318 "ENDEAVOUR'' SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



South of Gabo Island, Victoria, 180-150 fathoms; 

 seven females (Reg. No. E. 4393). 



Off Gabo Island, 200 fathoms; live males and seven 

 females (Reg. No. E. 4828). 



30 miles south of Gabo Island, 200 fathoms; two 

 males and three females (Reg. No. E. 6269). 



From Gabo Island to Cape Everard grounds, Vic- 

 toria, 200-250 fathoms; one male and two females (Reg. 

 No. E. 6126). 



40 miles S.S.E. of Genoa Peak, Victoria, 200 fathoms ; 

 two males and two females (Reg. No. E. 6124). 



Distribution. Also known from East Indian Archi- 

 pelago : Flores Sea, Straits of Makassar, Banda Sea, and 

 near Kei Islands, 397-521 metres (de Man). 



Remarks. The rostral formula for such of these 

 specimens as have complete, or virtually complete, rostra, 

 ranges from 7 / 1 to 9 / 2 ; but only one individual had the 

 latter count, 8 / 2 being the number of rostral teeth found 

 in most of the specimens. 



Genus SOLENOOERA, Lucas. 



SOLENOCERA MELANTHO, de Man. 



Holcnocera melantho, de Man, Notes Leydeii Museum, 

 xxix., 1907, p. 137; "Siboga" Exped., xxxixw, 

 Decapoda, pt. i., Penaeidae, 1911 (plates, 1913), p. 48, 

 pi. v., figs. 12-12J. 



Occurrence. 12 miles X.N.E. of Bowen, Queensland, 

 19-25 fathoms; one male (Reg. No. E. 6617). 



Distribution. Otherwise known only from the East 

 Indian Archipelago : near Rotti Island, Lobetobi Strait, 

 Saleh-bay, north coast of Suniawa, 216-274 meters (de 

 Man ) . 



Remarks. The single example is evidently this 

 species, though the inner, anterior pair of lobes of the 

 petasma are less truncated and more rounded than in the 

 typical 8. melantho figured by de Man. The rostrum has 

 nine teeth on the upper margin, of which four are on 

 the carapace and the fifth above the orbital margin. The 

 carapace is much broken and the antennules are missing 

 beyond the second joint of their peduncle. In general, 

 however, this specimen agrees with de Man's description 

 so closely that 1 have no doubt as to its identity. 



