Indian Deep-sea Crustacea. 3 



sounding brought up " grey mud/' but the dredge soon fouled 

 coral and was brought up full of masses of Garyophyllia 

 paradoxus, sp. n., Desmophyllum vitreu?n, sp. n., Lophohelia 

 investigator is, sp. n., and Solenosmilia Jeffreyi, sp. n. 

 Captain Anderson estimates that there was about half a ton 

 of it — living and dead. 



More than 30 species of Crustacea were obtained from 

 this haul, including two of Parapagurus and one of Pagu- 

 rodes, two of Paralomis, five of Munidopsis, one of Ptyoho- 

 gaster and two of Uroptychus, two Homoloids and ono 

 Dromioid, and a Trachycarcinus. And of the species of 

 Munidopsis one was represented by 237 specimens and 

 another by 52. 



One event of this season appears to show that deep-sea 

 dredging may be a matter of mere chance. In December 

 1890 the ship dredged in 188-220 fathoms off the Cinque 

 Islands (11° 31' 40"' N., 92° 46' 40" E.) and made perhaps 

 the best haul of her record, getting her trawl-bag more than 

 half full of solid specimens, of which a multitude of 29 species 

 of Fishes and 23 species of Crustacea formed only a portion. 

 In April 1898 exactly the same spot was dredged — bearings 

 being carefully taken — and although no accident occurred, 

 the results were extremely poor. 



In the following list the new species are noted, and the 

 species that are new to the Indian record are marked with 

 an asterisk. All the new species have been figured, and the 

 figures will be published either in the issue of the " Illustra- 

 tions of the Zoology of the ' Investigator ' " for 1899 or in a 

 Report that one of us has now in the press on the deep-sea 

 Brachyura collected by the ' Investigator.' 



For the determination of the Macrura the second-named 

 of the joint authors is chiefly responsible, for those of the 

 Brachyura and Anomura the first ^chiefly responsible, 



SCHIZOPODA. 



Gnathophausia zocea, Suhm, (i. O. Sars. 430 fath. 



Decapoda. 



Penens rectacutus, Spence Bate. 370-419 fath, 

 Parapeneus investigator is, sp. n. 133-419 fath. 

 Metapeneus philippinensis, Sp. Bate. 185 fath. 

 Jlaliporus taprobanensis, sp. n. 550 fath. 

 Aristceus semidentatus, Sp. Bate. 360-430 fath, 



coruscans, Wood-Mason. 824 fath. 



crassipes, Wood-Mason. 360-600 fath. 



Aristceopsis Edwardsiana (Johnson). 430 fath. 



