS Stimpson. Livoneca vulgaris Stimpson, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 508, pi. xxil, fig. 9, 1857; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, pp. 88, 89, 1859. — Schicedte and Meinert, Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, XIV, pp. 344-349, pi. xiv, figs. I, 2, 1883-84.— Richardson, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 830, 1899. Locality. — ^axi Francisco Bay (Dr. Ritter and party). Family SPH^ROMID^E. DYNAMENE TUBERCULOSA Richardson. Dynatnene tuberculosa Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 833, 1899. Z^(:a///V.— Bodega Bay, California (Dr. Ritter and party). SPH^ROMA OREGONENSIS Dana. Spha:roma orcgonensis Dana, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vil, p. 177, 1854- 55; U. S. Expl. Exp., Crust., Pt. ii, xiv, p. 778, pi. Lll, fig. 4, 1853.— Stimpson, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 509, 1857.— Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 836, 1899. Localities. — Popof Island (from fresh water), Yakutat, and Glacier Bay, Alaska ; Grenville Channel and Lowe Inlet, British Columbia (Harriman Alaska Expedition). SPH^ROMA PENTODON sp. nov. Type from Sausalito, California. Body elliptical in outUne ; color dark brown ; surface minutely but densely granular. Head situated transversely, with a prominent ridge on the anterior margin. Eyes placed post-laterally, and composed of many ocelli. First pair of antennae extend to the posterior margin of the head ; flagellum eight-jointed. Second pair of antennae reach the middle of the second thoracic segment ; flagellum composed of fifteen joints. Segments of the thorax about equal in length, with the exception of the first, which is somewhat longer than any of those following. The ISOPODS 215 lateral parts, which are not distinctly separated from the dorsal parts of the segments, are drawn out in acute processes in the first three segments. Those of the following segments are more nearly regular in outline. The abdomen is somewhat broader than the thorax, although this expansion of the abdomen does not show in a dorsal view. The first segment is about equal in length to the last thoracic segment, and is marked on either side by two suture lines indicative of coalesced segments. The ter- minal segment is entire, and not produced, being evenly rounded in outline. The ante- rior portion of the segment is convex, with a longitudinal series of four small tubercles on either side of the median Hne, the two series being close together. The posterior extremity of the segment is marked by a „ . ak^ t c^r JO J Fig. 96. Abdomen of SfiJicproma pen- prominent transverse elevation. todon^^f. nov. (xs). The inner immovable branch of the uropoda is narrow, elongate, and pointed posteriorly; it extends to the extremity of the abdomen. The outer mobile branch is provided on its lateral margin with five strong teeth. Both branches are of equal length. The first three pairs of legs are slender, and are furnished with long hairs. The other four pairs are somewhat stouter. Ten specimens were collected at Sausalito, California, by Dr. Ritter and party. This species is perhaps more closely allied to Spharoma sieboldii Doll- fus^ from Japan than it is to any of the known species of the genus from the Pacific coast of North America. It dififers, however, from that species in having a prominent transverse elevation on the posterior por- tion of the terminal segment, while in S. sieboldii the posterior part of the segment is distinctly concave ; in having five teeth on the lateral margin of the outer uropod, while in S. sieboldii there are seven ; in having fifteen joints to the flagellum of the second pair of antennae, while this organ in S. sieboldii has a flagellum composed of only ten joints ; in having two longitudinal series of four small tubercles, one on either side of the median line on the terminal abdominal segment, while in S. sieboldii the granulations on the caudal segment form, in the middle, two diver- gent lines ; and in having the body covered with minute granulations, while in S. sieboldii the granulations are strong and more prominent. The type is in the Museum of the University of California. The co- type is in the U. S. National Museum, Cat. No. 28,768. 1 Notes from the Leyden Museum, xi, pp. 93, 94, pi. 5, 1889. 2l6 RICHARDSON VALVIFERA or IDOTEOIDEA. Family IDOTEID^, CHIRIDOTEA ENTOMON (Linnseus). Oniscus entomon LlNN^us, Syst, Nat., lath ed., II, p. 1060, 1766.— PALLAS, Spicil. Zool., IX, p. 64, pi. V, figs. 1-6, 1772. {?)Entomon pyramidale Klein, Rem. sur les Crustaces, figs. 1-3. Squilla entomon De Geer, Mem. pour servir a I'Hist. des Insectes, VII, p. 514, pi. XXXII, figs, i-io, 1778. Asellus entomon Olivier, Encycl. Meth., p. 253, 1789. (?) Cymothoa entomon Fabricius, Ent. Syst., li, p. 505, 1793. Idotea etttomon Bosc, Hist. Nat. des Crust., ll, p. 178, 1802.— Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., Vl, p. 361, 1803-4; vil, pi. LVIll, figs. 2, 3.— (?) Lamarck, Hist, des Anim. sans Vert., ist ed., v, p. 159, 1818.— (?)Desmarest, Consid. Crust., p. 289, 1825. — Rathke, Neuste Schriften der naturf. Gesellsch. in Danzig, I, p. 109, pi. iv, 1820. — Krover, Vid. Selsk. Skrift., vil, p. 323, 1838. — MiLNE Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., ill, p. 128, 1840. — Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr., Il, p. 402, 1847. — White, List Cr. Brit. Mus., p. 93, 1847. — Brandt, Cr. in Middendorff's Sibirische Reise, 11, Pt. i, p. 145, 185 i. — Meinert, Nat. Tidsskr., 3d ser., xi, p. 84, 1877. — Brandt, Comptes Rendus, p. 713, 1880; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 98, 1880. (?) Sadiiria entomon Adams, in White, Sunderland's Voyage Baffin's Bay, etc.. Appendix, p. ccvii, 1852. Idotcsya longicauda LOCKINGTON, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., vil, Pt. l, p. 45, 1877. Glyptonotus entomon MiERS, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, xvi, pp. 12, 13, pi. I, figs. I, 2, 1883. (See Miers for above synonymy.) — RICHARDSON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 843, 1899. Localities.— ^t. Michael, Alaska (Dr. Ritter) ; Yakutat Bay, Alaska (Harriman Alaska Expedition). IDOTEA RESECATA Stimpson. Idotea resecata Stimpson, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vi, pp. 504, 505, pi. xxii, fig- 7j 1857; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 88, 1859. — MiERS, Jour. Linn. Soc. London, xvi, pp. 45, 46, 1883. — Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 844, 1899. Z^^a///>'.— Tomales Bay, California (Dr. Ritter and party). IDOTEA GRACILLIMA (Dana). Stenosoma graciHtmum Dana, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vil, p. 175. — Stimpson, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 505, 1857. Idotea gracillima Miers, Jour. Linn. Soc. London, xvi, p. 35, 1883. — Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 844, 1899. Locality. — California (Dana). The description of this species given by Professor Dana is very short and rather vague. He describes the body as extremely slender and ISOPODS 217 filiform, the thoracic segments subquadrate, head quadrate. He refers to the hnear post-abdomen, which is truncated at the apex, three- jointed, and marked on either side with a suture. The antenna are described as being a httle shorter than half the body, with a ten- to twelve-jointed flagellum. No figure of the form has ever been given. A species of Idotca was sent to the U. S. National Museum by Dr. Ritter. The specimens, which are eight in number, were collected by him at Bolinas, California. They are more closely allied to /. gmcillima than to any other known species of Idotea from the Pacific coast of North America. Until evidence can be given of their distinctness, I shall con- sider them identical with /. gracillima (Dana). Body slender, about seven times longer than wide,^ with the sides nearly parallel. Surface entirely smooth. Color in alcohol uniformly pinkish. A note referring to the color of the specimens in life states that they are green, brown, and striped. Head quadrate, with rounded antero-lateral margins, and a slight median excavation in the anterior margin. Eyes situated at the extreme lateral edge and about the middle of the head ; they are small but distinct. The first pair of antennae are four-jointed, and extend a little beyond the extremity of the second peduncular joint of the second pair of antennae. The second pair of an- tennae are equal to half the length of the body ; the last two joints of the peduncle are subequal ; in the smaller specimens the flagellum is composed of ten joints ; in the larger ones there are eighteen joints. The first thoracic segment is short in the middle but is produced antero-later- ally on either side ; it is not wider than the head. The second, third, and fourth segments are subequal in length and are ^'^•97- idotea gracinhna (V>zn^) {y^ i). longer than the first segment. The fifth, sixth, and seventh segments gradually decrease in length. The epimera of all the segments are ex- tremely narrow ; those of the second and third segments extend but half the length of the segment ; those of the fourth and fifth segments extend three fourths the length of the segment ; those of the last two segments extend the entire length of the segment. 1 The female is figured. The body is somewhat broader than in the male. 2l8 RICHARDSON The abdomen consists of three distinct segments, with suture lines on either side of another partly coalesced segment. The third or terminal Fig. 98. Idotea gracillima (Dana). Abdomen, showing variations in form. segment has subparallel sides to about the middle, where the segment gradually becomes narrower to a truncate extremity. On the posterior margin of the terminal segment is a faint indication of a double emargi- nation on either side of an obtuse median point. Legs small and slender and devoid of hairs. The five small specimens and one large one agree in having the ter- minal segment as described above. The two larger specimens show the emargination more distinctly, one of the specimens more so than the other. Figures showing all three variations are given. The specimens agree in all other characters. Dana's specimens were collected by Professor J. Le Conte on the coast of California. IDOTEA WOSNESENSKII Brandt. Idotea Tvosnesenskii Brandt, Middendorff's Sibirische Rcise, II, Pt. I, Crust., p. 146, 1851. Idotea hirtipes Dana, U. S. Expl. Exp., Crust., xiv, Pt. ll, p. 704, pi. XLVI, fig. 6, 1853. Idotea oregoncnsis Dana, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,vil, p. 175, 1854. Idotea wosnesenskii Stimpson, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., Vl, p. 504, 1857. Idotea wosnesenskii Spence Bate, Lord's Naturalist in British Columbia, il, p. 281, 1866. — MiERS, Jour. Linn. Soc. London, xvi, p. 40, 1883.— Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 846, 1899. Zoea/i ties. — Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island; Humboldt Bay on Popof Island; Yakutat ; Glacier Bay; Garforth Island in Muir Inlet, and Sitka, Alaska (Harriman Expedition). Beaver Cove on Vancouver Island (Harriman Expedition). Lands End, Calif. (Dr. Ritter and party). ISOPODS 219 IDOTEA STENOPS Benedict. Jdotea stenops Benedict, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, pp. 54, 55, 1898. — Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, p. 846, 1899. Locality not given (Dr. Ritter and party). IDOTEA OCHOTENSIS Brandt. Idotea ochotensis Brandt, Middendorfif's Sibirische Raise, ll, Pt. I, Crust., p. 145, pi. VI, fig. 33, 185 I. — MiERS, Jour. Linn. Soc. London, xvi, pp. 32-34, pi. I, figs. 8-10, 1883. — Richardson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 846, 1899. Zoca/i/ies. — Lands, End and Fort Point, California (Dr. Ritter and party). Humboldt Bay on Popof Island, Alaska (Harriman Alaska Ex- pedition). SYNIDOTEA RITTERI sp. nov. 2)'/>e from Lands End, San Francisco, Calif. Body ovate in outline. Color yellow, with markings of black ; terminal segment almost entirely black. Head with prominent rounded antero-lateral angulations, at base of which, and just above the eyes, is a conspicuous horn-like projection, hook-shaped, directed upward and forward, one on either side of the head. In the median excavation of the frontal margin on either side of the median line is a prominent tubercle. Between the eyes and in line with them on the posterior portion of the head are two low tubercles. The eyes are situated at the extreme lateral margins on the posterior portion of the head, and are somewhat elevated above the surface ; they are black and conspicuous, and composed of many ocelli. The first pair of antennae consist of four joints, the last joint clavate and fringed with hairs. The second pair of antennae have a five-jointed peduncle and a flagellum composed of eight joints ; the third joint of the peduncle has a prominent tubercle. The first four segments of the thorax are longer than the last three. The lateral parts of all the segments are widely expanded, with margins well rounded. The lateral parts are not ' ""^ ^ -^^ ^ 11""^" separated from the dorsal portion of the segments, but are ° Fig. 99. a. Head of Synidotea rtttert sp. nuv. v x, 14/ firmly anchylosed. b. UeadoiSyniJoieaconsolzdaiaiStimpson) (X >4)- The abdomen consists of one segment, with suture marks, one on either side, indicative of another pardy coalesced segment. The abdo- 220 RICHARDSON men tapers gradually to a broadly rounded extremity, which Is slightly excavate in the median Hne. The seven pairs of legs are but sparingly furnished with hairs. The upper half of the opercular valve is black, the lower half yellow. There are three longitudinal hues of low swellings on the body, one median, the other two placed one on either side of the median line. Only one specimen was taken at Lands End, California, by Dr. Ritter and party. This species is closely allied to Synidotea con- solidata (Stimpson),i but differs from that species in the shape and greater size of the tubercles in front of the eyes, the tubercles being hook-shaped and very prominent in S. ritteri and projecting far in front of the anterior margin of the head, while in S. consolidata they are small (Stimpson speaks of them as being minute), are not hooked, and do not project any considerable distance in front of the anterior margin of the head; in the greater size of the two median tubercles on the anterior division of the head (Stimpson does not mention these tubercles in his description, but in the specimens sent to the U. S. National Mu- sp. nov. (X lo). seum from Pacific Grove, California, by Mr. J. O. Snyder, and which Dr. James E. Benedict has identified with S. con- solidata and figured in his paper on the genus Synidotea^ these tuber- cles are present, but very minute) ; in the shape of the terminal segment of the body, it being much broader, and tapering very grad- ually to a broadly rounded extremity, which has a slight me- dian notch or excavation in S. ritteri, while in S. consolidata the terminal segment of the body is narrower and tapers to an extremity marked by two pronounced teeth or angulations separated by a deep median notch. Specimens of the same size were taken in making the above comparisons. iProc. Calif. Acad. Sci., I, p. 97, 1856; Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 503, 1857. 2Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 393, 1897. Fig. 100. Synidotea ritteri Fig. ioi. a. Abdomen of Synidotea ritteri %^. nov. (x 14)- b. Xhdomenoi Synidotea consolidata (Stimpson) (X 14)- ISOPODS 221 ASELLOTA or ASELLOIDEA. Family JANIRID.^. JANIROPSIS KINCAIDI sp. nov. Type from Yakutat Bay, Alaska, Color of body light brown, profusely and densely covered with black markings. Head wider than long; frontal margin nearly straight, with lateral angles rounded. Eyes large, black, situated some little distance from the lateral margin. First pair of antennae short ; flagel- lum consisting of only eight joints in the female, of ten in the male. Second pair of antennae lost in all the speci- X.i^^^^,!.!:!,'/ mens. Maxillipeds with palp consisting of five joints, the first three of which are very much dilated. First segment of thorax with lateral margins straight; epi- mera rather bilobed, and oc- cupying most of the lateral F1G..103. Maxiiiiped (X77)- margin of the segment. Second, third, fourth, and fifth segments with antero-lateral angles produced into rounded lobes, Epimera of second and third segments situated about the middle of the lateral margin ; those of the fourth and fifth segments occupying more of a posterior position on the lateral margin, Epimera of the last two segments situ- ated at the post-lateral angles of the segments. Abdomen broad, gradually becoming . Fig. 104. Last thoracic segment, ab- somewhat narrower toward the posterior domen, anduropoda(X4i)- extremity. Posterior margin produced in three lobes, two lateral lobes, one on either side of a broadly rounded median lobe ; the two lateral Fig. 102. Janiropsis kii caidisf. nov. (x 27). 222 RICHARDSON lobes are acute. The uropoda are short, not longer than half the length of the terminal segment of the body ; the basal segment is broad, quadrate in shape, and shorter than either branch ; the inner branch is somewhat longer than the outer one. The middle piece of the operculum in the male is very similar to the figure given by Sarsi of the type species of the genus, Janiropsis brevirejmis. It is produced and greatly dilated at the distal extremity. Nine specimens were obtained by the Harriman Expe- dition at Yakutat, Alaska. They were collected by T. Kincaid, after whom the species is named. Five females '°' Tx 77)'°^° and four males were collected. The legs of the first pair in the male are not greatly longer than the others ; they are longer in the type species of Janiropsis. Fig. io6. a. Middle piece of male operculum, h. Lateral plate of male operculum, c. Second pleopod of male. (All x 55)- The very short superior antennae with few articulations, the greatly dilated joints of the max- illipeds, the form and shape of the middle piece of the male operculum, with its dilated tip, and the shortness of the uro- poda, which are only half the length of the termi- nal segment of the body, are characters which un- doubtedly place this spe- cies with Ja7iiropsis Sars. Type in the U. S. Nat. Museum, Cat. No. 28,7 I 7. Fig. 107. a. Leg of first pair (X 41). *. Leg of second pair (X 4»). 1 Crustacea of Norway, 11, p. 102, 1899, ISOPODS 223 JANIROPSIS CALIFORNICA sp. nov. T}rella khicaidi. Ab.d. dorsal side of abdomen and last thoracic segment; Ab.v. ventral side of abdomen. with minute short spinules such as occur on the surface of the body, the hand of the second pair broadly ovate and furnished with a tooth at the upper end of the palm and a smaller tooth a little below the middle. Gills nearly round. Palm of the posterior peroeopods occupying three fourths of the posterior margin of the propodus, and defined above by a prominence bearing a pair of serrated spines. Penes median ; the suc- ceeding abdominal appendages apparently one-jointed. Length, 7 mm. This species is easily distinguished from most members of the genus by its short, stout, subequal antennae, the arrangement of spines on the head, and the very short first segment of the thorax. PYCNOGONIDA OF THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA PYCNOGONIDA OF THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA BY LEON J. COLE CONTENTS. Introduction 249 Geographical distribution 250 Classification and terminology 253 Key to the species 258 Systematic discussion of species 259 Bibliography 294 INTRODUCTION. The Pycnogonida collected by the Harriman Alaska Expedi- tion form the basis of the material described in the following pages. They were obtained by those members of the party who devoted their attention to the invertebrate forms, Professor W. E. Ritter, Dr. W. R. Coe, and Professor Trevor Kincaid ; I have also to thank Professor Kincaid for several specimens collected by him upon a previous trip to the Pribilof Islands, in 1897. In addition to the above, the Pycnogonida in the collection of the University of California, from various places along the California coast, were placed at my disposal. Finally several lots, also from California, were turned over to me by Dr. S. J. Holmes, to whom I am indebted for many courtesies. I have been generously permitted to include descriptions of all these forms, so that, with the exception of two previous notes, each describing a new species, of which one is included in the present collections, all that has been written on the littoral Pycnogonida of the west coast of North America will be found in this paper. (249) 250 COLE Of the two species previously described from the Pacific coast the first was established by Stimpson ('64) from a single speci- men, which he called AmmotJiea longicaitdata, collected in Puget Sound by the Northwest Boundary Commission. Stimpson's description of the species is preliminary and indeterminate; the fuller description and figures were never published. In 1892 Ives ('92) described a species of Pycnogomim from San Diego, California, which he named Pycnogomim stcarnsi, after the collec- tor. These constitute the references to the shore forms on the Pacific coast of North America. Schimkewitsch ('93) has de- scribed the deep-sea specimens collected by the Albatross in the Gulf of California and to the southward, none of which was taken in less than 660 fathoms of water, and in a previous paper (Schimkewitsch, '89) he describes the collections of the Vettor Pisafii, a part of which were made In the Gulf of Panama and at various places along the coast of South America. On the Atlantic coast of North America the chief systematic work has been done by Wilson ('78% '78^ '80, and '81). The collections here reported comprise altogether 108 speci- mens, of which 42 are adult males, 39 adult females, and 27 immature specimens. These represent 13 species, included in 9 genera. Specimens of all these species have been deposited in the Museum of the University of California, including the type specimens of those species which are here described for the first time. Duplicates, so far as possible, will be deposited in the United States National Museum. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. The available data are so meager that no very general conclu- sions can be drawn respecting the distribution of Pycnogonida on the Pacific coast. It may be worth while, however, to con- sider the question briefly, and to compare the results with what is known of the distribution of other groups in that region. The accompanying table shows graphically the distribution of the Pycnogonida known from the west coast, including the species reported from Puget Sound, which may possibly be synonymous with one of the species of Ammothea reported from Alaska. rVCNOGONIDS 251 7!F3 'oS^ia ^^5 : X X X '3A0J0 OyiJEJ X '. X '. >^ •J'FD '"D o3ici\[ UBS X : X : '.'.'.'. X '. ■J'l'^D '■O3O0SpUBJJ UBS 'pua spuBT '.'.'.'. X '. ■JJP3 ;o3 Buiouos 'H3B3a s.uonia X X X X ,.-B!UJ0j!iB3 ujsqjjojsi,, '. X \ : •J!P3 '03 iPIoquinH '3A03 aajpqg ^ M I •uoiSuiqsBAV 'punog jaSnj '.'.'.'. X '.'.'. '. •B^lSBiv 'punog uiBiiiiAV aouuj^ 'bojq '.'.XX •B>[SBiY 'dnoJO uiSEuinqg 'puBisi jodoj '.'.XX •B^isEiBUfl 'joqjEH qajna ; X X ; ■Bag Suuag 'dnoao jojiquj 'puEisi inej jg ^ ^ : : : : § • lilil ^ ^ 1 -5 -5 t? "^ zweite Segment dritte Segment letzte Segment seitliche Fortsatz Ilinterleib Augenhiigel Augen Schnabel Extremitat I erste Glicd zweite Glied =3 i 1 t 0 rt ta 8 1 si h a lateral process abdomen oculiferous tuber- cle eyes _ proboscis mandible basal joint of mandil)le second joint a cu i cephalic segment neck second trunk seg- ment third trunk seg- ment last trunk segment lateral process caudal segment oculiferous tuber- cle corneee proboscis cheliforus scape chela, or hand palm immovable finger movable finger palpus ■53 first segment of trunk {seg- mentuin corporis primum) neck {collum) second segment of trunk {seg- mentum corporis secun- dum) third segment of trunk {seg- mentum corporis tertium) fourth segment of trunk {seg- mentuin corporis quar- tuiii) lateral process {processus cor- poris lateralis) caudal segment {segmentuin caudate) oculiferous tubercle {tuber oculare) eyes proboscis {rostrum) cheliforus {cheliforus) scape {scapus) chela, or hand {chela) palm {paliiia) immovable finger {acumen v. digitus im mobilis) movable finger {pollex v. digitus mobilis) palp {palptis V. pes palpi- formis) i first trunk segment neck second trunk segment third trunk segment fourth trunk segment lateral process caudal segment eye tubercle eyes proboscis cheliforus scape chela palm immovable finger movable finger palp PYCNOGONIDS 257 accessory leg egg-mass leg second joint third joint fourth joint fifth joint sixth joint tarsus propodus II Extremitat III Eiersack Extremitaten IV-VII died I died 2 died 3 died 4 died 5 died 6 died 7 Tarsus] Hacke Sohle Kralle Nebenkrallen ovigerous leg egg-mass, or egg- packet leg second joint of leg third joint of leg fourth joint of leg fifth joint of leg sixth joint of leg first tarsal joint second tarsal joint 1 false leg terminal part of false leg egg-globe ambulatory leg first coxal joint second coxal joint third coxal joint femoral joint first tibial joint second tibial joint tarsus propodus ' lamellar expan- sion' ii ll ovigerous leg {pes otn/er) terminal part of the ovigerous leg {pars terminalis pedis 07.'iferi) egg-globe {globus ovorum) ambulatory leg {pes ambula- torius) first coxal joint {articulus coxalis primus) second coxal joint {articulus coxalis secundus). third coxal joint {articulus coxalis tertius) femoral joint {femur) first tibial joint {articulus tibialis prior) second tibial joint {articulus tibialis alter) first tarsal joint {articulus tarsalis prior) second tarsal joint {articulus tarsalis alter) claw {unguis) auxiliary claws {unguiculi auxiliaris) oviger terminal part of the oviger egg-nsass leg first coxal joint {c.\) second coxal joint {c.2) third coxal joint {c.i) femoral joint (/) first tibial joint {t.\) second tibial joint {t.2) first tarsal joint {ts.\) second tarsal joint {ts.2) heel sole claw, or terminal claw {cl.) auxiliary claws {aux. cl.) 258 COLE KEY TO THE SPECIES The following key is adapted only to the species of Pycno- gonida described in this paper, and is applicable only to adult forms. If a chelate specimen not positively known to be adult cannot be identified by it, the specimen may be an immature in- dividual and can perhaps be traced by considering it under A, forms with " Chelifori present, not chelate in adult." A. Chelifori present, not chelate in adult; palpi present; ovigera 10- jointed, present in both sexes (Ammotheid^). B. Body rather elongate, distinctly segmented ; lateral processes well separated; chelifori i -jointed; palpi 9-jointed [Lecyt/wrhyn- chus). C. Proboscis subcylindrical or elliptical, constricted in its middle third LecytJwrhytichus fnarginatus, p. 260 B'. Body more or less disciform ; segmentation often indistinct ; lateral processes approximated. C. Chelifori 2- or 3-jointed; palpi 8- or 9-jointed. D. Chehfori 2-jointed; palpi 8-jointed {Ammothea). E. Chelifori more than half as long as proboscis ; caudal seg- ment reaching at least to middle of second coxal joint of fourth pair of legs .... Ammothea lafi/rous, p. 263 E'. Chelifori less than half as long as proboscis. F. Proboscis narrow, fusiform; forms less than 4 mm. in length and 20 mm. in extent. G. Protuberance on dorsal side of first coxal joint about half as long as the joint; genital protuberance in male of about the same length. Ammothea alaskensis, p. 266 G'. Protuberance on dorsal side of first coxal joint fully three fourths as long as the joint; genital protu- berance in ^ only about half as long as protuberance on first coxal joint . . Ammothea gracilipes,^^. 26q F'. Proboscis broadly clavate, truncate at the apex ; forms over 4 mm. in length and 20 mm. in extent. Amitiothea prilnlofensis^ p. 270 D'. Chelifori 3-jointed ; palpi 9-jointed {AjumotheHa). E. Eye tubercle low, rounded ; first 2 or 3 trunk segments with a conical tubercle dorsally near the posterior border. AfiimotheUa tiihercidata, p. 273 E'. Eye tubercle tall, slender; caudal segment slender, curved, elevated, spinose ; first and second trunk segments with a pair of spines dorsally near the posterior border. Ammothella spinifera, p. 275 C. Chelifori usually i-, sometimes 2-jointed; palpi 6- or 7-jointed. {Taiiystylum^. PYCNOGONIDS 259 D. Chelifori 2-jointed .... Tanysiylum {iitermcdium, p. 278 C". Chelifori i-jointed; palpi 4-jointed; body very much shortened {Clotcnia) C. occidentalism \^. 2^\ A'. Chelifori present, chelate ; palpi absent ; ovigera present in the male only, 5- or 6-jointed {Phoxichilidiid^e). B. First trimk segment produced very little, or not at all, anteriorly beyond base of proboscis ; lateral processes well separated ; ovigera 5 -jointed [Phoxic/iilidiu/n) . . . F. femora tm/i, p. 283 B'. First trunk segment projecting somewhat anteriorly beyond base of proboscis ; body concentrated, lateral processes closely ap- proximated {Halosoma) H. viridintestinalis, p. 286 B". First trunk segment projecting well beyond base of proboscis, forming a slender neck ; body elongate, lateral processes well separated ; ovigera 6-jointed [Anoplodactyii/s). C. Caudal segment directed upward . Anoplodactylus erectiis, p. 289 A". Chelifori and palpi both absent; ovigera present in the male only [Pi 'CNOGONID^). B. Ovigera 9- or lo-jointed {Pycnogonuvi). C. Ovigera lo-jointed pycnogofium steanisi^^. 292 SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION OF SPECIES. PYCNOGONIDA. Family ACHELID^. Chelifori present, chelate in larva but not in adult ; palpi present ; ovigera lo-jointed, present in both sexes. Genus Lecythorhynchus Bohm ('79b). Corniger V>bwM.^ '79*, p. 186. Trunk rather stout, sutures well defined ; lateral processes rather short, well separated. Caudal segment moderately long, pointed upward. Eye tubercle slightly anterior to middle of first segment, pointed. Proboscis comparatively long, approximately cylindrical. Chelifori either i-jointed (mere knobs) or 2-jointed,i Palpi long, 9-jointed. Ovigera lo-jointed. Legs moderately long and stout; first tarsal joint very small ; second tarsal joint stout, curved ; claw strong ; auxiliary claws large. Remarks. — 'Q'6\v!X\. first named this genus Corniger, but later, finding that name untenable,^ changed it to the present one. Besides the species here described, the genus at present includes only the two species recorded by Bohm, both of which came from Japan. 1 In LecytJiorJiyiichus annatus Bohm. 2 " Da die Bezeichnung Corniger mdess bereits fiir eine Fischgattung vergeben ist, so mag dieselbe durch Lecythorhynchus ersetzt werden."— Bohm ('79^). 260 COLE LECYTHORHYNCHUS MARGINATUS sp. nov. Plate XI, figs. 1-2 ; plate xv, figs. i-8. Type. — ^, University of California, No. 19,501, San Pedro Point, California; ?, University of California, No. 19,502, Dillon's Beach, California. Trunk rather stout, second segment broadest ; sutures well defined ; lateral processes squarish, shorter than breadth of trunk segment ; the first pair projecting forward at an angle of about 45°, the second at a lesser angle, third pair projecting somewhat backward, and fourth pair still more so. There is in some cases an indication of a shght chitinous ridge on the mid-dorsal line of the lateral processes. Caudal segment comparatively long, about equal to second joint of palp, nearly vertical, subconical, with a small nodular projection on the an- terior side at the apex ; anal opening just posterior to this projection. Eye tubercle small, pointed, placed rather nearer to the bases of the chelifori than to the posterior border of the segment. Eyes dark, com- paratively large, crowded. Proboscis nearly as long as trunk, projecting obliquely downward, sub- cylindrical or elliptical, but constricted in the middle third, thus appearing somewhat swollen both behind and ahead of the middle; tapering gradually in the distal fourth to the rounded extremity. Chelifori short and rudimentary, thumb-like, simple, parallel or nearly so. Palpi arising nearly lateral to the chelifori, overreaching the proboscis by about half its length. Nine-jointed: j.\ short, square; j.2 three or four times as long ;y.3 short again likey.i, lying at middle of proboscis; /4 equal to j.2 ; i/'-S, 6, 7, 8, and 9 all short and rounded, altogether about equal in length to the two preceding joints; 7.5 slightly projecting. The palpi usually make a zigzag line due to a sharp bending downward at the third joint and a bend forward again at the fifth. There are a few small spines on the palpi, especially on the fifth and succeeding joints. Ovigera somewhat different in structure as well as in size in the two sexes. In the male they are about equal in length, when straightened out, to the length of the whole animal. First joint comparatively short and broad; j.2 about twice as long, more slender; third as long as first, slender like second ; fourth and fifth about equal to second ; sixth shorter ; seventh small, rounded, armed with a group of small backwardly pointing spines; jj.Z, 9, and 10 successively smaller and in line, buty'.S proceeds from the side of /y, thus forming a sharp angle at this place. These joints also have a few very small spines. The appendage as a whole is sigmoid- PYCNOGONIDS 26 1 ally curved. The ovigera of the female are noticeably smaller than those of the male ; the first three joints are somewhat similar, but the fourth is shorter in proportion, and from this point to and including the tenth they decrease more or less regularly in size. The eighth, ninth, and tenth fol- low in Hne with the seventh, in this way making the terminal part of the appendage straight instead of sharply bent as in the male. With the exception of the spines mentioned on the distal joints in the male, the ovigera of both sexes are practically smooth. The egg-masses are subglobular, fairly compact, and the eggs pro- portionately rather large. Legs somewhat over twice the length of the animal, comparatively rather stout. First coxal joint short; c.2 about twice as long as c.i, swollen on ventral side in distal third in both sexes, the genital opening being situated on this swelling; c.t, little longer than c.i ;/. about equal in length to the coxal region, distended somewhat by the developing eggs in the female ; in the male the so-called agglutinative gland opens on a slight prominence on the dorsal side about a fourth of the distance from the distal end of the femoral joint, this prominence not being present in the female; /.i and /,2 about equal in length, slightly shorter than/; ts.i very short, triangular; ts.2 stout, strongly arched; cl. falciform, about half as long as is.2 ; aux. cl. well developed, about half as long as cl. Convex proximal half of the inner (ventral) border of ts.2 (the * heel ') armed with 5 or 6 strong, somewhat distally curved spines ; concave distal half (the * sole ') beset with a close row of very small spines ; the dorsal border of the same joint bears a series of compara- tively long slender bristles. First tarsal joint armed with i or 2 strong and a number of short bristles. Tibial joints with a few scattered short bristles, especially on the dorsal margin ; a longer one near the distal end of each joint, while the femoral has 2 or 3 in a similar position. Aside from these the legs are almost smooth, though in some cases there are scattered hairs, especially on the basal joints. Along the mid-dorsal line of r.i, and sometimes extending on to the basal part of ^.2, is a chitinous ridge (' Chitinleiste,' Bohm, '79^, p. 188). Integument moderately thick, with numerous cavities ; mostly smooth, but with scattered microscopic bristles. Length of? : body 3 mm., proboscis 1.3 mm., caudal segment 0.4 mm., extent 20 mm. Male slightly smaller and more slender. This species has been found in three localities on the California coast, as shown in the accompanying table. Its range is undoubtedly more extensive than this, and it is not unlikely that it will be found in north- ern California and south to San Diego. 262 COLE SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot.i Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 10 San Pedro Pt., San Mateo Co.. Calif. I 3 Sept. 2, 1895 Univ. of Calif. i8 Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., Calif. 15 Dec. 29, 1898 20 Dillon's Beach, Sonoma Co., Calif. 15,1? Nov. 26, 1898 i?(r;//arZx— This species in a general way resembles Z. hilge?idorfi Bohm, but may readily be distinguished from that species by the differ- ently shaped proboscis, its length, absolute and relative to the palpi, the restriction of the chitinous ridges, which in that species extend to the ends of the legs, and, judging by Bohm's figures (Bohm, '79^, pi. 11, fig. 3 d), by the differently shaped and armed second tarsal joint, as well as by other marked differences. The structure of the ovigera in the male as compared with those in the female is worthy of notice, the more complicated bending and the arma- ture in the former being well adapted to keeping the egg-masses from slip- ping off. One of the males examined (collected on November 26) had a single egg-mass on one of this ovigera, while another specimen (collected September 2) was carrying eight rather bulky globules. As mentioned above, the females are somewhat stouter than the males, and in a specimen collected on December 29 large ova were to be seen in the second and third coxal and femoral joints. Genus Ammothea Leach ('14). Achelia Hodge, '64, p. 114. Trunk short, stout, seginentation usually suppressed ; lateral processes closely crowded, making the body appear more or less disciform ; first segment massive, with square frontal part. Caudal segment not sepa- rated from last trunk segment by a suture, narrow cylindric, usually horizontal. Eye tubercle near to the front of the first segment, strongly protuberant, with distinct eyes. Proboscis directed obliquely downward, constricted at the base, fusiform, often with an annular con- striction near the distal end. Chelifori in fully developed specimens very small, 2 -jointed, second joint globose. The chelifori are chelate in immature specimens. Palpi 8-jointed; y'.i andy.3 short; 7.2 andy.4 1 The numbers in thi.s column are those given to each lot of specimens of the same species and from the same locality ; the original numbers of the collectors, when there were such, are given in the column with the source. PYCNOGONIDS 263 longer. Ovigera relatively short, larger in the male than in the female ; without terminal claw, but with a few denticulate spines (rarely absent, cf. A. dohrni Thomson, '84, p. 244). Legs usually rather short, and robust in the female ; frequently spinous, usually more so in the male, especially on the basal joints ; femoral joint very broad in female, the outer corner more or less projecting in both sexes ; second tarsal joint strongly devel- oped, more or less curved, and with a few strong and several weaker spines on the inner margin ; terminal claw strong ; auxiliary claws usually well developed. Genital openings of female on second coxal joint of all 4 pairs of legs ; those of the male at the apex of prominent projections on the corresponding joints of the third and fourth pairs of legs only. Remarks. — The genus Ammothca was first established by Leach to include certain forms having chelate chelifori ; later Hodge gave the name Achelia to some very similar Pycnogonids, which had, however, rudimentary 2-jointed chelifori; but Dohrn ('81, p. 134) and others since have shown conclusively that Achelia represents merely the fully developed individuals of Amtnothea. Dohrn believes that the following genera — Phafwdemiis Costa, Pephredo Goodsir, Pasithoe'^ Goodsir, Endcis Philippi, Paribcca Philippi, Platychehis Costa, and Akinoiis Costa— should also be considered as synonyms of this genus. It is possible that A. lofigicaudata Stimpson is identical with one of the species described here, and if so it is probably with A. latifrons. (See ' Remarks ' under that species, p. 266.) I have been unable to examine the description of A. horcalis given by Schimkewitsch ('95) in a paper on the Pycnogonida of the White Sea, in order to compare with it the forms collected in Alaska, so that there remains a possibihty that one of these may be the same as that described by him.2 AMMOTHEA LATIFRONS sp. nov. Plate XI, fig. 3 ; plate xvi, figs. 1-9; plate xvii, figs. 1-3. Type. — ^ and $ , University of California, No. 19,503, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea. Trunk broad, especially anteriorly, each outer corner having an erect conical protuberance armed with a few spines, short, tapering posteriorly in a V-shape, smooth ; sutures indistinct anteriorly, obsolete posteriorly ; lateral processes very closely crowded, nearly twice as broad distally, 1 Sars ('gi, p. 137) considers PasitJioe a.% probably distinct, and uses it as the type of a family, the Pasithoidae, including with it one other genus, Colossendcis. 2 Subsequent comparison with Schimkewitsch's description shows that A. borcalis is distinct from the species described in this paper. 264 COLE where there are on the dorsal border three nodular processes, each armed with one or more spines. Caudal segment very long and narrow (as long as proboscis), reaching a little beyond the middle of the second coxal joint of the posterior pair of legs ; not marked off from trunk by a suture ; directed somewhat down- ward ; dorsal outline irregular and armed with a number of stout spines. Eye tubercle on the extreme anterior edge of the first trunk segment, moderately high, cylindrical ; apex obtusely conical ; eyes rather large, near the apex. Proboscis about as long as trunk to base of caudal segment, broadly elliptical, truncated at the extremity ; dorsal border more convex than ventral as seen from side ; without circular constriction, but with distinct longitudinal ribs. Chelifori considerably over half the length of the proboscis, stout ; first joint reaching at least to middle of proboscis ; tuberculated on the dorsal side, the tubercles armed with spines; second joint small, spherical, with I or 2 spines. The chelifori are not parallel, being bowed outward in the middle. Palpi 8-jointed, overreaching the proboscis by nearly a third of its length; j.2 and /4 long, others short; j.2 somewhat longer than 7.4, proximal joints sparsely armed with a few rather long bristles ; outer side of distal joints densely crowded with somewhat shorter ones. Ovigera considerably different in the two sexes. Oviger of female about as long as palp; j.\ short and broad; j.2 issuing somewhat from the side of/.i ; jj.2 and 3 about equal, longer than/.i ; jj.\ and 5 about equal, longest; jj.(> to 10 successively smaller ; / 10 very small, rounded; jj.'], 8, 9, 10 each armed with two denticulate spines; jj.^^ and 6 with a few small bristles. Oviger of male nearly twice as long as that of female ; j.\ squarish; j.2 longer thany.i ; both^'.i and 2 broader than the suc- ceeding joints ;y.3 longer thany.2;y.4 andy.5 about equal, longer than j-2>\jj-^ to 10 successively smaller, except/.g, which is longer thany.S; y.io small and furnished with 2 denticulate spines, while y.g has at least I ; no denticulate spines could be discerned on the preceding joints. Joints 4 to 7 are armed with short, backwardly projecting spines in rows, while the succeeding joints have only 2 or 3 simple bristles each. Terminal part of the oviger strongly incurved. External egg-masses rather small, globular. So far as observed, but one mass on each oviger. Legs relatively short, rather less than twice the length of the body ; C.2 not much longer than c.\ and c.i\ c.\ with 3 tubercles on its dor- sodistal edge, each armed with spines ; /. rather shorter than coxal region, PYCNOGONIDS 265 especially broad in the female, where it may equal the width of the pro- boscis ; at the dorsodistal border is a long conical protuberance armed with a strong spine which usually projects distally ; t.i and /.2 equal, stout ; all these joints armed more or less densely with moderate spines, which are longer, however, on the dorsal side of Ai and t.2. First tarsal joint small, subtriangular, with short, even spines; ts.2 moderately strong, arcuate, armed dorsally and on the sides with rows of slender spines, and ventrally with 3 strong spines at the heel and a row of very short ones along the sole; cl. about one half /s.2.; aux. cL well developed, half as long as cl. In the male the genital projection on the ventrodistal side of c.2 of the 2 posterior pairs of legs is pronounced and thumb-like, and provided with i or 2 slender bristles. As is charac- teristic of the genus, the genital openings of the female are in a corre- sponding position on all 4 pairs of legs, but are not situated on similar protuberances. Length about 4 mm., extent 16 mm.; the two sexes nearly the same size. Lnmature specimens. — Yomx immature specimens of this species were examined, two from each locality where the form was taken. They are but Httle smaller than the adults, which they closely resemble, but are provided with chelate chelifori (pi. xvii, fig. i), and the ovigera are very short, with indistinct articulations (fig. 2). It is interesting to note that the denticulate spines are already forming in this early stage, in a space beneath the outer cuticle (fig. 3), and at the next moult would probably be free. If any of these specimens were males there was no trace at this stage of the genital protuberances ; in fact, the genital openings were not distinguishable at all. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. I 4 St, Paul Island, PribiIof.s Dutch Harbor, Unalaska 2j^, 3$, 2 jUV. ij^, 3?, 2juv. 1897 July, 1899 Prof. Kincaid (123) H. A. E. (Prof. W. R. Coe) Remai-ks. — Whereas Anmwthea alaskensis may be taken as the repre- sentative of A. IcEvis (Hodge) in the Western Hemisphere, A. latifrons more closely approaches those forms grouped about the European species A, echinata (Hodge). It may readily be distinguished from any described species, however, by its very broadly elliptical proboscis and the long, knobby chelifori and caudal segment. This species is about twice the size of A. echinata. 266 COLE The description of Ammothea longicaudata Stimpson ('64, p. 159) will apply in most respects to A. latifrons, but the description is so generic that it would apply almost equally well to a number of other species. Furthermore, Stimpson's single example was evidently an immature speci- men, and if, as he says, the palpi were 9-jointed,i it is not unlikely that it belongs properly in the genus Ammothella. On the whole it seems best to regard it as a distinct species until further material from the region of Puget Sound shall enable us to settle the question. All the specimens of A. latifrotis had a quantity of foreign material entangled in the spines ; those in the lot from Dutch Harbor especially were covered with this debris, containing, among other things, small brownish stalked bodies (similar ones are not infrequent on Pycnogonida) and groups of small cases appearing much like egg-cases of some ani- mals, possibly the same as those referred to by Hoek ('81^, p. 143). AMMOTHEA ALASKENSIS sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 4; plate xvii, figs. 4-12. Type.— 3 and ? , University of California, No. 19,505, Orca, Alaska. Trunk short, stout, smooth ; sutures very indistinct ; first segment square in front, affording a broad attachment for the chelifori and palpi ; lateral processes about equal to width of body, larger distally, and closely approximated, so that the body appears nearly circular in outline ; a small protuberance with a short spine on the dorsal side of each process near the distal end. Caudal segment long, narrow, somewhat smaller proximally, reaching to about the middle of the first coxal joint of the posterior pair of legs ; with 3 or 4 small spines near the apex and a large bristle on the dorsal side. Eye tubercle low, conical ; the posterior side more slanting and with more of a 'hip.' Eyes large, at about the middle of the tubercle; no noticeable difference in size. Proboscis about as long as trunk to base of caudal segment, distinctly fusiform in dorsoventral view, strongly convex on dorsal side and more nearly straight on ventral when viewed laterally ; with a more or less irregular annular constriction about a fourth of its length from the apex. Chelifori considerably less than half the length of the proboscis ; first joint with a considerable triangular projection distally on the dorsal side, terminating in a small bristle ; second joint small, globular, arising some- 1 " Chelate ' antennae ' much shorter than the proboscis ; their slender lower branch, however, is much longer, nine jointed,not tapering, and with blunt extremity" (loc. ciL). PYCNOGONIDS 267 what from the inner side of the first. Both joints unarmed, exxept as noted above. Palpi 8-jointed, longer than proboscis: j.\ short and broad, and apt not to be seen when the animal is viewed from above; j.2 much longer and more slender, enlarging somewhat distally ; j.t, short and small ; j.\ about equal toy. 2 ; jj.t^ to 8 small, rounded, rather densely armed on the ventral side with strong bristles ; the preceding joints with only 2 or 3 bristles. Ovigera of female about as long as palpi: j.x short, broad, longer on inner side; j.2 longer, arising well down on the outer side ofy.i, triangu- lar, broad at the distal end; 7.3 equals y.i ; 7.4 somewhat longer, about equals y.2 ; y.5 equalsy.4, broader; jj. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are usually turned back on the basal joints so that the appendage forms a simple hook ; the diameter gradually decreases from 7.5 to 7.10; 7/'.6, 7, 8 rounded; 7.9 longer ; 7.10 very small and not always very distinctly marked off. The tenth joint is armed with 2 feather-hke denticulate spines ; there are apparently! 2 also on each 7.9 and/.S, while there is at least i on 7.7. Joint 9 has a strong, straight, backwardly pointing spine on the dorsal side; on the other distal joints there are a few short, simple spines; the proximal part is unarmed. Oviger of male about twice the size of that of the female ; the general form of the joints much the same, except that they are much longer in proportion to the width ; arrangement of denticulate spines about as in female ; corresponding long spine on back of 7.9 ; but7/".4 to 8 have quite a number of long slender bristles, which are especially abundant on the outer side of 7.6. There is also a row of some 8 or 9 short, stout, recurved spines on the side of/ 5, while the proximal joints of the oviger have more of a tendency to be hairy than in the female. Terminal part of oviger strongly incurved. Ova were observed in the femoral joint of the female,' but no external egg-masses were found. Legs comparatively rather stout, appearing especially so in the female, where the femoral joint is very broad. First coxal joint short, with a long, slender dorsal protuberance; c.2 only a little longer than c.\\ c.t, equals c.\ ; /., /.i, and t.z each about equal in length to coxal region ; /. has at its dorsodistal comer a conical protuberance with a short spine; ts.\ small, triangular; ts.2 strongly developed, somewhat arched; heel not prominent, but there are 3 or 4 strong spines at this place ; sole with a series of smaller spines, while there is a row of more slender ^ The margins of these spines are so delicate and thin that when they chance to lie over or under the appendage on the slide it is exceedingly difticult to distinguish them from ordinary simple spines. 26^ COLE bristles along the dorsal curve ; cl. strong, fully half as long as /y.2, but slightly curved; aux. cl. well developed, half as long as cL Legs of female nearly smooth, a few small bristles, especially on the dorsal side of/., /.I, and /.2 ; male considerably more spiny, especially on coxal joints. Length of male about 3 mm., extent about 13 mm.; female slightly smaller. As shown in the following table, the localities at which this species was taken were two— Orca, in Prince William Sound, and Popof Island, in the Shumagin group. Those at Orca were found on Thuiaria turgida Clark. 1 SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 6 7 25 Popof Id., Alaska Popof Id., Alaska Orca, Alaska I? I? July, 1899 July 8, 1899 June, 1899 H. A. E. (Prof. Kincaid) (113) H. A. E. (Prof. W. E. Ritter) H. A. E. Remarks. — This species resembles Ammoihea Icevis (Hodge) as de- scribed by Sars ('91, p. 124, pi. xiii, fig. 2, a-m), especially in lacking the very spiny character of many of the species of the genus. It appears, however, to be distinct from A. Icevis. Among other differences may be noted the following: A. alaskensis has but one protuberance on the lateral processes, in place of two ; the eye tubercle is much smaller, with the eyes of the same size; the proboscis is considerably larger in proportion and of a different shape ; the chelifori are not half as long as the proboscis, and the basal joint has a prominent dorsal process ; the second joint of the palpi is not shorter than the fourth ; the auxiliary claws are much better developed. A. alaskensis is also about twice the size oi A. la:vis. No immature specimens of A. alaskensis were found. Rather thickly scattered over the surface of one of the specimens from Orca, and especially on the palpi, was observed a peculiar elliptical diatom, and it was of interest that the same form was found on one of the specimens from Popof Island, some six or seven hundred miles to the westward. Two or three other species of diatoms were also clinging to the latter. The first-mentioned diatom has also been observed on other species of Pycnogonida. 1 1 am indebted to Professor C. C. Nutting for the identification of this Hydroid. PYCNOGONIDS 269 AMMOTHEA GRACILIPES sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 5 ; plate xviii, figs. 1-6. Type. — 5 and $, University of California, No. 19,506, Lands End, San Francisco County, California. Trunk rather broad, tapering rather abruptly behind the third lateral processes, smooth, broader anteriorly, where the lateral corners are pro- duced into rounded, unarmed tubercles ; sutures indistinct ; lateral processes close together, about as long as breadth of trunk, even vi^ith second pair, abruptly narrowed in proximal half, and with a small dorsal tubercle at the distal end. Caudal segment moderately long, reaching at least to the end of the first coxal joint of the fourth legs, curved upward, and usually some- what bifid as seen in lateral view ; smooth. Eye tubercle short, bluntly conical, and but slightly hipped. Eyes rather large ; at base. Proboscis about as long as trunk to base of caudal segment ; rather narrow as seen from above and broadest at about the middle ; from the side, broadest beyond the middle and more nearly straight on ventral side. Chelifori somewhat less than half the length of the proboscis ; scape short and thick, produced into a small dorsal tubercle at the distal end ; second joint about half as long as scape, oval. Palpi 8-jointed, but little longer than the proboscis; jj.\ and 3 short; jj.2 and 4 long, equal; ^'.5, 6, 7, 8 short, rounded, bulging somewhat ventrally, where each is armed rather densely with short bristles ; first four joints nearly unarmed. Ovigera of female about as long as palpi ; j.\ short, square ; 7.2 longer ; /.3 equal to j.\ ; j.\ as long as 7.2, broader distally; j.^ longest ;y.6 smaller than 7.7 ; jj.Z and 9 successively smaller; /lo very minute ;yy.7, 8, 9, 10 each provided with a pair of denticulate spines; aside from this the appendage is practically unarmed. Ovigera of male about one and three fourth times as long as that of female; j.\ short and thick; j.z twice as long but of the same diameter; 7.3 still longer, narrower; 7,4 slightly shorter than7".3 \jj. 5 and 6 about equal, each about as long as/.i ; 7.7 projecting somewhat at its outer distal corner; 7.8 small; 7.9 shghtly longer; 7.10 minute. The only denticulate spines distinguished were two on 7*. 10. The third joint and those comprising the terminal part of the oviger have a few scattered bristles along the side of greater curvature, while/. 7 has a clump of 4 or 5 at its distal end. Eggs relatively large (about 0.13 mm. in diameter), in small balls with 270 COLE 6 or 8 eggs in a ball; the male may have from lo to 15 of these masses on each oviger. Legs about twice as long as body, rather slender, especially in the male; c.i with an especially long finger-like projection on its dorsal side, nearly as long as the joint itself; c.2 about half again as long as ^.i ; r.3 equals c.\\ f. broader in the female, with the conical projection and spine characteristic of the genus at its distal end; t.x and t.2 each about equal to /, outer border uneven and armed with scattering short spines; ts.i nearly unarmed; ts.2 large and stout, nearly as long as /.2, well arched, with a few small spines on the dorsal side ; heel with 3 rather strong, dis- tally ciu-ved spines ; a row of short, slender spines along the sole beyond it; cl. stout and but httle curved, half as long as ts.2 ; aux. cl. well devel- oped, half as long as cl. Except as mentioned, the leg is almost free of armature ; there are a few short spines on c.2 and c.^. Length 1.5 mm. to 2 mm.; extent about 8 mm. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 9 12 Lands End, San Francisco Co., Calif. Oakland Creek, Calif. 23.1? 2 5 , 20 juv. Feb. 8, 1899 March, 1899 Univ. of Calif. Univ. of Calif. Remarks.— 'Y\\.Q present species of Ammothea was much the smallest representative of the genus in the collections. In size it compares with A. echinata of Europe. This species is described from the 3 speci- mens from Lands End (Lot 9) ; the specimens from Oakland Creek (Lot 12) differ slightly from these, but with the material at hand it did not seem advisable to separate them as a subspecies. The process on the first coxal joint is not so long, while the chelifori and caudal seg- ments are apparently a little longer in proportion. With Lot 12 there are 20 immature specimens in various stages of development, and all with chelate chelifori. There were two species of Hydroids in the bottle with Lot 12, among which the Pycnogonids were probably collected. These were identified by Professor Nutting, one as Obelia dichotoma, the other as Obelia gela- tinosa or a closely related species. AMMOTHEA PRIBILOFENSIS sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 6 ; plate xviii, figs. 7 and 8 ; plate xix, figs. 1-8. Type.— $, and ? , University of California, No. 19,507, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea. Trunk broad, not markedly tapering posteriorly, unarmed; antero- PYCNOGONIDS 27 I lateral corners produced, rounded, smooth; sutures indistinct; lateral processes crowded, about as long as breadth of trunk in median part, much broader distally, where they have on the dorsal border two small tubercles which bear a few short bristles. On the first lateral process one of these tubercles is usually much reduced (pi. xix, fig, 2). Caudal segment moderately long, reaching to the posterior border of the first coxal joint of the fourth pair of legs, narrow, curved slightly upward, and continued more or less into an upward projection at the tip ; possessing a few minute bristles. Eye tubercle slightly back from the anterior margin of the first trunk segment, moderately high, sharply pointed, nearly straight on the ante- rior border, sloping and with a slight hip posteriorly. Eyes dark ; at the base of the tubercle. Proboscis large, equal in length to femoral joint of leg, broadly cla- vate, truncate at the apex, usually bent far over so as to be directed downward ; roughly triangular in section, tlius appearing from the side much more convex on the dorsal border. Without circular constriction. Chelifori barely one third as long as proboscis ; scape short and com- paratively thick, produced dorsally at the distal end into a considerable projection ; second joint nearly half as long as first, elliptical. The cheliforus is unarmed except for a few very short bristles at the end of the scape. Palpi 8-jointed ; when fully extended distal 4 joints reaching beyond the proboscis; jj.\ and 3 short; jj.2 and 4 long, equal; ^'.5, 6, 7, 8 short, the first three of these triangular, being much broader at the distal end, the next distal joint in each case articulating at the dorsal side, thus leaving a rounded projection below, which is bristly with short spines; y.8 elliptical, similarly armed. Joints 2 and 3 have a few rather stout bristles at their distal ends, and a row of similar bristles extends along the dorsal side of 7.4. Ovigera of female about as long as palpi: j.\ short and broad; 7.3 short; yy.2, 4, and 5 longer and broader than 7.3 ; _//. 6 to 10 gradually diminishing in size; 7/'. 7 to 10, at least, with two denticulate spines each ; appendage otherwise unarmed except for a few scattered minute spines. Oviger of male nearly twice as long as that of female ; j.\ short, broad; j.2 two or three times as long, also broad; jj.^y and 4 somewhat longer than 7.2, but more slender; 7.5 nearly as long as y.4, broader again ;y.6 shorter, about as broad ^'^ j-^\ jj-l to 10 decrease gradually in size and diameter, except that 7.9 is longer than y.8. Denticulate spines, two in number, were observed only on 7.10. The terminal part of the oviger is turned sharply inward and curved back upon itself. 272 COLE Joints 3 to 8 are provided, mostly on the outer curve, with rather long, closely set bristles, which tend to turn backward for the most part, ex- cept on/ 3. Eggs carried by the male in numerous small pear-shaped masses, which are attached to the ovigera by short thread-like stalks. One male may carry between 30 and 40 of these masses, in each of which there are relatively few eggs. Legs about twice as long as body: c.i short, square, provided on the dorsodistal border with a strong median protuberance which has on each side of it a smaller projection bearing a few short bristles and forming the cuter corners of the joint (pi. xix, fig. 2) ; c.2 nearly twice as long as c.i, bearing in the male on the third and fourth legs, in the usual position, a long thumb-like genital projection, about half as long as the joint from which it arises, considerably broader distally than proximally, and rather thickly beset with long slender bristles ; ^.3 shorter again. Femoral joint about equal to coxal region, of the usual shape, much broader in the female and with a rounded protuberance distally on the dorsal edge ; /.i and t.2 about equal to each other and to /. in length, but of smaller diameter than the last ; ts. i small, triangular, rounded below ; ts. 2 stout, over half as long as t.2, rather strongly arcuate; heel hardly differentiated, but there are 3 rather strong, distally curved spines at this point; sole armed with comparatively long, thickly set bristles which extend back on to the heel (fig. 5). Claw about half as long as fs.2, but slightly curved ; aux. cL well developed, half as long as cl. All the joints beyond c. I beset with more or less scattered short bristles ; these are consider- ably longer and thickly crowded on the ventral side of c.t, and the proximal end of/. Length 6 mm. to 7 mm., extent fully 30 mm. ; the two sexes about the same size. Color in alcohol yellow to dark brown. Integument thick ; cuticular cavities large and numerous. Immature specimen.— 'WvQXt. was with Lot 2 one immature specimen, about two thirds the size of the adult animals, and with chelate chelifori ; the chelae rather stout and strongly forcipate (fig. 3). The ovigera were small and undeveloped. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 2 23 St. Paul Island, Pribilofs St. Paul Island, Pribilofs 2c?, 3$. I juv. Aug. 10, 1897 1897 Prof. Kincaid (121) Prof. Kincaid (123) PYCNOGONIDS 273 J^emarh.— As sho\vn in the table above, this remarkably large repre- sentative of the genus Anwwthea has been found only at St. Paul Island, presumably in shallow water. Besides by its large size, it may be dis- tinguished by its relatively very large and peculiarly shaped proboscis, the nearest approach to which would seem to be found in this genus in A. magnicep Thomson ('84, p. 244, pi. xv, figs. 1-5, and pi. xvi, fig. 3). Genus'Ammothella (Verrill). Ammothea (in part). Ainmothella (subgenus) Verrill, :oo, p. 581. Similar in most respects to Ammothea, from which it differs principally in the fact that the trunk is usually proportionately broader and dis- tinctly segmented, the chelifori 3-jointed,i and the palpi 9-jointed (some- times lo-jointed?), while the femoral joint lacks the projection at its distal and always present in Ammothea proper. Remarks. — Dohrn ('81) described three species of Pycnogonida from the vicinity of Naples which present the characters outlined above, but he included them all in the genus Ammothea. Recently Verrill (:oo, p. 581) has reported a species from the Bermudas which is very insufficiently described, but which agrees with the forms reported by Dohrn except that, according to Verrill, the Bermuda specimen has lo-jointed palpi. Verrill named his specimen ^'Ammothea (?) rugulosa" and, evidently be- cause it differed from typical Ammothea in the number of joints in the palpi, made a new subgenus for it which he called Ammothella. From a study of the specimens described in this paper I believe that they, to- gether with Verrill's species and the three species A. appeiidiculata, A. tvii-unguicuhita and A. bi-unguictihita of Dohrn may properly be put into a genus distinct from the restricted Ammothea, and to this I give the name Ammothella proposed as a subgeneric name by Verrill. AMMOTHELLA TUBERCULATA sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 7 ; plate xx, figs. 1-6. Type.— ?, University of California, No. 19,508, Northern California. Trunk broad, elliptical, segmentation clearly marked ; anterior corners produced into short rounded tubercles ; the first, second, and third seg- ments each with a conical tubercle dorsally near its posterior border (this was lacking on the third segment in one of the specimens. Lot 22), anterior of these tallest, decreasing in height posteriorly ; lateral processes short, only half as long as breadth of trunk, closely crowded, somewhat broader 1 Dohrn ('81, p. 154) considers the chelifori 2-jointed and explains the 3-jointcd appearance by saying: " Sie ist auf weit ausgezogenen Basalstiicken eingelenkt." 274 COLE distally, where the dorsal comers are continued into 2 short, knob-Hke processes. Caudal segment moderately long, curved slightly upward, reaching slightly past the middle of the second coxal joint of the fourth pair of legs ; narrow, swollen distally, slightly bifid at the apex as seen from above ; armed with a few short bristles and a longer one on the dorsal side. Eye tubercle moderate, taller than the dorsal tubercles, bluntly rounded. Eyes of good size ; near the apex. Proboscis equals trunk to base of caudal segment, broadly ovate, some- what narrower in side view. Chehfori over half as long as proboscis ; second joint about equal to first, clavate, with a number of short bristles at its distal end ; third joint short, less than half as long as second, subchelate, the somewhat triangular pieces representing the fingers of the chela probably being the rudiments of those organs in the larva. The third joint has one short spine. Palpi 9-jointed ; when [fully extended but htde longer than the pro- boscis, about 3 joints reaching beyond its tip; jj.\ and 3 short; jj.2 and 4 longer; 7.2 somewhat longer thany.4 ; jj.c^ to 9 short and decreas- ing gradually in size, subtriangular, being bulged ventrally toward their distal ends, and here armed with numerous short bristles. The fourth joint has scattered similar bristles ; the remaining (basal) joints practically unarmed. Ovigera of the female equal to the palpi in length ; y.i short ; 7.2 longer ; y.3 shorter again ; jj.\ and 5 longest, each about equal to/.i +7.2 ; jj.6^ 7, and 8 successively smaller; 7.9 larger again, about equal to 7.7 ; 7.10 very small, and armed with 2 denticulate spines, as is also the case with 7.9 and 7. 8. Aside from this the appendage is almost unarmed, except for 3 or 4 short curved spines on 7.6. Legs stout, somewhat less than twice as long as body; c.\ short, square, with a short rounded protuberance dorsally; c.2 longer, consid- erably narrower at proximal end, where it joins c.\, somewhat bulged dis- tally b'elow ; r.3 equals c.i ; f. comparatively short and broad, without the thumb-like protuberance at the distal end usual in Afn?not/iea, but with several bristles at this point and scattered along its dorsal border ; shorter than coxal region; f.i and /.2 each about equal to/., both with more or less wavy dorsal borders, where they have a row of bristles of irregular size; ts.i not unusual, armed with a few small bristles, especially ven- trally; ts.2 equals about four fifths of /.2, rather stout, but shghdy arcu- ate ; with a row of small bristles dorsally, 3 stout spines on the heel, and a row of short slender spines along the sole. Claw half as long as ts.2, rather strongly curved ; aux. cl. about half as long as cl. PYCNOGONIDS 275 Length of female 1.8 mm., extent about 9.5 mm. Color in alcohol light yellowish. General appearance clean and smooth. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 22 27 "Northern California" Dillon's Beach, Sono- ma Co., Calif. I? I? 1893 Nov. 26, 1898 Dr. S. J. Holmes Univ. of Calif. Remarks. — Both of the specimens at hand were females; in one ova could be distinguished in the second and third coxal and femoral joints of the legs, while in the other the character of the ovigera and the fact that genital openings could be plainly distinguished in the usual place on all four pairs of legs left no doubt of its sex. AMMOTHELLA SPINIFERA sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 8 ; plate xx, figs. 7-9 ; plate xxi, figs. 1-6. Type. — $ , University of California, No. 19,509, San Diego, California. Trunk broad, not especially tapering, the outer anterior corners with- out prominent protuberances ; segmentation distinct ; i or 2 short spines at the base of the eye tubercle, and a longer one on each side of the mid-dorsal line on the posterior border of the first and second segments. Lateral processes well separated, comparatively short, about half as long as breadth of body at second segment, somewhat swollen distally, with a short spine dorsodistally and usually one to each side on the distal border. Caudal segment long, slender, about equal to first 2 trunk segments, projecting upward at an angle of about 45O, slightly arched ; armed with several slender spines, those on the dorsal border especially long. Eye tubercle narrow, high, erect ; about two thirds as long as caudal segment, v/ith a sharp angle or hip on each side as seen in antero-poste- rior profile ; eyes large, dark, situated at the tip of the tubercle. Proboscis about as long as trunk, rather broadly fusiform, as broad as trunk between the first and second lateral processes. Chelifori long, reaching to within a short distance of the tip of the proboscis ; first joint nearly as long as second ; second joint clavate ; both this and the first armed with a few short spines. Terminal joint small, rounded, bituberculate, showing evidence of its former chelate condition ; armed with i or 2 short spines. Palpi 9-jointed, fully half again as long as proboscis: jj.\ and 3 short; 2^6 COLE JJ.2 and 4 longer, /4 being longer than J.2 ; /s longer than 7.3, about half as long as/ 2 ; /6 longer than/s, fully half as long as/4 ; J-1 small, shorter than/5 ; /8 slightly longer than/7 ; /g longer than/.8 ; JJ.c,, 6, 7, 8 somewhat clavate, the succeeding joint being in each case articu- lated at the dorsal side of the broad distal end of the joint preceding it. The palp is armed with short, rather stout spines, especially along the ventral side of the distal 5 joints. Ovigerof female measures somewhat less than fully extended palp: /i short; J. 2 considerably longer; J.2> slightly longer than/i ; /4 longest, about twice as long as/3 ! J-S shorter again ; y.6 still shorter ; /7 longer than/6 but shorter than/5 ; /8 about equal to/6; /q about equal to /7 ; /lo very small, rounded. Joint 10 has two rather large denticulate spines, /9 at least one, and/8 two smaller ones ; besides this the terminal joints of the oviger may bear i or 2 short simple spines, while the re- mainder of the appendage is unarmed. Legs about twice as long as body ; c. i short, armed distally with i to 3 or 4 short, stout spines; c.2 about twice as long as c.i, considerably broader distally; r.3 about as large as c.2\ f. about as long as coxal region, but little broader than r.3, and without a projection dorsodistally ; /.I equals/./ i.2 somewhat longer ; both with a more or less irregular wavy dorsal margin; ts.x rather long in proportion to its breadth, termi- nating dorsally in a well-marked 'lappet'; ts.2 somewhat less than half as long and nearly as broad as /.2, of about the same width throughout, and slightly arcuate ; armed dorsally with 5 or 6 long slender spines and several shorter ones ; heel with 3 short stout spines which project slightly distally ; sole with a comb-like series of much shorter spines ; d. less than half as long as is. 2, the dorsal surface curved about evenly, the ventral straight proximally and curved near the tip ; aux. cL over half as long as cL, slender. Length 1.8 mm., extent about 8 mm. Specimens of a dark brownish color, due chiefly to adhering dirt ; light brown when this is removed. Integument thin and cuticular cavities scattered. Immature specimen nearly as large as adults, more slender; chelifori chelate (pi. xxi, fig. 4) ; chelae slender, strongly curved, crossing one another at tip ; ovigera short, not fully developed. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 14 .San Diego, Calif. 29,1 juv. July 8, 1895 Dr. S. J. Holmes (236) PYCNOGONIDS 277 J^e/mris.— The 3-jointed chelifori, the 9-jointed palpi, and the absence of a marked protuberance on the dorsodistal extremity of the femoral joint clearly relate this form to A. tuberailata, and to those forms which I have placed with it in the genus Ammotliclla, viz., three species from the Gulf of Naples (see ' Remarks,' p. 273). The two mature specimens of this lot were both females with ova in various stages of development in the second and third coxal and femoral joints of the legs. The species is well characterized by the long eye tubercle and the longer, spiny, elevated, and curved caudal segment, the spines on the dorsal surface of the body, and the long, slender spines of the legs. Genus Tanystylum Miers ('79). Trunk broad ; lateral processes comparatively short and closely crowded, making the body disciform ; segmentation suppressed. Cheli- fori usually mere i -jointed knobs; sometimes 2-jointed ; chelate in immature specimens. Palpi with 6 or 7 joints ; first and third joints short, second and fourth longer. Femoral joint of legs of female con- siderably swollen. Openings of oviducts in usual position on all four legs. Openings of .the genital ducts of the male not upon genital pro- tuberances. Remarks. — The genus Tanystylum is undoubtedly very closely related to Ammothea, but differs in several important respects. I was at first inchned to include Clotenia with this genus, as Schimkewitsch has done (Schimkewitsch, '89), but in view of the highly concentrated body,^ closely approximated eye tubercle and caudal segment, 4-jointed palpi, and male genital openings in the second as well as the third and fourth pairs of legs, I think it may well be left, for the present at least, as a separate genus. The species which I have here called Tajiystylum intermedium differs from previously described species of the genus in having 2-jointed che- lifori, and from all but T. chierchice Schimkewitsch ('89, p. 2>3i) in having 7-jointed palpi instead of 6-jointed. It is, however, so similar in other respects that a separation into another genus does not seem justifiable. Discoarachne brevipes Hoek ('8ia, p, 74) is undoubtedly very closely related to the forms under discussion, and perhaps should be classed as a species of Tanystylufu. iDohrn ('81, p. 162) well says: "Dieses Thier \_Clolenta cotzirosiris'] hat die bei weitem concentrirteste Gestalt aller Pantopoden, die ich kenne." 2/8 COLE TANYSTYLUM INTERMEDIUM sp. nov. Plate XXI, figs. 7-9 ; plate xxii, figs. 1-7 ; plate xxiii, figs. 1-3. 2ype.— $a.nd ?, University of California, No. 19,510, San Diego, California. Trunk broad, segmentation not evident ; the anterior border with the outer corners each produced into a prominent tubercle which bears a spine. Lateral processes not so long as width of body, wedge-shaped and closely crowded, the outline of their outer borders, together with the anterior border of the trunk, making a complete circle ; first, second, and third pairs with a dorsal tubercle near the distal end, shorter and rounded in the female, longer, more pointed, and terminated by a short bristle in the male. Caudal segment moderate, reaching to about the middle of the second coxal joint of the fourth pair of legs ; rather narrow, about half as broad as basal joint of leg ; diameter somewhat larger distally than proximally as seen from above ; directed obhquely upward at less than 45° ; smooth, apex rounded. Eye tubercle moderate, rather thick, blunt ; situated at the extreme anterior end of the first trunk segment and directed forward at about the same angle that the caudal segment projects backward. Eyes rather large, dark ; posterior pair apparently the larger. Proboscis pyriform, being widest a third of its length from the base and tapering to a more or less truncated tip ; usually directed somewhat downward ; about as long as trunk from its anterior border to the distal end of the fourth pair of lateral processes. In side view nearly straight on ventral side ; dorsal side strongly convex. Chelifori 2-jointed, very short, about one fourth as long as proboscis ; first joint about twice as long as broad, slightly curved, with a small tubercle and a short spine near the distal end ; second joint very small, rounded, divided into two parts by a groove, showing the former presence of chelae. The second joint also bears a short spine. Palpi 7-jointed, rather stout, slightly overreaching the proboscis (by the terminal joint). First and third joints short; 7.2 and y.4 longer, /. 2 longer than 7.4 ; jj.c^, 6, and 7 successively smaller. These 3 joints with a considerable number of short brisdes or hairs ; other joints with a few scattered ones, 7.2 having a somewhat stronger one on its outer distal comer. Oviger of female slender, about equal in length to the palp. First 3 joints short and of about the same length ; yy.4 and 5 longest ; the sue- PYCNOGONIDS 279 ceeding joints smaller (not successively) ;/. i o very small. The tenth joint is armed with two rather long, curved, denticulate (?) spines; the I or 2 spines on the preceding joints appear to be simple. Oviger of the male about half as long again as that of the female ; proportionate size of joints nearly the same, but ^'.8, 9, and 10 turn inward (or downward if the appendage is carried in a horizontal position, as in fig. 7, pi. xxi) upony.7, and the preceding joints at nearly a right angle. The joints of the terminal part of the oviger are armed with a few short, slender, simple spines. Legs about twice as long as body: c.i short, with a spine-bearing process on each of the distal dorsolateral corners ; the male with an additional similar projection on the mid-dorsal line between these. The tubercles are also longer and sharper in the male. Second coxal joint a little longer than c.i, broader distally; ^.3 shorter again; / equal in length to coxal region, gradually increasing in breadth distally, where it ends in a triangular projection terminated by a short, stout spine ; /. of female swollen, broadest in middle; ti and f.2 each about equal to/, rather slender, armed on the dorsal border with 2 or 3 long, slender bristles and a few shorter ones; ventral border of f.2 with a regular series of short, slender spines. First tarsal joint about as long as broad, convex ventrally, where it bears several fine bristles ; with a well-marked 'lappet' dorsally. Second tarsal joint long and slender, at least five times as long as broad, nearly straight ; dorsal surface with a series of spines, 2 or 3 of which are especially long and slender (about like those on /.I and /.2) ; the others shorter; no distinct heel; the ventral surface furnished with a more or less regular row of about i o short spines. In addi- tion to what has been mentioned, the several joints of the leg have scat- tered short hairs or slender spines. Claw comparatively rather short, hardly half as long as /.2, falciform; a?(x. d. slender, half as long as cL Length about 1.3 mm., extent slightly over 5 mm. The two sexes of about equal .size. Immature specime7i. — The one immature specimen examined was about three fourths the size of the adults and more slender ; otherwise it much resembled the female, especially in the character of its tubercular pro- jections and spines. It had, however, chelate chelifori, the chelae being large and strong. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 26 29 San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. ij>, i9,Ijuv. July 8, 1895 July 8, 1895 Dr. S. J. Holmes Dr. S. J. Holmes (236) 2So COLE J?i-»urrJi'S. —There is considerable difference between male and female in these lots with regard to the character and number of spine-bearing pro- jections, but they are so similar in other respects that I think there can be very little doubt about their being the same species. No egg-masses were found upon the ovigera of the male, but ova of various sizes could be seen in the third coxal and femoral joints of the legs of the females. The peculiar structure of the ovigera of the male, the last three joints being articulated to the seventh at an angle, reminds one of the somewhat similar condition in the male of Discoarachne {cf. Cole, :oi^, Taf. 13, fig. 4), and strongly suggests the close relationship, and probable synonymy, of these two genera. The character of the spines on the ovigera could not be well made out ; at a medium magnification they appeared to be simple, but with a -1^ oil immersion objective the two on the tenth joint of the female showed fine lines indicating a denticulate margin. On the ninth joint of the same leg was a peculiar, flat, double-notched spine, shown in figure 3, plate XXIII. The single female specimen of Lot 26 was almost completely covered with small stalked protozoa ( VaginicoUnce). Genus Clotenia Dohm ('81). Trunk very short and broad, the lateral processes short and closely crowded, so that the body is concentrated and disciform ; trunk seg- mentation suppressed. Eye tubercle set well back on first trunk segment ; caudal segment well forward and pointed upward, so that the distance between it and the eye tubercle is short. Chelifori i -jointed; palpi 4- jointed; ovigera present in both sexes, lo-jointed. Legs rather stout; openings of the male genital ducts in the usual position on the second, third, and fourth pairs of legs (Dohrn) ; without genital protuberances. Reniarks.—The greatly concentrated body, with the consequent near- ness of the caudal segment to the eye tubercle, which is set well back, and the 4-jointed palpi, would seem to be sufllicient to distinguish this genus, though it is certainly very closely related to Tanystylum. Dohm makes a strong point of the fact that the genital openings of the male occur on the three posterior pairs of legs. Although there can be no doubt of the close affinity of the specimen from California to Dohrn's Clotciiia conirostris^ I was unable to confirm this point. The openings could be seen on the third and fourth pairs of legs, but on the second pair I was unable to find them. PYCNOGONIDS 28 I CLOTENIA OCCIDENTALIS sp. nov. Plate XIII, fig. 9 ; plate xxiii, figs. 4-8. Type. — 5 , University of California, No. 19,511, Pacific Grove, Calif. Trunk unsegmented, smooth, short, and broad, especially in front ; an- terior outer corners rounded, without projecting knobs. Lateral processes short and very closely crowded, the lines between them radiating toward a common point slightly anterior to the caudal segment. Caudal segment well forward, rather short, thick, bluntly conical, directed obliquely upward, armed on the dorsal surface with 2 or 3 short stiff spines. Eye tubercle situated on the middle of the first trunk segment ; about two thirds as high as caudal segment ; conical, nearly straight and vertical anteriorly ; sloping behind ; thus giving, with the anteriorly directed face of the caudal segment and the dorsal part of the trunk segments between a saddle-shaped outline when seen from the side. The posterior, sloping, face of the eye tubercle is notched, or ' hipped,' just above the eyes, the portion above being a smaller cone set upon the anterior part of the larger truncated basal cone. Eyes close together. Proboscis short and thick, barely twice as long as broad, directed straight forward, cylindrical, bluntly rounded at the apex, Chelifori short, knob-like, connected at the base ; armed distally with 2 or 3 short spines. Palpi 4-jointed, not reaching to end of proboscis; nearly straight. Joints I, 3, and 4 short ;/.2 long, half as long as the entire appendage, considerably larger at its proximal end than distally ; j.\ with several short stout spines distally; jj.2 and 3 each with 2 or 3 smaller ones. Oviger of male about three and a half times as long as palp. First joint short, thick ; j.2 longer and more slender ; 7.3 equal in length toy.i ; jj.\ and 5 each about equal to, or slightly longer than, 7.2 ; 7.6 about as long asy.3 ; /7 considerably smaller, coming off somewhat from the side of 7.6 ; T/'.S and 9 slightly smaller than 7.7 ; 7.10 a very small rounded knob. The terminal part of the appendage bears a few scattered weak spines, besides 2 longer, stouter, divergent ones on 7. 10. Legs comparatively stout, anterior pair somewhat over twice as long as body (measured from tip of proboscis to distal border of fourth pair of lateral processes) ; posterior legs noticeably shorter than anterior pairs. Coxal joints all short and of about equal length ; c.\ with a more or less irregular projection distally on its anterior side, which is armed with a few short spines. Femoral joint stout, somewhat shorter than 282 COLE coxal region ; broader distally, where it is produced dorsally into a blunt angle armed with i to 2 or 3 short spines rather stouter than the others. Tibial joints both stout and about equal to/, in length; dorsally each has 3 swellings, one at either end and one in the middle, and the short spines are grouped in small clumps of 3 or 4 on these swellings. First tarsal joint very short and broad, armed ventrally with i stout spine and 2 or 3 smaller ones; ts.2 nearly as long as t.2, stout, broader proximally than distally, and moderately arched ; armed dorsally with an irregular series of short bristles ; the heel bears 3 stout spines, the sole a series of small ones. Claw fully half as long as ts.2, strong, evenly tapering, and curved ; aux. cl. well developed, about half as long as cL, rather straight. Besides the armature mentioned, there are short stiff spines scattered sparsely over all the joints of the leg. The following measurements are approximate : length (in this case from tip of proboscis to distal border of fourth lateral processes) i .3 mm. ; extent 7 mm. ; length of palp 0.45 mm. ; length of oviger 1.5 mm. SPECIMEN EXAMINED. Lot. Locality. No. of specimens. Date. Source. 16 Pacific Grove, Calif. i5 Dec. 10, 1896 Univ. of Calif. Remarks. — This species was, unfortunately, represented by only a single specimen, which, however, is distinct from C. conirostris Dohrn, as may be seen by the blunt, cylindrical proboscis, the shorter, more rounded caudal segment, the processes on the anterior sides of the first coxal joints, and other details. Each of the ovigera carried a small irregular rounded egg-mass con- taining probably 50 to 60 eggs. The ovigera were thrust through the masses eccentrically, so that the bulk of the mass lay to one side. Family PHOXICHILIDIID^. Chclifori present, chelate ; palpi absent ; ovigera present in the male only, 5- or 6-jointed. Genus Phoxichilidium Milne Edwards ('40, p. 535). Orithyia Johnston ('37, p. 368). Trunk slender, cylindrical ; lateral processes well separated. Neck short, i.e., first trunk segment projects but little if at all beyond base of proboscis ; emarginate between bases of chelifori. Proboscis compara- tively short, cylindrical. Eye tubercle small, subconical. Caudal seg- PYCNOGONIDS 283 ment simple, pointing upward, Chelifori well developed ; chelae strong and curved. Ovigera 5-jointed, sigmoid ; third joint with a constric- tion at about one third or less of its length; last joint nearly as large as fourth, armed with a few (one or more) rows of unguiform spines. Legs slender; ^s.i small; fs.2 well developed and armed at base with distally curved spines ; c/. strong ; aux. cl. distinct. Genital openings on second coxal joints of all the legs. Remarks. — This genus has been made to include rather diverse forms, many of which, as stated by Sars, probably belong even to other families. Wilson ('78^) removed from these into the genus Anoplodactylns those forms in which the first trunk segment projects considerably beyond the base of the proboscis, and which have 6-jointed ovigera. I accept the genus Phoxichilidium as restricted by Sars ('91), "principally character- ized by the cephalic segment not projecting anteriorly beyond the base of the proboscis, the comparatively well-developed chelifori, and the structure of the false legs in the male," i.e., 5-jointed, with the last joint comparatively large. Sars concludes that but three species of the genus can be recognized with certainty, viz., Ph. femoratum (Rathke), Ph. robustuiii Dohrn, and Ph. minor Wilson. He considers the form de- scribed by Stimpson ('54) from the eastern coast of North America to be identical with Ph. femoratum of Europe ; but Wilson ('78^), in his description of Ph. minor, says (p. 14): "This species is closely similar to P. maxillare, of which it may be a dwarf variety " ; and in a later paper ('80, p. 481) he adds that since the publication of the first paper " a much larger series of specimens has been obtained, which shows con- clusively that the two forms cannot be separated, though extreme forms appear very unlike." Thus if Ph. maxillare is a synonym of Ph. femo- ratum it leaves but two species, Ph, femoratum and Ph. rohustum, to be referred to this genus. PHOXICHILIDIUM FEMORATUM (Rathke). Plate XIII, fig. 10; plate xxiv, figs. 1-5. Nymphon feinoratuin Rathke, i799> p. 201. Orithyia coccinea Johnston, '37> p. 378, pi. xii, figs. 4-6. Phoxichilidium coccineum Milne Edwards, '4°, p. 536. Phoxichilidium coccineum GOODSIR, '44, p. 2, pi. I, figs. 6-8. ? Phoxichilidium globosum GoODSiR, '42, p. 136, pi. Ill, fig. I. Phoxichilidium femoratujii Kroyer, '45> P- J--- Phoxichilidium femoratum Kroyer, '49, pi. xxxviii, fig. 2, a-g. 1 Phoxichilidium femoratum Hoek, "77, p. 6, Tab. xv, figs. 8-10. 1 Phoxichilidium femoratiwi HOEK, '81^, p. 512, pi. xxvi, figs. 18-21; pi. xxvil, fig. 19. Phoxichilidium femoratum HANSEN, '84, p. 650. 284 COLE Phoxichilidium femoratum Hansen, '85, Tab. vii, fig. 21. Phoxichilidium fcmoratum G. O. Sars, '88, No. 4. PhoxicJiilidiiim femoratum G. O. Sars, '91, pp- 21-24, pl- II-> ^g- Ij ^-g. Phoxichilidium maxillare Stimpson, '54, p. ^ . Phoxichilidium fHaxillare\N\'L?,Ol- 8. Cheliforus of female (Lot la). X 33- 9. Denticulate spine from oviger of male (Lot 4b). X 247. (310) H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XVII. Ammothea latifrons sp. nov. Fig. I. Cheliforus of immature specimen (Lot. i-i). X 33* 2. Oviger of immature specimen (Lot l-ia). X ZZ- 3. Terminal part of same, X 107. Ammothea alaskensis sp. nov. 4. Female from left side (Lot 25). X 27. Cheliforus of adult (Lot 7b). X 73- 6. Caudal segment, dorsal view (Lot 7b). X 43' 7. Left oviger of female (Lot 7a). X 73- 8. Right palp of female (Lot 7b). X 73- 9. Third left leg of female (Lot 25a). X 27. 10. Foot of second left leg, female (Lot 7a). X 53- 11. Second coxal joint of third left leg of male (Lot 25). X 27. 12. Right oviger of male (Lot 25b). X 37« (3«) i. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA HELiOTYPE CO., BOSTON. PLATE XVIII. Ammothea gracilipes sp. nov. Fig. I. Female from left side (Lot 9). X 27. 2. Right cheliforus and palp of female (Lot 9a). X 43* 3. Right oviger of female (Lot 9a). X 43. 4. Left oviger of male (Lot 9b). X 43- 5. Second right leg of male (Lot 9b). X Zl- 6. Lateral process and coxal joints of third right leg of male (Lot 9b). X 33- Ammothea pribilofensis sp. nov. 7. Male from right side (Lot 2). X n. 8. Left cheliforus of male (Lot 2a). X 20. (314) H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XIX, Ammothea pribilofensis sp. nov. Fig. I. Left palp (Lot 2a). x 20. 2. Lateral process and first coxal joint of first left leg of male (Lot 2) ; dorsal view. 3. Left cheliforus of immature specimen (Lot 2-1) ; dorsal view. X 20. 4. First right leg of male (Lot 2a). x 10. 5. Heel of same. X 20. 6. Second coxal joint of third right leg of male^(Lot 2a). X 10. 7. Left oviger of male (Lot 2a). X 20. 8. Oviger of female (Lot 2b). x 20. (3i6> H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA V J I it; PLATE XX. Aminothella tiiberculata sp. no v. Fig. I. Female from left side (Lot 27). X 20. 2. Female specimen from dorsal side (Lot 22). X 20. 3. Right cheliforus of female (Lot 27). X 37. 4. Right palp and right oviger of female (Lot 27). X 37> 5. Second left leg of female (Lot 27). X 7,2,. 6. Right cheliforus of female (Lot 22a). X 43. Ammothella spinifera sp. nov. 7. Female from right side ; chelifori, palpi, and proboscis not shown ; portion of side cut away, exposing alimentary canal and nerve ganglia (Lot 14). X43- 8. Eye tubercle of immature specimen seen in posterior view (Lot 14). X 70, 9. Proboscis (Lot 14). X ZZ' (318) H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA HELIOTYPE CO., BOSTON. UhliVtRaiTY ^ OF PLATE XXI. Ammothella spinifera sp. nov. Fig. I. Female from above (Lot 14). X 27. 2. Left oviger of female (Lot 14a). X 70- 3. Left cheliforus of female (Lot 14a). X 70- 4. Left cheliforus of immature specimen from above (Lot 14). X 70' 5. First left leg of female (Lot 14a). X 43- 6. Left palp (Lot 14). X 7°- Tanystylum interviediwn sp. nov. 7. Male from right side (Lot 29). X 40- 8. Right cheliforus of male (Lot 29b) ; from above. X 107. 9. Right cheliforus of immature specimen (Lot 29). X 107. (320) A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XXII. Tanystylum intermedium sp. nov. Fig. I. Male from above (Lot 29), X 44- 2. Female from above (Lot 29). X 44- 3. Immature specimen from above (Lot 29). X 44* 4. Left palp of female (Lot 29a). X lo. 5. Second right leg of male (Lot 29b). X 43* 6. Foot (Lot 29b). X 80. 7. Femoral joint of second left leg of female (Lot 29a). X 43- (38») H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XXIII. Tanystylum intermedium sp. nov. Fig. I. Left oviger of male (Lot 29a). X 70' 2, Left oviger of female (Lot 29a). X 7o- 3. Spine from joint 9 of above (Fig. 2) highly magnified. Clotenia occidentalis sp. nov. 4. Male from right side (Lot 16). X 34- 5. Cheliforus and palp of same. X 7°' 6. Third right leg of same. X IZ- 7. Left oviger of same. X 70- 8. Same specimen from above. X 33- (3*4) A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XXIV. Phoxichilidium femoratum (Rathke). Fig. I. Female from side (Lot 3). X 10. 2. Second left leg of female (Lot 3). X I3- 3. Eye tubercle, anterior view (Lot 3). X 43- 4. Caudal segment, posterior view (Lot 3). X 43- 5. Right oviger of male (Lot 8). X 20. Halosoma viridintestmalis gen. nov. 6. From left side (Lot 28). X 43- 7. Left chela of same. X 107. 8. Same as Fig. 7, cleared and mounted. X 107. sp. (326) H. A. E. VOL. X PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XXV. Halosoma viridintestinalis gen. nov,, sp. nov. Fig. I. Specimen from above (Lot 28). x 20. 2. Second left leg of same, x 43. 3. Foot of same. X 67. 4. Portion of the sole highly magnified. (328) H. A. E. VOL. PYCNOGONIDA PLATE XXVI. Anoplodadylus erectus sp. nov. Fig. I. Male from side (Lot 13). X 20. 2. Eye tubercle of female (Lot 13) ; posterior view. X 43- 3. Third right leg of male (Lot 13b). X 20. 4. Terminal part of left oviger of same specimen. X 53. 5. Foot of Fig. 3. X 53. 6. Second coxal joint of fourth right leg of male (Lot 13c). X 43- 7. Second coxal joint of second right leg of female (Lot 13c). X 43. 8. Caudal segment of female (Lot 13); anterior view. X 43' 9. Left chela (Lot 13c). X 67. PycJiogomim stearnsi Ives. 10. Left oviger of male (Lot 21-1). X 27. (33°) PYCNOGONIDA ( VNIV INDEX (New genera and species, and the pages on which they are described, are black-face type; synonyms in parenthesis.) Acanthephyra curtirostris 8, 27 Acantholithodes hispidus 13, 163 Achelia 254, (262) ^ga alaskensis (214) beUiceps (214) harfordi (213) Alcinous 263 Allorchestes ochotensis 233-234, fig. I18 Alphaeus spinas (63) Alpheopsis trispinosus 108 Alpheus aculeatus (61) barbara 10, 108 beUimanus 10, 108 californiensis 10, 108 clamator (108) dentipes 10, 108 equidactylus 10, 108 macrocheles 108 polaris (73) Ammothea 254, 262-263, (273) alaskensis 251, 252, 258, 265, 266- 268; PL. XII, fig. 4; PL. XVII, figs. 4-12 appendiculata 273 bi-unguiculata 273 borealis 263 gracilipes 251,258,269-270; pl. xn, fig. 5 ; PL. xviil, figs. 1-6 latifrons 251, 252, 258, 263-266 ; pl. XI, fig. 3; PL. XVI, figs. 1-9; PL. XVII, figs. 1-3 longicaudata 250, 251, 263 pribilofensis 251, 258,270-273; pl. XII, fig. 6; PL. XVIII, figs. 7, 8 J PL. XIX, figs. 1-8 rugulosa 273 uni-unguiculata 273 Ammothella 273 Ammothella spinifera 251,258, 275-277 ; PL. XII, fig. 8; PL. XX, figs. 7-9; PL. XXI, figs. 1-6 tuberculata 251, 25S, 273-275; pl. XII, fig. 7; PL. XX, figs. 1-6 Amphipods 231-246, figs. I18-128 Amphithoe humeralis 241 Amphithopsis glabcr (238) Anasimus rostratus 15, 171; PL. X, fig. 4 Anchista tenuipes (34) Anoplodactylus 288 aculeatus 2S8 erectus 251, 259, 289-291 ; pl. xiv, fig. 12; PL. XXVI, figs. 1-9 gestiens 2S8 petiolatus 291 plumulariffi 2S8 spinosus 288 tubiferus 288 Argis lar (137) Asellus entomon (216) tomalensis 213, 224-226, figs. IIO-112 Astacus groenlandicus (61) Axius spinulicauda 12, 149-150, fig. 90 Benthesicymus tanneri 12, 147 Beta^us harfordi 11, 108 harrimani 11, 108-110, fig. 49 longidactylus II, loS Bibliography, Isopods 22S-230 Pycnogonids 294-298 Blepharipoda occidentalis 14, 167 Brachynotus nudus (189) oregonensis (189) Calastaceus investigatoris 12, 150, 151 key to species 150 Callianassa affmis 12, 154 (331; 332 INDEX Callianassa californiensis 12, 153, 154 gigas 12, 154 goniophthalma 12, 154-156, PL. Vlli key to species 153-154 longimana 12, 154 Callinectes bellicosus 16, i8o Cancer aculeatus (61) amphioetus 6, 16, 175; PL. vi, fig. 3 antennarius 16, 176, 177 anthonyi 16, 176, 177; pl. VI, fig. 2 boreas (133) cheiragonus (179) gibbosulus i6, 176, 177, 178 gracilis 16, 177 jordani 16, 176-177; pl. vi, fig. 4 magister 16, 177 oregonensis 16, 178; PL. vil, fig. i productus 16, 175 spinus (63) Caprella alaskensis 241-243, fig. 125 ciliata 241 irregularis 241 kennerlyi 241 kincaidi 245-246, fig. 127 scabra 243-245, fig. 126 Carinogammarus subcarinatus 239 Celastaceus quinqueseiiatus 12, 150, 151- 153. fig- 91 Cheiragonus isenbeckii (179) Chionoecetes opilio 15, 174 tanneri 15, 174 Chiridotea entomon 216 Chorilia longipes 15, 174 Cirolana californica (213) harfordi 213 Clotenia 277, 280 conirostris 253 occidentalis 251, 253, 259,281-282; PL. XIII, fig. 9; PL. XXIII, figs. 4-8 Clythrocerus planus 15, 168-170 ; PL. ix, figs. 4. 5 Cole, Leon J., Pycnogonids 247-298, pls. xi-xxvi Corniger (259) Corystes gibbosula (176) Crangon abyssorum 11, 112, 125-127, fig. 66 acclivis 11, 112, 129, fig. 68 alaskensis 11, 112, 114-115, figs. 52, 53 alba II, 112, 117-118, figs. 56, 57 Crangon angustimana II, in, 121-122, figs. 62, 63 boreas (133) communis li, 112, 123-124, fig. 64 crangon (116), 117 dalli II, III, 119-120, fig. 60 elongata 11, 112, 115-116, fig. 54 franciscorum 11, in, 120-121, fig. 61 holmesi 11, 112, iiS, fig. 58 intermedia n, 112, 122-123 key to species ni-112 lar (137) munita n, 112, 127-128, fig. 67 munitella n, 112, 132 nigricauda n, 112-114, fig, 50 nigromaculata n, 33, in, 114, fig. 51 resina 11, 112, 124-125, fig. 65 septemspinosa ii, in, 116-117, fig- 55 sharpi (135) spinirostris II, 112, 131-132, fig. 71 spinosissima II, 112, I30-131, fig. 70 stylirostris n, 112, 118-119, fig- 59 tenuifrons (122) variabilis n, 112, 129-130, fig. 69 vulgaris (ll6), 117 Cryptolithodes brevifrons 14, 164 sitchensis 14, 164 typicus 14, 164 Cryptophrys concharum 17, 188; PL. vii, fig- 6; fig. 94 Cyclodorippe plana (168) Cycloxanthops novemdentatus 16, 180; PL. vii, fig. 10 rugosus 16, 180 Cymothoa entomon (216) Daira americana 180 Dasygyius tuberculatus 15, 172; PL. x, figs- 3. 3a; fig- 92 Decapods 1-190; pls. i-x, figs. 1-95 discussion of species I9-190 features 4-6 geographic distribution 6-1 7 Dermaturus mandtii 13, 163 Discoarachne brevipes 277 Dynamene tuberculosa 214 Elasmonotus asper (167) Emerita analoga 14, 168 cmerita 168 Endeis 263 INDEX 333 Entoir.'^n pyramidale (216) Epialtus bermudcnsis (173) bitubcrculatus 15, 173 nuttallii, 15, 173 productus 15, 173 Erichthonius difformis 241 Erileptus spinosus 15, 171; PL. X, fig. I Eriinacrus isenbeckii 16, 179 Eupagurus beringanus (159) cornutus (158) gilli (161) setosus (159) townsendi (158) undosus (159) Fabia 185 subquadrata (186), (187) Galathea californiensis 14, 166 Gammaropsis tenuicornis 239-240, fig. 124 Gammarus confervicolus 239 locusta 238 pugettensis 239 pulex 238 Gelasimus gracilis (190) macrodactylus (190) Gennadas borealis 12, 147-148, figs. 88, 89 Sp.— 12 Glyptonotus entomon (216) Grapsodius eximius 17, i8g Halosoma 286 viridintestinalis 251, 259, 286-288; PL. XIV, fig. II ; PL. XXIV, figs. 6- 8 ; PL. XXV, figs. 1-4 Hapalogaster brandtii (163) cavicauda 13, 162 dentata 13, 162 grebnitzkii 13, 163 inermis (163) mertensii 13, 162-163 Harriman, E. H., species named for Io8 Hemigrapsus nudus 17, 189 oregonensis 1 7, 1 89 Heptacarpus 56 brevirostris (99) carinatus (84) cristatus (102) gracilis (77) Heptacarpus palpator (98) paludicola (lOi) pictus (loi) taylori (loi) tenuissimus (77) Herbstia camptacantha (175) parvifrons (175) Hetairus debilis (73) gaimardii (73) tenuis (73) Heteractcea lunata 16, 185 Heterocrypta occidentalis 1 5, 170 Hippa analoga (168) Hippolysmata californica 9, 56 Hippolyte aculeata (61) affinis (77) amabilis (79) amazo (73) armata (61) belcheri (86) borealis (73) brevirostris (99) californiensis 9, 56 camtschatica (94) cornuta (61) cristata (l02) cultellata (73) esquimaltiana (84) fabricii (8$) gaimardii (86) gibba (86) gracilis (77) granlandica (61) lamellicornis (62) layi (86), (96) liljeborgii (68) macilenta (105) ochotensis (71) palpator (98) phippsii (70) picta (loi) polaris (73) prionota (61) pusiola (99) St. pauli (73) securifrons (68) sitchensis (102) sowerbKi (63) spinus (63), (66) stylus (84) suckleyi (89) 334 INDEX Hippolyte taylori (lOi) turgida (70) vibrans (70) Holmes, S. J., Amphipods 231-246, figs. I 18-128 Holopagurus pilosus 13, 162 Hyas coarctatus 15, 174 lyratus 15, 174 Hymenodora frontalis 7, 8, 27, 28-29, ^S- 8 glacialis 7, 8, 27 key to species 27 Idotseya longicauda (216) Idotea entomon (216) gracillima 213, 216-218, figs. 97, 98 hirtipes (218) ochotensis 219 oregonensis (218) resecata 216 stenops 219 wosnesenskii 218 Inachoides magdalenensis 15, 171 Isopods 211-230, figs. 96-117 bibliography 228-230 Janira occidentalis 224 Janiropsis californica 223-224, figs. 108, 109 kincaidi 221-222, figs. 102-107 Lecythorhynchus 259 marginatus 251,258,260-262; pl. xi, figs. 1-2; PL. XV, figs. 1-8 Leiolambrus punctatissimus 170 Lepeopus forcipatus (163) Lepidopa myops 14, 167 Leptolithodes multispina 14, 165 Ligia dilatala (226) occidentalis 226 pallasii 226 septentrionalis (226) stimpsoni (226) Lithodes requispina 14, 166 brevipes 14, 165 californiensis 14, 165 camptschensis (165) camtschaticus 14, (165), 165-166 coucsi 14, 166 rathbuni 14, 165 spinosissimus (165) Livoneca vulgaris 214 Lomis dentata (162) Lopholithodes foraminatus 14, 164 mandtii 14, 164 Lophopanopeus bellus 16, 1S0-181 diegensis 16, 184; PL. IX, fig. 3 frontalis 16, 181 ; PL. vii, fig. 8 heathii 16, 182; PL. vii, fig. 9 leucomanus 16, 182-183 lockingtoni 16, 183-1S4 ; PL. VII, fig. 7 Lophoxanthus bellus (180), (182), (183) leucomanus (182), (183) Loxorhynchus crispatus 15, 175 grandis 15, 175 Maera dubia 239 Maja camtschatica (165) Mimulus foliatus 15, 173 Munida quadrispina 14, i65 Munidopsis aspera 14, 167 beringana 14, 167 Iiystrix 14, 166 quadrata 14, 167 verrilli 14, 167 Munna sp. — 226 Nectocrangon alaskensis 11, 136, 141-142, figs. 82, 83 californiensis II, 136, 140-141, figs. 80,81 crassa 11, 136, 142-143, figs. 84, 85 dentata 11, 136, 138-139, figs. 76, 77 key to species 136 lar II, 136, 137-138, (138), 139, (139), figs. 74. 75 levior 12, 136, 143, fig. 86 ovifer li, 136, 139-140, figs. 78-79 Nika edulis 4 Nymphon femoratum (283) Ocypode gaudichaudii 17, 190 Odius carinatus 238, fig. 123 Qldignathus brandtii (163) gilli(i63) inermis 13, 163 Oniscus entomon (216) Opisthopus transversus 17, 188; PL. IX, fig- 2 ; fig. 95 Oregonia bifurca 15, 171 ; pl. vi, fig. 5 gracilis 15, 171 Orithyia (282) coccinca (283) INDEX 335 Pachycheles pubescens 15, r68 rudis 15, 168; PL. VI, fig. 6 Pachygrapsus crassipes 17, 189 trans versus 17, 189 Paguristes bakeri 13, 161 parvus 13, 161 turgidus 13, 161 Pagurus alaskeiisis I2, 157 aleuticus 12, 157 beringanus 13, 159 ; PL. V, fig. 5 brandti 12, 157; PL. IV, fig. 4 californiensis 13, l6l capillatus 12, 157; PL. iv, fig. 3 confragosus 13, 158; PL. iv, fig. 8 cornutus I3, 158; PL. V, fig. 3 dalli 12, 158 ; PL. IV, fig. I gilli 13, 161 ; PL. V, fig. 10 granosimanus 13, 160; PL. v, fig. 8 hemphillii 13, 160; PL. v, fig. 9 hirsutiusculus 13, 159-160 kennerlyi 13, 159; pl. v, fig. 4 niiddendorffii 13, 160 minimus 13, 160 munitus 13, 161 ; PL. V, fig. 2 newconibei (159) ochotensis 12, 157 rathbuni 13, 158; PL. IV, fig. 2 samuelis 13, 160; PL. v, fig. 7 setosus 13, 159 ; PL. v, fig. i splendescens 13, 161 tanneri 13, 158; PL. IV, fig. 7 tenuimanus 13, 160-161 townsendi 13, 158; PL. iv, fig. 5 trigonocheirus 12, 157 undosus 13, 159; PL. IV, fig. 6 Palaemon ritteri 8, 29-30 Palaemonetes kadiakensis 8, 30-31, fig. 9 Pandalopsis aleutica 9, 51, 52-53 ; PL. i, fig. I ; fig. 16 ampla 9, 51-52 dispar 9, 51, 54-56; PL. i, fig. 2 key to species 51 longirostris 9, 51, 53-54, fig. 17 Pandalus annulicornis (41) borealis 5, 8, 35-37 dance 8, 35, 47-49, fig. 13 dapifer (38), 39 franciscorum (47) goniurus 8, 35, 38-39 ; PL. I, fig. 3 gurneyi 8, 35, 50-51 ; PL. II, fig. 6; fig. 15 Pandalus hypsinotus 8, 35, 46-47 ; pl. ii, fig. 5 jordani 8, 35, 40-41 ; pl. ii, fig. 3 key to species 35 leptocerus 8, 35, 43-44 montagui 5, (41), 43 platyceros 8, 35, 44-45 pubescentulus (44) stenolepis 8, 35, 49-50 ; pl. ii, fig. 4 ; fig. 14 tridens 8, 35, 41-43 ; PL. 11, fig. 2 Panulirus interruptus 12, 14S Paracrangon echinata 12, (135), 143-145 Parapagurus mertensii 13, 162; pl. v, fig. 6 sp. — 13, 162 Parapasiphse serrata 8, 25-26, fig. 7 Parapinnixa affinis 17, 188 Parathemisto oblivia 233 Paribjea 263 Pasiphreaacutifrons 22 affinis 8, 19, 24-25, fig. 6 cortcziana 8, 19, 24, fig. 5 emarginata 8, 19, 22-23, fig. 4 faxoni 22 glacialis (27) key to species 19 magna 8, 19-20, fig. i pacifica 8, 19, 20-22, figs. 2, 3 princeps 8, 19, 23-24 Pasithoe 263 Pelia pacifica 15, 174 tumida 15, 174 ' . Penseus brevirostris 12, I46-147 californiensis (146) Pephredo 263 Perichimenes borradailei 34 tenuipes 8, 34-35, fig. 12 Petrolisthes cinctipes 15, 168 eriomerus 15, 168 Phanodemus 263 Philyra pisum 6, 15, 170 Phoxichilidium 2S2-283, (28S) coccineum (2S3) femoratum 25 1, 252, 259, 283-286 ; PL. XIII, fig. 10; PL. XXIV, figs. I-S gestiens (288) globosum (283) maxillare 283, (284), 286 minor 283, (284) plumularice (288) robustum 283 336 INDEX Phoxichilidium tubiferum (288) Phyllolithodes bicornis 13, 164 papillosus 13, 164 Pilumnus lunatus (185) spinohirsutus 16, 185 ; PL. vil, fig. 2 Pinnixa californiensis 17, 187; PL. vil, fig. 3 faba 17,188 littoralis 17, 187, 188 longipes 17, 188 occidentalis 17, 187 ; PL. vil, fig. 4; PL. IX, figs. 6, 6a tubicola 17, 187 Pinnotheres nudus 16, 185 pugettensis 17, 185 Placetron wosnessenskii 13,163-164; PL. VI, fig. I Planes minutus 17, 189-190 Platycarcinus recurvidens (178) Platychelus 263 Platycorystes isenbeckii (179) Platymera gaudichaudii 15, 170 Pleuroncodes planipes 14, 166 Podochela hemphillii 15, 171 ; PL. X, fig. 2 Pontonia californiensis 8, 33-34, fig. II margarita 34 Portunus xantusii 15, 179 Pristopus verrilli 14, 165 Processa canaliculata 4, 11, iio-iii Pugettia dalli 15, 173 ; PL. Il, figs. I, la gracilis 15, 173 richii 15, 173 Pycnogonids 247-298, PLS. xi-xxvi bibliography 294-298 classification and terminology 253-257 discussion of species 259-294 geographical distribution 250-253 key to species 258-259 terminology 256-257 Pycnogonum 292 littorale 294 stearnsi 250, 251, 259, 292-294; PL. XIV, figs. 13-15 ; PL. XXVI, fig. 10 Randallia bulligera 15, 170 ornata 15, 170 Raphonotus 185 lowei 17, 186-187, fig. 93 subquadratus 17, l86 Rathbun, Mary J., Decapods I-190; PLS. I-X; figs. 1-95 Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii 14, 164-165 Rhodia parvifrons 15, 175 Richardson, Harriet, Isopods 211-230, figs. 96-117 Rocinela alaskensis (214) belliceps 214 Saduria entomon (216) Sclerocrangon alata 11, 133, 134-135 ; PL. Ill, fig. 2 ; figs. 72, 73 boreas il, 133-134 key to species 132-133 sharpi 11, 132, 135-136; PL. Ill, figs. I, la Scleroplax granulata 17, 188; PL. vii, fig- 5 Scyra acutifrons 15, 175 Sergestes atlanticus 12, 145-146 frisii (145) key to species 145 pacificus (145) sp. — 12, 145, 146 Speocarcinus californiensis 17, 190; PL. IX, fig. I Sphseroma oregonensis 214 pentodon 214-215, fig. 96 Spirontocaris affinis 9, 58, 60, 77 amabilis 9, 58, 61, 79 arcuata 9, 57, 60, 64-65 ; PL. iii, fig. 4; fig. 20 avina 10, 59, 60, 103-105, fig. 47 barbata 9, 58, 60, 82-83, fig- 35 belcheri 9, 59, 60, 86-87 5 PL. in, figs. 3.3a bispinosa 9, 57, 60, 68-69, fig- 23 biunguis 10, 58, 60, 97-98, fig. 44 brachydactyla 10, 59, 60, 93-94, fig. 41 bre\nrostris 10, 60, 99 camtschatica lo, 59, 60, (78), 94-95, fig. 42 carinata 9, 58, 60, 84 cristata 10, 60, 102-103, fig. 45 dalli 9, 57,60, 72-73, fig. 27 decora 9, 58, 60, 79-80, fig. 33 fabricii 9, 58, 60, 85 flexa 9, 58, 60 7S-79, fig. 32 gaimardii 87, (87), (89), (91) gibba (86) gracilis 9, 58, 61, 77-78, fig. 31 groenlandica 9, 56, 60, 61-62 INDEX 337 Spirontocaris herdmnni lo, 60, loo-ioi key to species 56-61 kincaidi 10, 59, 60, 95-96, fig. 43 lamellicornis 9, 57, 60,62-63, fig. 18 layi 10, 59, 61, 96-97 liljeborgii 9, 57, 60, 68 macilenta 10, 59, 60, 105 macrophthalma 10, 59, 60, 105-107, fig. 48 tnaxillipcs 10, 59,60, 92-93, fig. 40 moseri 10, 59, 60, 91-92, fig. 39 murdochi 9, 57, 60, 66-67; PL. Ill, fig. 6; fig. 21 ochotensis 9, 57, 60, 71-72, fig. 26 palpator 10, 60, 98-99 paludicola 10, 58, 60, loi phippsii 9, 57, 60, 70~7^ picta 10, 59, 60, loi polaris 9, 58, 60, 73-74 prionota 9, 56, 60, 61 pusiola 10, 60, 99-100 sica 9, 57, 60, 69-70, fig. 25 sitchensis 10, 59, 60, 102 snyderi 9, 57, 60, 69, fig. 24 spina 9, 57, 60, 63-64 ; PL. ill, fig. 5 ; fig. 19 stoneyi 10, 60, 103, fig. 46 stylus 9, 58, 60, 84-85, fig. 36 suckleyi 10, 59, 60, 89-91, fig. 38 taylori 10, 59, 60, loi townsendi 10, 59, 60, 87-89, fig. 37 tridens 9, 58, 60, 81-82, fig. 34 truncata 9, 57, 60, 67-68, fig. 22 unalaskensis 9, 58, 60, 74-75, fig. 28 vicina 9, 58, 60, 75-76, fig. 29 washingtoniana 9, 58, 60, 76-77, fig. 30 Squilla entomon (216) Stenosoma gracillimum (216) Stenothoe alaskensis 236-238, figs. 121, 122 Sympleustes glaber 238 Synidotea coiisolidata 220, figs. 99, lOl ritteri 219-220, figs. 99-101 Tanystylum 277 intermedium 251, 259, 277, 278-280; PL. XXI, figs. 7-9; PL. XXII, figs. I- 7; PL. XXIII, figs. 1-3 Telmessus cheiragonus 16, 179 Terminology, Pycnogonids 256-257 Trichocarcinus dentatus (175) gibbosulus (176) oregonensis (178) recur videns (178) walkeri (178) Trichocera oregonensis (178) Trichoniscus papillicornis 227-228, figs. 113-117 Tryphosa nugax 234-236, figs. 119, 120 Uca crenulata 17, 190 stenodactyla (190) Upogebia pugettensis 12, 153 Urocaris infraspinis 8,31-33, fig. lO longicaudata 33 Xanthias latimanus 16, 185 taylori 16, 1 85 Xanthobella (180) Xanthodes hemphillii 180 leucomanus (182), (183) or THE ^ -■(■^ ^ 7 ^-V5 '/ illiiiiijii I