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50 mm. ; 5638, 1 female, 52 mm. ; 5655, 1 female, 97 mm. ; 5667, 1 speci- 

 men, 55 mm. China Sea, vicinity or Formosa: Albatross station 

 5320, 1 male, 44 mm. Hawaiian Islands: Albatross stations 3887* 

 and 4038*, identified by Ortmann (1905) as G. Willemoesi; 4005* and 

 4166*, identified by Ortmann (1905) as G. sarsi. 



Distribution. — The specimens here recorded as having been exam- 

 ined by me fall into two geographical regions, the waters of the east 

 coast of North America and the waters around the Philippine Islands. 

 The species has been recorded from the east coast of America by Ort- 

 mann, but the specimens referred to by Smith (1884) and Verrill 

 (1885) as Gnathophausia sp., from 858 to 2,033 fathoms, must, I think, 

 also refer to this species, and actually to the specimens from stations 

 2038 and 2072 recorded above. Fowler's record (1912) is merely a 

 reference to Ortmann (1906). Off the west coast of the American 

 Continent it has been recorded by Faxon (1895) from near the Gala- 

 pagos Islands and in the Gulf of Panama, by Ortmann (1906) from 

 off the coast of California, and by Boone (1930) in the Gulf of Pan- 

 ama. It is one of the commonest and most widely distributed species 

 of the genus. 



Remarks. — Included in table 5 are measurements of the specimens 

 examined, comparable to table 4 for G. gigas. The length is, in all 

 cases, the measurement from the eye to the end of the telson. The ros- 

 trum and posterolateral spines are given as percentages of the total 

 length, and in the last column is given the extent to which the pos- 



Table 5. — Percentages of length of rostrum and posterolateral spines to total length 

 of specimens in Gnathophausia zoea 



1 Broken. 



