30 Bcrnicc P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



Synalpheus paroneomeris Couticre. 



Synalpheus paroneomeris Coutierc, Fauna and Geogr. Maldivc and Laccadive 

 Archipelagoes, vol. 2, p. 872, pi. 71, fig. 7. 1906. 



Previous records are from Mahe, Mu.scat, Jibouti, the Maldive Archi- 

 pelago, and MiniUoi. Two specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Family HIPPOLYTIDAE 



Saron marmorata (Olivier). 



Saron maiiiioratii Kemp, Rec. Indian ^luscuni. vol. 10. p. 84. 1914. 



The species is widely distributed ranging from the east coast of Africa 

 and the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean east- 

 ward to Tahiti and northward to Hawaii. Two specimens were taken at 

 Palmyra Island. 



Family GNATHOPHYLLIDAE 



Gnathophyllum fasciolatum Stimpson. 



Giiathophylhim fasciolatum Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1860, p. 28. 



The type locality of the species is recorded at Port Jackson, Australia. 

 The species has also been reported from Hawaii. Two specimens were 

 collected at Palmyra Island in 1922. 



Family HYMENOCERIDAE 



Hymenocera elegans Heller, (figs. 2; 3, a-f). 



Ilynioioccra cicgans Heller, Verh. zool. botan. Ges. Wien., Br. 11. p. 25. 1861; 

 Sitz. Ber. Acad. Wiss. Wien., 44, 1, p. 264, pi. 3, tigs. 9-14, 1861. 



The species has been recorded from the Red Sea, which is the type 

 locality, and from Mauritius, Mozambique, Matema Island, and the Sey- 

 chelles in the Indian Ocean. It has more recently been reported by 

 de Man" in material from the "Siboga" Expedition. I have not had 

 access to de Man's article and am in doubt as to the locality from which 

 the author reports the species. 



Three specimens, all females, of a form which, except in certain de- 

 tails noted below, corresponds very closely with Heller's description of 

 Hymenocera elegans, were collected at Palmyra Island in 1922. Although 

 there may be specific differences regarding features not mentioned in the 

 description of the type speciinen, I am retaining the Palmyra Island form, 

 temporarily at least, within this species. 



" (Resnlts Explor. "Siboga" 39a3, p. 191). 



