26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi. 



Localities represented in the U. S. National Museum. 



FROM U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES STEAMER AlbatrOSS STATIONS. 



2314. — 4 males. Between Charleston and Savannah, off South Carolina 



coast; 159 fathoms. 

 2399.— 1 male. Gulf of Mexico; 196 fathoms. 

 2401.— 1 male. Gulf of Mexico; 142 fathoms. 

 2403. — 7 males, 1 female. Gulf of Mexico; 88 fathoms. 

 2601. — 5 males. Between Cape Hatteras and Charleston, off North 



Carolina coast; 107 fathoms. 

 2602. — 1 male, 2 females. Between Cape Hatteras and Charleston, 



off North Carolina coast; 124 fathoms. 

 3707. — 1 female. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 63 to 75 fathoms. 

 3714. — 1 male, 1 female. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 48 to 60 fathoms. 

 3715. — 4 males. 1 female. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 68 to 65 fathoms. 

 3717. — 1 male. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 100 to 63 fathoms. 

 3718. — 3 males, 2 females. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 65 fathoms. 

 3740. — 1 female. Off Honshu Island, Japan; 65 fathoms. 



FROM U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES STEAMER Fish Hawk STATIONS. 



7232.-4 males, 2 females. Gulf Stream, off Key West; 109 fathoms. 

 7283.— 1 male. Gulf Stream, off Key West; 127 fathoms. 

 7286.— 1 male. Gulf Stream, off Key West; 133 fathoms. 



Localities previously recorded. — Norway, Shetland Islands, Ireland, 

 Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, 20-300 fathoms; 

 off Cape St. Blaize, South Africa, 40 fathoms; Hawaiian Islands 

 (Pailolo Channel, Molokai and Laysan Islands), at about the same 

 depth. 



2. LOPHOGASTER SPINOSUS, new species. 

 Plate I, figs, la, lb. 



Type.— Oat. No. 11464, U.S.N.M. Female. U. S. Bureau of Fish- 

 eries steamer Albatross station No. 2666, between Bahamas and Cape 

 Fear, North Carolina. Latitude 30° 47' 30" north; longitude 79° 49' 

 west; depth, 270 fathoms. 



Although built in the main according to the pattern of the typical 

 and hitherto only known species of the genus, this species differs from 

 the latter in several well-marked characters. 



(1) Rostrum greatty elongated, almost as long as the carapace in the 

 median line. It exceeds the antennal scales, which also are greatly 

 elongated, and it is without teeth or denticulations. It is directed 

 forward, and is almost straight. 



(2) Antennal scale greatly elongated and lanceolate; its outer margin 

 is formed by a strong rib, which extends into a long spine; the inner, 

 lamellar part is much shorter, and reaches only to about the distal 

 third of the spine. Outer margin of the spine with 9 spiniform ser- 



