NO. I POINT BARROW AMPHIPODA — SHOEMAKER 49 



Material collected. — Taken in Eluitkak Pass, Elson Lagoon, Au- 

 gust 30, 1948, I specimen. Off Point Barrow base in 80 feet, Sep- 

 tember 9, 1948, I specimen. From beach at Point Barrow base, 

 September 24, 1950, i specimen. 



Weyprechtia pinguis is a circumpolar species that dips down into 

 the cold North Atlantic. It has been recorded from Nova Zembla; 

 Franz Joseph Land; White Sea; Spitzbergen; Murman coast; East 

 and West Greenland; Baffin Bay; Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay; 

 Bernard Harbor, Northwest Territory ; and Okhotsk Sea. 



There are specimens in the U.S. National Museum taken off Hali- 

 fax, N. S. It reaches a length of 29 mm. and has been taken as low 

 as 120 m. 



WEYPRECHTIA HEUGLINI (Buchholz) 



Weyprechtia heuglini Stebbing, 1894, p. 41, pi. 7; 1906, p. 381. — Gurjanova, 

 1932, p. 168. — Stephensen, 1940a, p. 296, fig. 34, I. 



Material collected. — In 8 to 10 feet, September 9, 1948, 3 speci- 

 mens. In 80 feet, July 21 and September 9, 1948, 7 specimens. 

 Washed ashore August 21, 1949, i specimen. In 37 feet, .75 mile 

 out, June 2^, 1950, 3 specimens (from baited screen trap through hole 

 in ice). 



Weyprechtia heuglini has been recorded from Nova Zembla, Kara 

 Sea, Barents Sea, Spitzbergen, New Siberian Islands, north of Bering 

 Strait, and Bering Sea or Okhotsk Sea (Derjavin, 1930, p. 328). 

 There is a specimen in the U. S. National Museum from Bering Sea. 

 This is a large species reaching a length of 51 mm. It has been 

 recorded between 9 and 40 m. 



MELITA DENTATA (Kroyer) 



Gantmarits dentatus Kroyer, 1842, p. 159. 

 Gammarus subtener Stimpson, 1864, p. 157. 

 Melita leonis Murdoch, 1885b, p. 148, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Melita dentata Sars, 1894, p. 513, pi. 181, fig. i. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 427. — 

 Stephensen, 1944b, p. 105. 



Material collected. — In 120 to 150 feet, 4 to 5 miles out, Septem- 

 ber 9, 1948, 7 specimens. In 80 to 125 feet, September 15, 1948, 

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

 Washed ashore September 22, 1949, i specimen. In 175 feet, 

 October 14, 1949, 15 specimens. In 295 feet, 5 miles out, October 6, 

 1949, 6 specimens. In 341 feet, 6 miles out, October 11, 1949, 3 speci- 

 mens. Washed ashore September 22, 1949, i specimen. In 175 feet, 

 October 14, 1949, 15 specimens. In 162 feet, 3.2 miles out, Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1950, I specimen. 



