REPORTS ON THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINED BY ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS OF 

 VELERO III OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AND GALA- 

 PAGOS ISLANDS IN 1932, IN 1933, IN 1934, ix 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1938. 



A NEW GENUS OF BRITTLE STARS, 

 AMPHICONTUS 



(Plate 1) 



By ALEX HILL 



