14 



BULLETIN OF THE 



It has also been taken, and in great abundance, by the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, off Martha's Vineyard and off the Capes of the Delaware, in 65 to 365 

 fathoms, and is the species which I have referred to, in Proc. National Mus., 

 Washington, III. p. 428, 1881, as " Eunagurus, sp." 



CATAPAGURUS A. M.-Edwards. 



Cnta-pnyurw A. M.-Edwards, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, VIII. p. 46, lSS0(Dec. 29). 

 Hemipac/iirus Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., VII. p. 143, Feb. 1881 ; Proc. 

 National Mus., Washington, III. p. 422, 1881. 



I have no doubt that my genus is synonymous with that of Milne-F..hvards 

 as indicated above, but I am quite unable to tell from the description alone 

 whether one of my species is synonymous with the Bingle aperies, C. SKarreri, 

 de cribed by Milne-Edwards. 0. Sharreri agrees more nearly in size with 

 H. Bocialis than //. gracilis, bnt will very likely prove to be distinct from 

 either, and until this ran he determined satisfactorily, it seems best t 

 both my species to Catapagwui. 



The melius differs from Spiropagvnu Stimpson in the form and position oi 

 the sexual appendage (formed by the permanent extrusion of a portion of the 



