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with low teeth, the center one of which is the largest. The palm of 

 hruzelii is smooth and does not have a sinus adjacent to the defining 

 angle. 



METOPA TENUIMANA Sars 



Metopa temiimana Sars, 1892, p. 259, pi. 91, fig. i. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 181. — 

 Stephensen, 1931, p. 189, fig. 56; 1944b, p. 58. 



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

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

 In 175 feet, 4 miles out, October 14, 1949, 6 specimens. 



Metopa tenuimana has been recorded from West Norway, Shet- 

 land, and East Greenland. It has not heretofore been recorded from 

 Alaska. This is a small species, measuring about 3 mm. and it has 

 been taken down to 40 m. 



METOPA PROPINQUA Sars 



Metopa propinqua Sars, 1892, p. 264, pi. 93, fig. i. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 174. — 

 Bruggen, 1909, p. 22, pi. 3, fig. 21. — Shoemaker, 1930b, p. 263. — Stephensen, 

 1938, p. 168. 



Material collected. — In no to 125 feet, September 9 to 15, 1948, 

 I specimen. 



This species has been recorded from Barents Sea, West Norway, 

 Firth of Forth, North Sea, and Gulf of St. Lawrence. It measures 

 about 3 mm. and has been taken as low as 153 m. It is new to the 

 Alaskan fauna. 



METOPA ROBUSTA Sars 



Metopa robnsta Sars, 1892, p. 270, pi. 96, fig. i. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 173. — 

 Stephensen, 1931, p. 180; 1938, p. 168. 



Material collected. — In 175 feet, 4 miles out, October 14, 1949, 

 I specimen. In 216 feet, 4.3 miles out, October 6, 1949, 2 specimens. 



Metopa robusta has been recorded from North and West Norway, 

 Denmark, Scotland, South and West Greenland. The present records 

 are the first for Alaska. This species measures about 6 mm. and 

 has been taken between 62 and 3,521 m. 



METOPELLA NASUTA (Boeck) 



Metopa nasuta Boeck, 1871, p. 144. — Sars, 1892, p. 276, pi. 98, fig. i. — Steb- 

 bing, 1906, p. 182. 

 Metopclla nasuta Stephensen, 1931, p. 192; 1938, p. 176; 1940b, p. 30. 



Material collected. — In 341 feet, 8 miles out, October 11, 1949, 

 I specimen. In 741 feet, 12.1 miles out, August 17, 1949, i specimen. 



