,, :i j r provided with -1 Btrong -i.ii.iilu>,- seta; apical spine and seta in all pairs 

 :.,! slender: inner ramu- scarcely half as long as the outer, with the 

 1D| \,,\ ,m:dl an.l simple, middle joint the largest and produced at the end 

 to HI, acute comer, terminal joint Carrying on the tip a moderately long 

 i inside -2 unequal set, the distal one \eivlongandslender. Last pair 

 - uith the distal i-'int well-developed, oval in form, and edged with 6 setae 

 i une,|iial I. n-th. the innermost hut one very long and slender: inner 

 of proximal j..iut comparatively short, not extending to the middle of 

 the dMal joint, and earning at the obtusely rounded extremity 2 unequal set;e 

 and inside them '2 short ->pines hilid at the tip. 

 i .jour not \et ascertained. 

 L. -n.L'tli "f adult lemale 0.48 mm. 



/;. . ,,/,. Th,. nliove-de-ci iln'd ^pecies is uiKiuestionahly referable to the 

 :,us /'//'//'''"'"/''"^ as detine.l hy Th. Scott, and comes very near P. fnii-1'n-nsi* 

 . ,.- [t is hi "t' much Mualler size and differs moreover in the perfectly 



smooth caudal segments, as also slightly in the structure of the legs. 



inly a solitary female specimen of this form has hitherto 

 in- under m\ notice. l> \\as found in a sample taken last summer at Korshavn 

 from a depth of ahoiit L ; n fathom-. 



Gen, Paramesoehra, Scott, 



Characters. Mody more or less slender, with the anterior division 



nelly lu-oader than tin- posterior and somewhat depressed. Integuments very 



rum oh-olrtc. (icnital segment in female large, not subdivided. Caudal 



lami more or less produced. Anterior antenn;e short and stout. Posterior antenna 1 



with the proximal joint distinctly subdivided, outer minus well developed, though 



uiiiarticulate. Mamlihles \cr\ >troiig. with the palp well developed, hiramous. 



mparati\ely small, with the epipudal lolje imjierfectly developed. An- 



:ilip"l- with I snl)eipial >etiferous lohe> inside, the outermost issuing 



from th- distal joint, apical part well defined. Posterior maxillipeds with the 



; ed of 8 small has;,! joint earning '2 or .'{ claw-like spines. Legs 



ly small and of simple structure: 1st pair with both rami Inarticulate, 



distinctly prehensile; the :; succeedm- pairs with the hasal part 



I and t! '. "liter rainiis :;-articiilate. inner hiai ti<'idate; natatory setae 



im|i.-i-fi.i-t: loped, Last pair of legs with the distal joints very small, proximal 



ihient insid.- to a lai'L-e median plate 



