PANTOPODA FEOM PEAKZ-JOSEF LAlfD. 631 



range — from the south coast of Spitzbergen to Greenland and 

 the eastern coast of North America as far south as Massa- 

 chusetts, as well as along the whole coast of Norway and to the 

 North Sea (Durham), occurring also in the Kara Sea. It appears 

 to live at a comparatively shallow depth (16-115 fms.). 



Nymphon elegans, Hansen. 



E. 21. Lat. 77° 55' N., long. 53° 16' E. ; 130 fms. 13 July, 

 1897, 8 P.M. Adult female. 



E. 24. Off glacier between Cape Flora and Cape Gertrude; 

 about 30 fms. 21 July, 1897. 2 adult females. 



E. 33. 50 miles N.W. of Cape Mary Harmsworth ; 234 fms. 

 8 Aug., 1897. 1 young specimen. 



These specimens differ slightly from Sars's figures in the 

 greater proportional size of the auxiliary claws on the feet, which 

 are about a third as long as the principal claw in the adults, and 

 half as long in the young specimen. In this character, therefore, 

 the specimens show an approach to N. macrum, Wilson. 



This species is a typically arctic form. It was dredged at 

 several stations by the Norwegian expedition, at stations varying 

 from 63= N, lat. to 80° N. lat. (off north-west coast of Spitz- 

 bergen), and at depths from 148 to 743 fathoms. There is a 

 specimen in the Dublin Museum from Cape Aston, Davis Straits 

 (60 fms.). It has also been taken in Baffin's Bay (72° 40' N., 

 57° 15' W.) at a depth of 118 fathoms, and in the Kara Sea at 

 a less depth (40-70 fms.). The nearly allied N. gracilipes, 

 Heller (1), described from Eranz- Josef Land specimens, is not 

 represented in Mr. Bruce' s collection. 



Ch^tokymphois" hirtipes (Bell). 



Nymphon hirtum, Miers (2). 



N. Mrtum, Heller (1). 



E. 25. Off glacier between Cape Flora and Cape Gertrude ; 

 about 30 fms. 21 July, 1897. Adult male and female and 3 

 immature specimens. 



E. 23. Cape Gertrude ; 30 fms. 21 July, 1897. 1 immature 

 specimen. 



E. 32. Off Cape Mary Harmsworth; 53-93 fms. 7 Aug. 1897. 

 1 young specimen. 



In the immature specimens (especially in the youngest form, 



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