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Polyipnus nuttingi , Gilbert in Jordan and Starks, 
1904: 581 (mentioned in connection with 
a Japanese species). 
Polyipnus nuttingi , Gilbert, 1905: 609, pi. 73 
(type locality, "Albatross” Sta. 4088, in the 
approach to the Pailolo Channel between 
Molokai and Maui, 279-306 fms. Addi- 
tional material, not designated as para- 
types: "Albatross” Stas. 3867, Pailolo 
Channel, 284-290 fms.; 3920, off S coast 
of Oahu, 265-280 fms.; 4089, 4090, 4091, 
and 4097, approach to Pailolo Channel, 
286-308 fms.; 4121, off the NW coast of 
Oahu, 216-251 fms.; 4134, vicinity of Kau- 
ai, 225-324 fms.). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Jordan and Seale, 1906: 190 
(listed only). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Jordan, 1921: 646 (off SW 
shore of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from 
Mauna Loa). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Jordan and Jordan, 1922: 
9 (listed only). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Fowler, 1928: 35 (Alika, 
District of Kau, Hawaii; duplicate of the 
specimen reported by Jordan, 1921). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Schultz, 1938: 142, 145 
("Albatross” Sta. 4102, USNM 51593, 
probably by error; see discussion, below). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Fowler, 1938: 265 (listed 
only). 
Polyipnus nuttingi, Bohlke, 1953: 17 (6 spec- 
imens from "Albatross” Stas. 3867, 4090, 
4077, and 4121, Stanford Nat. Hist. Mus. 
cat. no. 8518, designated lecto-paratypes. 
"Albatross” Sta. 4077 is at the NE and N 
coast of Maui, 99-106 fms.). 
Polyipnus nuttingi is not represented in the 
present collection, but is included here for the 
sake of completeness. 
In Schultz (1938: 145), in the synonymy of 
Polyipnus nuttingi, appears the following entry: 
" Polyipnus spinosus (non Gunther) Gilbert 
and Cramer, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, p. 
416, 1897 (U. S. N. M. no. 51593, co- 
types, 33 specimens, 34 to 70 mm., Albatross 
station 4102, between Maui and Molokai 
Islands, Hawaii, 122 to 132 fathoms, July 
23, 1902).” This is obviously an error, as 
Gilbert and Cramer (1897) made no reference 
to specimens from "Albatross” Sta. 4102. An 
inquiry to Dr. Schultz brought the reply that 
this record (in Schultz, 1938: 145) belongs in 
his preceding paragraph with U. S. N. M. 
51599 (reference to Gilbert, 1905) and that 
his following paragraph ("U. S. N. M. no. 
47720, one specimen, 41 mm., Albatross sta- 
tion 3476, latitude 21°09 / N, longitude 157° 
53'W., December 6, 1891”) is the reference 
that should go with Gilbert and Cramer. 
Gilbert (1905), however, made no reference 
to Polyipnus nuttingi from "Albatross” Sta. 
4102, nor did any author subsequently until 
the publication of Schultz’s paper. Dr. Schultz 
{in litt.) informs the writer that in the U. S. 
National Museum catalog, opposite no. 
51593, "4102” is written in the "original 
number” column. At the time he wrote his 
paper Dr. Schultz assumed that this was an 
"Albatross” station number, but he now be- 
lieves that this may be incorrect as the number 
4102 was entered in different ink than the 
original entry and must have been added 
later. These specimens with catalog number 
51593 are all contained in a single jar, with 
the original label in Gilbert’s handwriting 
" Polyipnus nuttingi co-types,” but without any 
"Albatross” station numbers. 
Gilbert made his identifications at Stanford 
University and retained specimens from Stas. 
3867, 4090, and 4121, as well as Sta. 4077 
which was not included in his 1905 report. 
This material is still at Stanford, and was 
recorded by Bohlke (1953: 17) and seen by 
the present writer. 
Dr. Schultz concludes that the remaining 
specimens, from Stas. 3920, 4089, 4091, 4097, 
and 4134, were wrapped by Gilbert in a single 
package with one label and sent back to the 
U. S. National Museum. Apparently, then, 
number "4102” was applied in the U. S. 
National Museum catalog to an aggregate 
of 33 specimens from several stations and 
