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  DECAPODA 
  FEOM 
  ALBATROSS 
  DREDGINGS. 
  

  

  PONTOPHILUS 
  BREVIROSTRIS 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  

   [Locality: 
  Ofi 
  Long 
  Island.] 
  

  

  653 
  

  

  [Locality: 
  Off 
  Martha's 
  Vineyard.] 
  

  

  [Locality: 
  Off 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay.] 
  

  

  [Locality: 
  Off 
  Cape 
  Hatteras.] 
  

  

  PONTOPHILUS 
  ABYSSI 
  Smith. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XI, 
  Figs. 
  3,3a, 
  4, 
  5.) 
  

  

  Station 
  2226, 
  September 
  10, 
  north 
  lat. 
  37°, 
  west 
  long. 
  71° 
  54', 
  2,021 
  

   fathoms, 
  globigerina 
  ooze, 
  temperature 
  37°; 
  3 
  $ 
  and 
  2 
  $ 
  carrying 
  eggs 
  

   (8600). 
  The 
  station 
  of 
  another 
  female 
  (8525) 
  is 
  unfortunately 
  not 
  given. 
  

  

  These 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  much 
  better 
  condition 
  than 
  those 
  originally 
  

   described, 
  and 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  perfectly 
  distinct 
  from 
  P. 
  gracilis. 
  

   A 
  large 
  female 
  gives 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  

  

  Length 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  rostrum 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  telson 
  62. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  carapax, 
  including 
  rostrum 
  17. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  rostrum 
  2.8 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  carapax 
  at 
  antennal 
  spines 
  8. 
  

  

  Greatest 
  breadth 
  of 
  carapax 
  8. 
  6 
  

  

  Greatest 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  1. 
  8 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  antennal 
  scale 
  9. 
  1 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  antennal 
  scale 
  2. 
  7 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  first 
  perasopod 
  21.0 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  chela 
  7.5 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  dactylns 
  • 
  3. 
  1 
  

  

  