14 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. IIO 



BRACHYSCELUS MACROCEPHALUS Stephensen 



Brachyscelus macrocephahis Stephensen, 1925, Danish Ingolf Expedition, vol. 



3, p. 177, fig. 66. 

 Brachyscelus macrocephahis Shoemaker, 1945, Zoologica, New York Zool. 



Soc, vol. 30, pt. 4, p. 243. 



Station 30, i specimen. 



This species has been recorded from the Mediterranean and from 

 Bermuda. The present record is the third of its occurrence. The 

 species measures 5 or 6 mm. in length. 



LYCAEA PULEX Marion 



Lycaca pulex Marion, 1874, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 5, vol. 17, p. 13, pi. 2, fig. 2. 

 Lycaea pulex Shoemaker, 1945, Zoologica, New York Zool. Soc, vol. 30, pt. 4, 

 p. 243 (literature). 



Station 48, 2 specimens. 



Lycaea pulex has been recorded from the North and South Atlantic, 

 North and South Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean. The 

 present record is the first for the West Indies. The species measures 

 from 4 to 6 mm. 



Family PLATYSCELIDAE 

 AMPHITHYRUS SCULPTURATUS Claus 



Amphithyriis sculpturatus Claus, 1887, Die Platysceliden, p. 41, pi. 7, figs. 1-9. 



Amphithyrus orientalis Stebbing, 1888, Challenger Rep., p. 1485, pi. 210, fig. B. 



Amphithyriis orientalis Shoemaker, 1925, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 52, 

 p. 58, figs. 25, 26. 



Amphithyrus sculpturatus Stephensen, 1925, Danish Oceanographic Expedi- 

 tion 1908-1910, vol. 2, D.5, Hyperiidea, pt. 3, p. 226. 



Amphithyrus sculpturatus Spandl, 1927, Die Hyperiden der Deutschen Siidpolar- 

 Expedition 1901-1903, Deutsch. Siidpolar-Exped., vol. 19, Zool. 11, p. 250. 



Amphithyrus sculpturatus Pirlot, 1929, Resultats Zoologiques Croisiere at- 

 lantique de "rArmauer Hansen," 1922, fasc. i, p. 158. 



Amphithyrus sculpturatus Barnard, 1937, The John Murray Expedition 1933- 

 34, Sci. Rep., vol. 4, No. 6, Amphipoda, p. 196. 



Station 30, 2 specimens. 



This species has been recorded from the Mediterranean, Atlantic 

 Ocean, Arabian Sea, Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of California. The 

 present record is the first for the West Indies. Several specimens of 

 Amphithyrus similis Claus were taken by Dr. William Beebe at Ber- 

 muda ini93i, and this species is regarded by Pirlot (1929, p. 158) 

 as a synonym of A. sculpturatus. The species measures from 4 to 5 

 mm. in length. 



