Isopoda ?9d 



11904. Ardurus baffini Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), XIV, pp. 444-445. 



1905. Arcturus baffini Richardson, Bull. 54, U. S. N. M., p. 338. 



1909. Arcturus baffini G. 0. Sars Sec. Are. Exped. Fram. Videnskabs-Sel- 



skabet i Kristiania, No. 18, p. 8. 

 1916. Arcturus baffini Hansen, Danish Ingolf Exped. Crust., Malacost., vol. 3, 

 pt. 5, p. 192. 



Localities recorded: 



Station 62c, 1 mutilated specimen, 20 miles off Churchill river, 30 fathoms, 

 clay, mud, gravel and stones, September 2, 1887, "Diana" Hudson Bay 

 Exploring Expedition, 1 specimen; without locality, probably "Neptune" 

 Expedition, 1903-04, A. Halkett, collector, 3 specimens. 



From stomach of Cottus groenlandica; Cumberland gulf, east of Blackhead 

 island, September 4, 1904, "Neptune" Expedition, A. Halkett, collector, 1 

 mutilated specimen. 



I have also seen the following representatives of this species in the collections 

 of the U. S. National Museum: Cat. No. 26649, Ellesmere land, or Greenland, 

 R. Stein, collector, 1 specimen; Cat. No. 24924, cape Alexander, 27 fathoms, 

 Princeton Expedition, 10 specimens; Cat. No. 24923, Granville bay, 20-30 

 fathoms, Princeton Expedition, 20 specimens; Cat. No. 21254, lat. 43° 55' N., 

 long. 49° 08' W., 110-150 fathoms, collected October 12, 1881, by Capt. Geo. A. 

 Johnston; Cat. No. 6276, 3 specimens without data. 



Sabine records the type material from Beechey island, arctic America, about 

 long. 91° W.; Grinnell land; Floeberg beach; Dobbin bay, 30 fathoms; cape 

 Napoleon, 25 fathoms; Franklin Pierce bay, 13-15 fathoms, cape Sabine, Davis 

 strait; Ingolf Station 31, lat. 66° 35' N., long. 55° 54' W., 88 fathoms; also 

 Station 34, lat. 65° 17' N., long. 54° 17' W., 55 fathoms. 



West Greenland: Cape Alexander, 27 fathoms; cape Chalon, 35 fathoms, 

 McCormick bay; Robertson bay, 5-40 fathoms; Inglefield gulf, 25 fathoms; 

 Olrik, 15-20 fathoms; Murchison sound, 2 stations, 25-50 fathoms, clay; Barden 

 bay, 10-40 fathoms; Granville bay, 10-40 fathoms; Granville bay, 20-40 fathoms; 

 near cape York, 15 fathoms; lat. 76° 10' N., long. 58° 56' W., 200 fathoms, clay; 

 lat. 70°- 29' N., long. 55° 40' W., 50 fathoms, hard clay; lat. 68° 28' N., long. 

 54° 47' W., 184-245 fathoms, lat. 68° 20' N., long. 54° 03' W., 220-280 fathoms; 

 lat. 68° 09' N., long. 56° 32' W., 48 fathoms, sand; lat. 67° 59' N., long. 56° 33' 

 W., 98 fathoms, stones and mud; lat. 66° 44' N., long. 56° 08' W., about 175 

 fathoms; lat. 66° 32' N., long. 55° 34' W., 100 fathoms; lat. 65° 35' N., long. 

 54° 50' W., 80 fathoms. 



East Greenland: Oresund, 3 stations, 15-50 fathoms; Stormbugt, 2 stations 

 8-20 fathoms, lat. 77° 35^' N., long. 18° 12' W., 28 fathoms; lat. 77° N., long 

 18° 30' W., 300 m.; lat. 72° 53' N., long. 20° 36' W., 96 fathoms; lat. 72° 26' N. 

 long. 19° 35' W., 105 fathoms; Scoresby sound, 5-25 fathoms; Hurry inlet 

 lat. 72° 26' N., 50 fathoms; Henry land, lat. 69° 34' N., 20 fathoms; near Tasiusak 

 lat. 65° 37',N., in 15-30 fathoms. 



Europe: West of Spitzbergen, 416 fathoms, temperature 0-8°; between the 

 Faeroes and Norway, 412 fathoms, temperature 1-0°; between Iceland and the 

 Faeroes, especially near the latter from many stations, in depths from 40-133 

 fathoms; at Vestmanhavn, in about 10 fathoms; southeast of the Faeroes in 620 

 fathoms; 5 miles east of Seydis fjord, East Iceland, 135 fathoms; and more 

 eastward in 299 fathoms; temperature 0-3; west of Iceland, Ingolf Station 87, 

 lat 65° 02' N., long. 23° 56' W., 110 fathoms; between Iceland and the Faeroes^ 

 Ingolf Station 4, lat. 64° 07' N., long. 11° 12' W., 237 fathoms; Station 2, lat. 

 63° 04' N., long. 9° 22' W., 262 fathoms; north of the Faeroes, Ingolf Bta.iion 143, 

 lat. 62° 58' N., long. 7° 29' W., 388 fathoms. 



Distribution. West of Spitzbergen, between the Faeroes and Norway, 

 especially abundant around the Faeroes, known from Iceland from many stations 



