1 11(1 (Hit I )((ji-s(ii Drcihji luj . 3fil 



of llic second alnluiniiial tcrguui i.s bis]jiii(j.s('^ aiiil tlic di^i.sal 

 farir)a; of the sixth are 3- or 4-spiri03e ; (5) it is a hiulIi 

 lari^er and altogether Hner speeies. 



.Male. Female, 



niilliin. niillim. 

 Totid length fioin tip of rostrum to tip 



of tel.?ou 62 72 



Length of carapat-e from tip of rostrum 



to middle of posterior margin .... 18 20 



I^ength of abdomen to end of telson .. 4."i'5 50 



Colour ill lite elialky yellow. Kyes in spirit dark choco- 

 late-brown. 



Four males and two ovigerous teinales from Station 11-5, 

 188 to 220 f;'.tlioms. 



PoNTOPiiiLUS, Leach. 



Ci"!. Fontophilus gracilis^ S. I. Smith. 



Pontophilus gracilis, S. I. Smith, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 1882, x. p. 36, 

 pi. vii. Mgs. 2-3 a ; Eep. U. 8. Fish. Comm. 1686, pi. xi. tigs. 1,2 

 (nee Sp. Bate, ' Challenger ' Macrura, 1888, p. 487, pi. Ixxxvii.). 



One fine ovigerous female from Station 112, 561 fathoms, 

 and a small and somewhat mutilated specimen from Station 

 113, 683 fathoms. 



Colours in life transparent cloudy pur[)le, cornese milky 

 orange. (In spirit rich orange-coloured and opaque.) 



33. PuntujjJnlus ahyssi, S. I. Smith. 



Pontophilus abyssi, S. I. Smith, Rep. U. S. Fish. Comm. 1884, p. 19, 

 S 2 . l^^'^. P- -i'-*' pl- xi- tigs. 3-5, S 2 • 



A tine female from Station 110, 1997 fathoms. 



Colour in life translucent cloudy purple (dark orange in 

 spirit), with the corneas milky or chalky orange (in spirit 

 Indian yellow and opaque). 



Also a mutilated ovigerous female from Station 117, 1748 

 fathoms. Colour in the fresh state purplish, corneai dull 

 yellow. (In spirit as in the preceding specimen.) 



The eyes in this .species are decidedly shorter and less pro- 

 duced at the inner apex than in the preceding. 



Pkionocrangon, gen. nov. 



Integument smooth and polished. Carapace compressed, 

 armed with a .'^hoit, sharji, ascendant, narrow, triangular 



