DISCUSSION' OP SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 503 



station 2536, in :!'.» 56' 15" X. lat., 70° 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 157 fathoms; from 

 station 2028, in 39< 57' ."id" K lat., 70° 32' W". Ion., at a depth of 209 fathoms; from station 

 2025, in 40° 02' X. lat . 7o 27' W. Ion., at a depth of 239 fathoms; from station 2027, in 39° 

 58' 25" X. lat., 70° 37' \V. Ion., at a, depth of 198 fathoms; from station 2125, in 11 13' X. 



lat.. 69° 09' o(>" W. Ion., at a depth of 208 fathoms; from station 2264, in 37° 07' 50" XT. lat., 



74° 34' 20" W. Ion., at a depth of 167 fathoms; fr station 2395, in 28° 36' 15" X. lat., 86 



50' W . Ion., at a depth of 347 fathoms; from station 2398, in 28° 45' X\, lat, sir- :_»•;' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 227 fathoms; from station 2394, in 28° 38' .'50" X., lat. 87 > 02' AY. Ion., at a 

 depth of 420 fathoms; from station 2025, in 40° 02' X. lat,, 71) ' 27' YV. Ion., at a depth of 

 •Si'.) fathoms; from station 2397, in 28° 42' X. lat., 86° 36' W. Ion., at a depth of 280 fathoms; 

 and from station 2396, in 28° 34' X. lat., *•', ' 48' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms. 



Specimens were also obtained by the Fish Hawk from the following localities: Cat. 

 Xo. 20733, IT. S. X. M., from station 898, in 37° 24' N.lat., 74° 17' W.lon., at a depth oC300 

 fathoms; Cat. No. 28784, U. S. N. M., from station 939, in 39° 53' X. hit,, 69° 50' 30", W.lon., 

 at a depth of 264 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 26088, U. S. X. M., from station 879, in 39° 49' .".<>" X. 

 lat., 70^54' W.lon., at a depth of 225 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 28727, d. S. X.M.,from station 925, 

 in 39° 55' N.lat., 7<P 47' W. Ion., at a depth of 2:2!) fathoms; Cat. Xo. 28836, U. S. X. 31., from 

 station 051, in 39° 57' X. lat., 70° 3 V 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms ; Cat. Nb.28795, 

 U. S. X. M., from station 945, in 39° 58' X. lat., 71° 13' W. Ion., at a depth of 207 fathoms; 

 Cat. Xo. 29051, U. S. X. M., from station 1045, in 38° 35' X. lat., 73° 13' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 312 fathoms; Cat, Xo. 26175, U. S. X. M., from station 895, in 39° 50' 30" X. lat., 70° 59' 

 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 23S fathoms; Cat, Xo. 29071, U. S. X. M., from station 1019, in 38° 

 28' X. lat., 73o 22' W. Ion., at a depth of 435 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 28907, tJ. S. X. M., from 

 station 1025, in 39 o 49' N. lat., 71° 25' W. Ion., at a depth of 216 fathoms; Cat, Xo. 

 31881, U. S. X". M., from station 1154, in 39° 55' 31" K lat., 70° 39' W. Ion., at a depth of 193 

 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 31765, U. S. X.M., from station 1140, in 39° 34' N. lat., 71° 56' \Y. Ion., at 

 a depth of 374 fathoms; Cat, Xo. 31761, U. S. X. M., from station 1142, in 39° 32' X. lat., 72° 

 00' W. Ion., at a depth of 322 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 28898, U. S. X. M., from station 997, in 39° 

 42' X. lat., 71° 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 28801, U. S. X". M., from 

 station 940, in 39° 55' 30" X. lat, 71° 14' W. Ion., at a depth of 247 fathoms; ( 'at. Xo. 28737, 

 U. S. X. M., from station 924, in 39° 57' 30" X. lat., 70° 40' W. Ion., at a depth of 164 fath- 

 oms; Cat. No. 31744, U. S. X. M., from station 1138, in 39° 39' X. hit., 71° 54' W. Ion., at a 

 depth of 108 fathoms; and five specimens from station 894, in 39° 53' X T . lat., 70° 58' 30" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 305 fathoms. A single specimen was also captured off Block Island 

 in 18S0. 



HALICMETUS, Alcock. 

 Saliemetus, Axcock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., .Inly. 1891, 27. 



TTead and anterior part of body very broad and depressed. Front with a transverse 

 bony bridge and a subrostral cavity lodging a fleshy tentacle. Cleft of month horizontal. 

 Villiform teeth in jaws and palatines. Gill-openings small, foramina situated superiorly in 

 the axilhe: two gills; no pseudobranchiaB. ITead and body with close set graniform asper- 

 ities and large granular tubercles. Xo dorsal tin whatever. Anal lin very short. Pyloric 

 appendages and air-bladder absent. Alcock. 



This genus is represented by the single species. Ilitl icmetus ruber, Alcock (1. c.,pl. viii, 

 Figs. 1, la, lh), obtained by the " Investigator," in the Bay of Bengal, at .Station 115, in 

 188-220 fathoms. Two specimens. 



HALIEUTICHTHYS, Poey. 



Halieutiohthys (Poey), Gill., Proo. Ar.nl. Nat. Sci. j'hila.. 1863, 89 (type, Ualieutichihya retteulatus, Poey).— 

 Gill., Proc. I", s. Nat, Mua., 232.— Jordan and Gilbert, Mull. 10, U. S. Nat. Mus., 851. 



Maltheids with head merged in body, very large, much depressed, anteriorly cordiform; 

 cranial portion not elevated; interorbital area low and very narrow, orbits partly superior. 



Mouth terminal, horizontal, protractile jaws equal, lower jaw nearly semicircular; vil- 

 liform teeth upon jaws, vomer, and palatines. 



