434 



Slenoearis minor, (Scott). 



(Suppi. IM. 50). 



: - -it. Aililiii.Mis m lip- Fauna ,.r ill.- Kiith >.f Fortli. loth Ann. Kep. 

 I: ird t'"i- S,-,,tlaii<l, p. -Mi'. I'l. XI, Ji-s. 17^4. 



Cha\ Female. Body slender, cylindrical in form, resembling 



tl, ;i t in i/i*. Kostrum very small and apparently not defined behind. 



about tin- length nf tin- anterior division, genital segment the largest, 



, :\ -mailer than the preceding one. Caudal rami about the 



length of the anal segment, slightly divergent, and of nearly equal width through- 



,-arrying near the end a short bristle, principal apical seta trans- 



lancet- shaped appendage accompanied outside by a slender bristle 



MIL' from its ha-^f Anterior antenme resembling in structure those in S. 



ml composed ill' 7 \vell-detiiied joints, the terminal part being 3-articulate 



insti-ail of Inarticulate. Posterior antenmu likewise rather similar, though having 



outer ramiis e..niparatively smaller. Oral parts and the 4 anterior pairs of 



iil\ agiveini; in their structure with those appendages in & (/ntt-ili*. 



-. as in that species, very small, lamelliform, but less exserted 



at the .ii.l. :uid having only a single coarse spine inside, marginal setae 7 in number. 



-mall and narro\\. each containing only 3 or 4 ova arranged in a 



single row. 



'"iir whitish. 

 \.> li'.'th of adult female (1. 90 mill. 



Remarks. -This form, described by Th. Scott as a species of the genus 



.//.//../. x//////.v. js evidently referable to the genus Sh'HocKrix, as defined in the 



main part of this work, agreeing \\ith the type species, S. yracUi*. in all essential 



<h;i: It ditlers from that species in the much smaller si/e, the distinctly 



i-ti'-uhite anterior antenna', the peculiar transformation of the principal caudal 



nd linally in the form and armature of the last pair of legs. 



Some fe\\ specimens of this form, all of the female sex, were 

 nd hist summer :it K'oi'-liavn in a depth of about 20 fathoms, sandy bottom. 



/' '' Ibui Seotli-h coast (Scott ). 



Page 333. 



\dd tin- following ||e\\ 





Gen, Tachidiopsis, (J. o. sars. n. 



'ii'ii-ral form of body somewhat resembling that in 

 ior dnision being distinctly broader than the posterior. 



