AMPHIPODA. CHILTON. 'M 



and corneous, inserted in a deep notch in front of 

 head ; two setae at the end of each, the outer the thicker. 

 Lower pair of the antennae with the basal joint some- 

 what elongated and furnished with hairs. 



'Body much compressed, the lateral appendages on 

 the first eight joints very large, and nearly concealing 

 the legs; the appendage of the fourth joint much 

 dilated behind at the end; eighth to eleventh joints 

 slightly keeled on the back; appendages of the three 

 last joints of abdomen longish, with short spines on the 

 edge behind. ' ' 



P'or the description of the species, Ephippiphora krdyeri, 

 he merely says : 



'The body is very highly polished, the edges of the 

 segments behind somewhat tinged with yellow ; the 

 legs and caudal appendages slightly brownish. 



"Hob. Van Diemen's Land." 



In 1862 the species was re-described and figured by 

 Spence Bate from White's typical specimen in the British 

 Museum, which is, he says, an inch in length. His descrip- 

 tion corresponds well with the two ''Endeavour" specimens. 

 Some further- information as to White 's type was given by 

 Miers (1884, p. 312), who referred to this species small 

 specimens obtained by the "Alert" at Dundas Straits, 

 Prince of Wales Channel and Port Deiiison. These may, 

 however, really belong to Waldeckia chevreuxi, Stebbing. 

 The species Ephippiphora kroyeri and allied species were 

 discussed by Stebbing in 1010 (p. 571). 



From the figures which I give it will be seen that E. 

 kroyeri is closely similar to the animals for which the genus 

 Waldeckia has since been established, and it will be 

 unnecessary to give a detailed description of all its 

 appendages. 



The mouth parts form a compact mass protruding below 

 the anterior portion of the body and are shown in side view 

 in Fig. 1 b, and as seen from below in Fig. 1 c. The separate 

 mouth parts are very similar to those of Waldeckia 

 chevreuxi if we make allowance for the greater size of the 

 animal. The mandible (Fig. 1 d} has the same general 

 shape with fairly narrowed cutting edge without separate 

 teeth, and the process on the inner side (molar tubercle) is 

 narrow and beset with many short setae; the palp is very 



