Indian Deep-sea Drc Ijuvj. 307 



Family Alpheidae. 



Genus Alpiieus, Fabric! uh. 



44. AJphenSj sp. 



A male and an ovig-crous female fio^n .Sbation 1 l."i, 188- 

 220 fathoms 



A larger male was taken in a nrevlous season in the Bay 

 of Bengal, in lat. 20^ 17' 30" N., long. 83° ;j')' E., in IIKJ 

 fathoms. 



Colour in life transparent blood-red. 



As each of these specimens wants one of the great chela;, 

 we reserve the description of the species until complete speci- 

 mens shall be available. 



Family Pandalidse. 

 DoRODOTES, Spence Bate. 



45. Dorodntes rcjlexas^ Spence Bate. 



Dornchtcs vefle.vus, Spence Bate, ' Challenger' Macrara, p. ()7S, pi. cxvi. 

 lifj;. 3; Wood-Mason, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vii. 1891, p. ll>"), 

 62. 



Three females (two of them ovigerous) and three immature 

 specimens from Station 111, 1644 fathoms. 



Colour in life bright pink; legs crimson; carapace 

 transparent, greasy. 



Heterocarpus, a. Milne-Edwards. 



46. Heterocarpus Alphonsi, Spence Bate. 



Heterocarpus Alphonsi, Spence liate, 'Challenger' Macrura, 1888, 

 p. 632, pi. cxii. fig. 1 ; Wood-Mason, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (0) 

 vii. 1891, p. 196, J 2 . 



Four males and four females (one ovigerous) of different 

 ages from Station 112, 561 fathoms. 



Colour in life bright pink. 



The specimens were highly luminous when brought on 

 board (see Introduction, vol. viii. p. 16). 



This species had previously been taken in lat. 6° 32' N., long. 

 79° 37' E., off Colombo, in 675 fathoms (one male) ; in lat. 

 6° 29' N., long. 79° 34' E., in 597 fathoms (one very large 

 ovigerous female) ; and twice in the Andaman Sea, in 500 

 fathoms (one male and two females). 



