220 CANON A. M. NOEMAN ON THE PODOSOMATA 



" The species is somewhat variable ; but I find no sufficient reason to divide 

 the forms belonging hither into two species, as has been done by Sars, even 

 if I have to acknowledge that most of the specimens found and examined can 

 tolerably well or decidedly be said to belong either to the N. spinosum of Sars 

 or to his JV. hirtipes, as these species are diagnosticated and described in his 

 last large and excellent w^ork." 



Hardanger and Trondhjem Fiords, Norway, in 120-190 fathoms (A. M. JS\). 

 N.E. America, lat. 44° 35° N., long. 57° 13' W., 150 fathoms {U.S. Nat. 

 Mus.). ' Porcupine; 1869, Stat. 78°, lat. 60° 14' N., long. 4° 30' N., 290 

 fathoms, and Stat. 88, lat. 59° 26' N., long. 8° 23' W., in 705 fathoms. It is 

 therefore to be added to the British fauna. Mus. Nor. 



Norwegian coast from Stavanger to Tjoto in Nordland {Sars). 



4. Ch^tonymphon tenellum, G. 0. Sars. 



Chcetonymphoti tenellum, Sars, (50) p. 353 ; and (51) p. 169, pi. xii. figs. 1 a-h. 

 Nymphon tenellum, Meinert, (37) p. 46. 



' Porcupine ' 1869, Stat. 51, lat. 60" 5' N., long. 80° 14' W., in 440 fathoms. 

 Mus. Nor. 



The station referred to is only 0° 5' northward of the British Area, and as, 

 moreover, it is situated in the warm water south of the Faroe Channel, there 

 can be little doubt that the species may be added to our fauna *. 



Two specimens dredged in the sea west of Finmark in 620 fathoms (Sars) ; 

 south of Davis Strait in 420-600 fathoms {Meinert). 



5. Ch^tonymphon maceonyx, G. 0. Sars. 



Nymphon macronyx, Sars, (48) p. 366. 



„ „ Hoek, (26) p. 95, pi. xv. figs. 1-7. 



„ „ Hansen, (18) p. 167, pi. xviii. figs. 6 a-c. 



Clustonymphon macronyx, Sars, (51) p. Ill, pi. xii. figs. 2 a-k. 

 Nymphon macronyx, Meinert, (37) p. 43. 



'Triton' Expedition 1882, lat. 60° 5' K, long. 6° 2rW., 608 fathoms, and 

 59° 30' N., long. 7° 13' W., in 555 fathoms {Mus. Nor.). 



This last locality is in the warm area, bottom temperature 45°'5 Fahr. ; 

 and within the limits of our seas. I have five specimens received from Sir 

 John Murray as from this locality, and they have a different aspect from those 

 taken at Stat. 9, being paler in colour and much more transparent. This is 

 worthy of notice because Hoek, having seen only a single specimen of each 

 of the two species C licet onympl ion macroyiyx and Boreonymp>lion rohustum from 

 the w^arm area, with wise caution thought the evidence insufficient to prove 



* In a ' Catalogue of Crustacea and Pycnogonida of University College, Dundee,' by 

 Professor D'Arcy Thompson, C.B., after Ch(stonymp1ion tenellum is given as a locality 

 "Ireland." On enquiry, Prof. Thompson informs me that ''Ireland" is a misprint for 

 " Iceland." 



