554 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Subgenus Nezumia Jordan. 



62. LIONURUS PKOXIMUS (Smith and Radcliffe). 



Macrourus proximus Smith and Radcliffe. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 43, 



1912, p. 119, pi. 26, fig 2. 

 Lionurus proximus Gilbert and Htjbbs, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol 51, 1916, 



p. 201. 



List of stations. 



A Ibatross 

 station. 



Depth 

 in 



fathoms. 



Bottom 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



Number 



of speci- 

 mens. 



5201 



5202 

 5527 



Off southern end of Levtc Island — 

 do 



Between Siquijor and Bono] Islands 



554 

 502 

 392 



°F. 

 52. s 



53.3 



Type. 



We have already recorded this species from Japan, referred it to 

 its proper position, and given measurements, in hundredths of length, 

 of both the Japanese and the three Philippine specimens. 



(proximus, from its supposed close relationship with Corypliae- 

 no ides nasutus.) 



63. LIONURUS SPINOSUS Gilbert and Hubbs. 



Lionurus spinosus Gilbert and Hubbs, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 

 1916, p. 199, pi. 10, fig. 2. 



List of stations. 



These four specimens are probably the young of L. spinosus, de- 

 scribed originally from Japan. The head is proportionally longer 

 and the body deeper than in the larger Japanese type ; the difference 

 is wider than that which usually results from age-variation, and it is 

 quite possible that two species are represented. The differences, how- 

 ever, may to a certain extent be more apparent than real, as the 

 larger measurements of the Philippine specimens may result from 

 the smaller base of measurements (length to anus) due to the position 

 of the anus. 



