592 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Collected ;i( T:it:i;in. Siinaliic -hore. .-talion I ).>_?."> 0. Linao Point. 



Gulf of Da vao, 23 fathoms, coral and -and l)ottom. 



Genus PALMYRA Savigny. 



PALMYRA AURIFERA Savigny. 



I'lihni/ni (iiirifrrn SAVICNY. ISlid. p. IT. A i norix AMI M 

 1832-1834, p. 110, pi. I'", Ites 1 & CtKDBB, ls7*. p. i:i. Me INTO 

 pi. 9, figs. 1, 2 ; pi. Go, figs. 8, 9. 



I have doubtfully identified this species. (Jrulic gave out no fig- 

 ures and the head is much larger and more distinct than Audouin and 

 Milne Edwards's figure. It agreed in general with the description 

 of Mclntosh, though much larger, measuring about 30 mm. in length 

 by 8 in breadth. 



Collected at station D5250, Linao Point, Gulf of Davao. 23 

 fathoms, coral and sand bottom. 



Genus EULEPETHUS Chamberlin. 



EULEPETHUS HAMIFERA Grube. 



Eiilcpis hamifera GRUBE, 1878, p. 52, pi. 3, fig. 8. 



Collected at station D5235. 'Xagubat Island, Mindanao. 44 

 fathoms, soft mud bottom. 



Genus PSAMMOLYCE Kinberg. 



PSAMMOLYCE FIJIENSIS Mclntosh. 



I'xniniitnlticc [ijini.vix Mel. \TOSH, 1885, p. 148, pi. 21, lit:. H: pi. J, ti.ir. 4: 

 pi. 24, fig. 6; pi. 13ff, fig. 18. 



One incomplete specimen from station D5160, Tinakta I-land. 

 Tawi Tawi Group, 12 fathoms, sand bottom. 



Genus STHENELAIS Kinberg. 



STHENELAIS LUXURIOSA Grube. 



Sthenclais luxuriosa GRUBE, 1878, p. f>4. 



Collected at station D5375, Tayalias Light (outer). 107 fathoms, 

 green mud bottom; D5423, Cagayan Island. Jolo Sea. 508 fathoms, 

 gray nnid. coral sand bottom; D5397, Panalangan Point, between 

 Samar and Mashate. 134 fathoms, green mud bottom: T").')!'."^. I'tara 

 Point, Bongo Island, eastern Illana P>ay. Mindanao, _?S fathoms, mud 

 bottom; D5183, Lusaran Light, between Panay and Xegro.-. 0(1 

 fathoms, soft green mud bottom: and n^W-J. Tuhig Point, Samar. 

 135 fathoms, green mud and sand bottom. 



Fragments of members of this family were collected at stations 

 D5297, Matcot Point, China Sea, 198 fathoms, mud and sand 

 bottom; and D5108, Corregidoi Light. China Sea. 13 fathoms, coral 

 bottom, but were too much injured for identification. 



