106 BULLETIN OF THE 



Cg Eyc-pcduncle fusilbnn, coruea very small, not expanded. Rostnun 

 represented by a small pointed projection. 



4. B. micropa G. O. Sars. Soutli of Nova Seotia, 1,250 fatlionis. 



(ChaU. Scliizop. 1885, p. 184, PI. XXXIII. figs. 7-10.) 



dj A lateral frontal spine over each eye, therefore the frontal margin 

 three-spined. Eye-peduncle conical, cornea expanded. 



5. B. tridens G. O. Sars. Norway, 300-400 fatlioms. (Monogr. 



Norg. Mysid. 3, 1879, p. 10, Tl. XIV.) 

 Cj Frontal margin obtusely rounded, without a rostral spine. Eye- 

 peduncles conical, cornea expanded. 



6. B obtusata G. O. Sars. North Pacific, 345 and 2,740 fathoms. 



(ChalL Schizop. 1885, p. 182, PI. XXIII. figs. 1-6.) 

 bg Eye-peduncles constricted, very thin and cylindrical at the base. Cornea 

 greatly expanded, projecting laterally considerably beyond the carapace. 

 Frontal margin obtusely pointed, without a rostrum. 



7. B. megalops G. O. Sars. Norway, 80-200 fatlioms. (Monogr, 



Norg. Mysid. 3, 1879, p. 18, PI. XV., XVI.) 



Ej Eyes imperfectly developed, calyciform, without pigment or visual elements. 



8. B. scijphops G. 0. Sars. Arctic and Antarctic, deep-sea. 



(Nordliavs Exp. 1885, p. 56, PI. VI. ChaU. Schiz. 

 1885, p. 178, Pi. XXXII. figs. 10-20.) 



Boreomysis californica, nov. spec. 



This new species agrees so closely in almost every regard with B. arctica, 

 that it is useless to give a detailed description. The only difference I observe 

 is the peculiar character of the eye, whose cornea is somewhat less expandeil, 

 and whose peduncle is prolonged over the cornea as a sharp conical tubercle. 

 The color of the cornea is pale brown, as in B. arctica (pigmento fulvescente). 



It is somewhat doubtful whether this species belongs to the genus Boreo- 

 myxis or to a new genus. The rudimentary condition of the pleopods and the 

 want of male appendages to the antennulfe show that the specimens are females, 

 but the incubatory lamellae are not developed. In the largest specimen I observe 

 at the base of the legs seven pairs of very little leaflets, -which may be the seven 

 pairs of incubatory lamellae characteristic of the genus Boreomysis, and there- 

 fore I believe that this specimen, and also the two smaller ones, which do not 

 show these leaflets, are not fully developed females. On the other hand, in 

 case they are males, this species must be the representative of a new genus agree- 

 ing with the genera Mysidella and Hetcroviysis in the rudimentary condition 

 of the male pleopods, but differing in the structure of the other appendages 

 which are normally developed here. 



50 miles south of Guaymas (Gulf of California). Surface to 700 fathoms. 

 (From the open part of net.) Three specimens. 



