20 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 1 28 



METOPA BRUZELII (Goes) 



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Montagua brttselii Goes, 1866, p. 522, pi. 38, fig. 10. 



Metopa hrucelii Sars, 1892, p. 261, pi. 92, fig. i. — Stephensen, 1931, p. i8i ; 



1938, p. 169; 1944b, p. 56. 

 Proboloides bruselii Stebbing, 1906, p. 188. — Shoemaker, 1930b, p. 270. 



Material collected. — In 80 to 125 feet, September 8 to 15, 1948, 



4 specimens. In 453 feet, 8 miles out, October 11, 1949, 11 specimens. 

 In 175 feet, 4 miles out, October 14, 1949, i specimen. 



Metopa hruzelii has been recorded from Spitzbergen, North Nor- 

 way, Kattegat, Isle of Man, North Wales, Firth of Forth, Iceland, 

 East and West Greenland, and Gulf of St. Lawrence. The present 

 records are the first for Alaska. This is a small species measuring 

 about 4 mm., and has been taken from 10 to 200 m. 



As Stephensen has noted (1931, p. 182) the first maxilla of this 

 species has a i -jointed palp. The specimens from Point Barrow also 

 have a i -jointed palp and the mandible has a 2- jointed palp, which 

 correctly place the species in the genus Metopa. 



METOPA LONGICORNIS Boeck 



Metopa longicornis Boeck, 1871, p. 143. — Sars, 1892, p. 258, pi. 90, fig. 2; 1900, 

 P- 33- — Stebbing, 1906, p. 179. — Stephensen, 1931, p. 188; 1938, p. 174. 



Material collected. — In 60 feet, September 8, 1948, i specimen. In 

 100 to 130 feet, 4 to 5 milesout, September 9 to 15, 1948, 6 specimens. 

 In 216 feet, 4.3 miles out, October 6, 1949, i specimen. In 295 feet, 



5 miles out, October 6, 1949, i specimen. In 175 feet, 4 miles out, 

 October 14, 1949, 25 specimens. 



Metopa longicornis has been recorded from North Norway and 

 West Greenland. It is a small species measuring about 4 mm. The 

 present records are the first for Alaska. It has been taken off West 

 Greenland between 10 and 130 m. 



METOPA SPINICOXA, new species 

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Material collected. — In 60 to 125 feet, September 8 to 15, 1948, 21 

 specimens. In 184 feet, 5 miles out, August 30, 1949, i specimen. In 

 175 feet, October 14, 1949, 30 specimens. 



Male. — Head equal in length to the first two body segments com- 

 bined ; lateral lobes angular, but not sharply so ; eye rather large and 

 very light-colored in alcohol. Antennae somewhat stout. Antenna i 



