454 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Podochela gracilipes Stimpson. PI. xxxvii, fig. 6. 



Podochda gracilipes Stimpson, 1871, p. 126: A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, p. 193; Rathbun, 1894, p. 50. 



Cephalothorax pyriform, depressed, about two-thirds as wide as long; rostrum drawn out into a 

 slender point, nearly flat above and with curled hairs along the margin; dorsal region uneven, as in 

 P. riisei, but with very few crispate hairs; crests on basal article of antenna less pronounced than in P. 

 riisei and with the dactylus of the first pair more than one-third as long as the propodus. ' 



Dimensions of a female: Length of carapace, 9.75 mm.; width, 6.5 mm. 



One specimen was taken by the Fish Hawk in 47 fathoms about 23 miles east of Cape Lookout. 

 The species is readily distinguished from both P. riisei and P. macrodera by the shape of the rostrum. 



Genus METOPORHAPHIS Stimpson. 



Metoporliaphis Stimpson, i860, p. 198. 



Metoporhaphis calcaratus (Say). PI. xxxvii, fig. 5. 



Leptopodia calcarata Say, 1818. p. 455. 



Metoporhaphis calcarata Stimpson, i860, p. 198. 



Metoporhaphis calcaratus A. Milne- Edwards, 1880, p. 174; Rathbun, 1894, p. 45. 



Carapace triangular, very imeven, nodulose, each nodule surmounted by a tubercle and this in turn 

 usually with a pencil of soft, hooked hairs; rostrum as long as or longer than the carapace, subcylin- 

 drical, upcurved, trispinous at the extreme tip. 



Legs slender, the articles cylindrical but somewhat crooked; each leg with a strong terminal spine 

 on the superior surface of the meral article; dactyli of all the legs with a double fringe of hairs. 



Chelipeds comparatively small, less than half as long as first ambulatory legs; meral article with a 

 marginal row of spines; carpus with a spine; hand with an incurving row of stiff bristles along each 

 margin; fingers weak, widely gaping at base. 



Measurements of a female; Length of carapace and rostrum, 21 mm.; length of rostrum, 10.5 mm.; 

 width of carapace, 10 mm. 



Color, a dirty gray. 



Not uncommon among hydroids and ascidians at Beaufort, but most frequently obtained by dredg- 

 ing in Bogue Sound off Morehead City. 



Genus EUPROGNATHA Stimpson. 



KuproQnalha Stimpson, 1871, p. 122. 



Euprognatha rastellifera Stimpson. PI. x.xxvii, fig. 7. 



EupTognatha rastellifera Stimpson, 1871, p. 123: A. Milne-Edwards, 1878, p. 183: Rathbun, 1898, p. 253: ibid., 1901, p. 58. 

 EuproQnatha rastellifera spinosa, Rathbun, 1894, p. 55. 



Carapace a little longer than wide, granulate, and with spines on the gastric, cardiac, and bran- 

 chial regions and on the supraorbital margin; postorbital angle tapering to a slender point; rostrum 

 considerably advanced, notched at the tip, the teeth short, triangular; basal joint of antenna with a 

 slender spine directed obliquely forward and equally advanced with the front; interantennular spine 

 inclined downward, equaling or smpassing the front. Sternum regularly granulated except on con- 

 cave portion between the chelipeds. 



Chelipeds nearly twice as long as carapace, granulate or spinous; hand swollen; fingers more than 

 half the length of the palm, gaping slightly for about half their length. Ambulatory legs granulate, 

 with tufts of curled setse and often small spines. 



Length of a male, 14.4 mm.; width, 12 mm. 



Probably extralimital. Although the northern and southern limitsof the range of this species easily 

 include the entire Carolina coast, it has not as yet been found in the Beaufort region. It is probably 

 to be looked for on the edge of the continental slope. 



