224 



Pardalisca, Pardaliscoidcs 



outer plate with 6(7?) dentate spiues and a seta, broad apex of palp with 

 many spinules. Maxiila 2, inner plate vather longer and broader than outer. 

 Maxillipeds, 2'^ Joint of palp stout, not much longer than 3'^ Gnathopod 1. 

 5*'' Joint subfusiform, densely spinöse, much broader than 6*'^ and fully twice 

 as long, 6*^1 narrow, fringed with pectinate spines, . finger laminar, broadly 

 oval, arraed on apex and aloug bind margiu with spines, one rather larger 

 than the rest serving as a nail. Gnathopod 2 similar, but longer, especially 

 in 2^ and 5*'* joints. Peraeopods 1 — 5 as in P. abyssi (p. 222). Uropod 3, 

 rami equal, broadly foliaceous, spinules on outer, plumose setae on inner 

 margin. Telson 1 ^/g times as long as broad, margins with 3 separate spinules, 

 and a group of 3, cleffc ^ length, dehiscent, apices rather broadly notched. 

 Colour orange, darkest on back; ova rose-coloured. L. 12 mm. 



Arctic Ocean, Xorth-Atlantic and Skagerrak (Greenland, Spitzbergen, Matotschkin 

 Schar, Norway southward to Bergen, Bohuslän). Depth 18 — 72 in. 



4. P. marionis Stebb. 1888 P. m., T. Stebbing in: Hep. Voy. Challengor, r.29 

 p. 996 t. 94 I 1893 P. cuspidata (part.), A. DellaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, ».20 p. 692. 



Rostrum very small. Eyes not observed. Antenna 1, 1^* Joint longer than 2'^ 

 and 3*^ combined, flagellum longer than peduncle, 18 joints remaining, accessory 

 flagellum with 5 joints, 1^* longest, as long as 1^* of 

 primary. Antenna 2, ultimate Joint of peduncle a little 

 shorter than penultimate, flagellum not much longer than 

 peduncle, 29-jointed. Mouth-parts nearly as in P. cuspi- 

 data (p. 223), but mandibular palp (Fig. 58) rather shorter; 

 maxilla 1, outer plate with 9 dentate spines and a seta, 

 broad apex of palp with 15 little distant spine-teeth; 

 maxilla 2, inner plate broader but rather shorter than 

 outer; maxillipeds (Fig. 59) broader, 2*^ Joint of palp 

 little longer than 1^*. Gnathopods 1 and 2 nearly as 

 in P. cuspidata, but 2*^ Joint shorter, 5**^ much more 

 than twice as long and broad as 6*^^\ finger not much 

 louger than broad, beset with 14 unequal spines and 

 having a spine-like nail as long as itself. Peraeopods 1 

 and 2, 4*^* Joint not much shorter than the oval 5*'', 

 finger fusiform, more than half as long as 6^^ Joint, 

 with a very small curved nail. Peraeopod 4, 2"^^ Joint 

 moderately expanded, oblong, 4*^, 5^^ and 6*^^ joints 

 narrow, long. All the pleon and some of the peraeopods 

 missing. L. (from rostrum to end of peraeon) about 4 mm. 



Palp 



Outer 

 plate 



Fig. 59. Maxüliped. 



Fig. 58 and 59. 

 P. marionis. 



Southern Indian Ocean (Marion Island). Depth 183 ni. 



3. Gen. Pardaliscoides Stebb. 



1888 Pardaliscoides (Sp. un.: P. tenellus), T. Stebbing in: B,ep, Yoy. Challenger, 

 t7.29 p. 1725 I 1897 P, T. Stebbing in: Tr. Linn. Soc. London, .ser. 2 v.7 p. 38 | 1893 

 Pardalisca (part.), A. Della Valle in: F. Fl. Neapel, t;. 20 p. 691. 



Antenna 1 the longer; peduncle long, primary and accessory flagella 

 many-jointed. Mandible, left with 4 unequal teeth on cutting edge, crenulate 

 accessory plate and 2 spines; right with 3 teeth on cutting edge, no accessory 

 plate, 3 spines; palp slender, fringed witli setiform spines. Maxilla 1, inner 

 plate small, with 1 seta, outer with 7 spines, 1 setiform, 2<^^ Joint of palp 

 wide, carrying many spinules. Maxilla 2, inner plate with 3 setae, outer 



