NO. 1272. NEW DECAPOD CRrSTACEANS—RATHBUN. 899 
SPIRONTOCARIS KINCAIDI. 
Near S. camtschaHen (Stiinpson). Rostrum one-third longer than 
carapace, horizontal, slightly concave above, 5 teeth above (2 on 
carapace), 5 teeth below. Antennular peduncle reaching about two- 
tifths length of antennal scale, second and third segments very short 
and subequal, basal scale reaching* end of second segment. Antennal 
peduncle almost as long as antennular, scale tapering, exceeding the 
carapace. No exognath, ])ut an epignath on maxilliped. No epipods 
on feet. Abdomen strongly bent at third somite, which is produced 
backward in a strong lobe; fourth somite spineless. 
Dhnensions. — Ovigerous female, approximate length 36.5 mm.; 
length of carapace and rostrum 13.6 mm., of rostrum 7.T mm. 
Tyjye locality. — Off Santa Cruz, California, 21 fathoms, station 3124, 
U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross (Cat. No. 25273). 
Di.strihution. — Also taken on coast of Washington in 37 to 40 
fathoms. 
SPIRONTOCARIS BIUNGUIS. 
Also of the gahnardii tj'pe, but easily distinguished b}^ the very 
large, p^'riform e3"es, the cornea covering the greater part of the 
peduncle, b}' the longer rostrum, which is from one and a i'ourth to 
one and two-thirds times as long as the remainder of the carapace, by 
the maxilliped possessing an exopod and an epipod, while the feet 
are destitute of epipods, and by the dactyli of the last three pairs of 
feet armed with a long subterminal spinule, which, folding against the 
slender tip of the dactylus, gives the appearance of a minute chela. 
Dimensions. — Length of egg-laden female 83 mm., length of cara- 
pace and rostrum 37.6 mm., length of rostrum 23.2 mm. 
Ty2)c locality. — Off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, British 
Columbia, 876 fathoms, station 2860, U. S. Fish Commission steamer 
Albatross (Cat. No. 25274). 
Distribution. — From Bering Sea to Oregon, 109 to 987 fathoms. 
SPIRONTOCARIS STONEYI. 
A small species near S. cristata (Stimpson). Rostrum about half 
as long as carapace, upper margin convex, armed with 7 to 9 teeth 
(1 to 2 on carapace), unarmed and straight near tip; tip pointed; one 
tooth near tip below. A strong antennal, a slender pterj^gostomian 
spine. Antennular peduncle reaching to middle of antennal scale; 
second segment one and a half times as long as third; outer scale not 
reaching end of first segment. Antennal scale as long as carapace, 
spine reaching as far as blade; peduncle reaching to a little beyond 
first segment of antennular peduncle. Fourth abdominal somite 
