SCHIZ0P0D8 OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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(4) The first true leg of the male (Sars’s fig. 18) has the propodite only slightly dilated, and 
consists apparently of one single joint (Sars draws three of them), followed- by a very small terminal 
one, which is hidden by peculiarly developed, long spines; the latter are less numerous than in Sars’s 
figure, and less distinctly fasciculate. 
I am not prepared to say whether these differences might constitute specific or varietal characters. 
If they should prove to be of taxonomic value, we ought to create, for this form, a new species or 
variety, for which I should like to propose the name Anchialus hawaiiensis. 
Stations. — 3812, surface, south coast of Oahu, 2 males; 3829, surface, south of Molokai, close to 
Lanai Island, numerous specimens, all males; 3921, surface, off Honolulu, numerous specimens, male 
and female, females prevailing. 
Distribution . — Tropical Atlantic, 14° N. (Kroyer); off Cape of Good Hope, surface; 34° 41 / S., 
18° 36' E. (Sars). 
The present localities extend the known range of this species considerably. Sars believes that the 
species of the genus Anchialus are pelagic surface forms, and in this case the wide distribution would 
correspond to that of many other pelagic creatures. That they are captured rarely may be due to the 
fact that they seem to be nocturnal; at least at the three localities at which our material was taken 
the hauls were 'made at night (7.30 to 8.45 p. m. ), with the aid of electric light, during the night 
anchorage of the Albatross. In two of our hauls this species was represented by a very large number 
of individuals, while not a single other haul in this region contains a trace of it. I think we have 
here the original home of this species, which is to be sought in shallow water near the shore, but it 
hides somewhere during the daytime, and appears as a planktonic form at night, possibly only during 
a certain season. 
