702 Podocerus 



slightly distiiiguished from the hiiid margin by a miuute tooth or notch, 

 witb 2 palmar spines; finger matcbing palm. Peraeopods 1 aad 2, 2^ Joint 

 witb convex front margin forming a winged expansion. Peraeopods 3 — 5, 

 2*^ Joint expauded bebind in peraeopod 3 just as in front of tbe 1^^ and 2^, 

 in 4**^ and 5*^ witb more flattened bind margin. Pleopods 1 — 3, coupling 

 spines reacbing 9. Telson ratber broader tban long, distally rounded ; projectiou 

 from Upper surface broad, carrying 2 spines. Colour, dark stellate marking 

 or round spots, scattered or crowded. L. 6—7 mm. 



Atlantic. On Chelonia imbricata (L.). 



2. P. andaiuanensis (Griles) 1890 Cyiiophium andamanense, O. M. Giles in: 

 J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, u. 59 p. 72 t. 2 f. 7 | 1899 Podocerus andamanensis, T. Stebbing 

 in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 v.3 p. 239 | 1893 Platophium Orientale (part.), A. Della Valle 

 in: F. Fl. Neapel, «.20 p. 895. 



Body sligbtly corrugated, not carinate; peraeon segment o mucb 

 sborter tban tbe P*, 2<^ or 7^^ Eyes small. Antenna 1, 2*^ Joint considerably 

 longer tban 1^* or 3^, or tban tbe 4-jointed flagellum; accessory flagellura 

 minute, witb 4 sbort joints (?). Antenna 2 mucb longer and stouter; ultimate 

 Joint of peduncle subequal to penultimate (in figure longer), flagellum very 

 sbort, witb 2 stout long joints, armed witb strong booked spines. Gnatbo- 

 pod 1 very small; tbe articulation between 3*^ and 4*'' joints very oblique; 

 finger probably fused witb 6*^ Joint, tbe subcbela being formed between 

 tbese and tbe dilated 5*^ Joint. Gnatbopod 2 very mucb larger; 4*'^ Joint 

 not produced (figure), h^'^ coalesced witb tbe long oval or fusiform 6*^, 

 wbicb is devoid of long setae; finger strongly curved, little more tban balf^ 

 as long as 6*^ Joint. Peraeopod 3 as long as peraeopods 1 and 2, but 

 stouter; peraeopods 4 and 5 successi\4«ly longer. Pleopods 1 — 3 exceptionally 

 small. üropod 1, peduncle as long as tbe longer ramus; tbe sborter ramus 

 scarcely more tban balf as long, üropod 2 sborter but stouter, its rami in 

 like manner unequal and spinöse, üropod 3 reduced to a rudiraentary 

 tubercle. Telson small and laminar, armed witb a few sbort, stiff bairs. 

 Colour dirty wbite, sparely sprinkled witb minute dark brown spots, L. 3 mm. 



Bay of Bengal (Andaman Islands). Taken in the surface net. 



3. P. inconspicuus (Stebb.) 1888 Platoj)hium inconspicuum, T. Stebbing in: 

 Rep. Voy. Challenger, v.2d p. 1194 t. 131 ] 1899 Podocerus inconspicuus, T. Stebbing 

 in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 v.3 p. 239 | 1893 Platophium parasiticum (part.), A. Della 

 Valle in: F. Fl. Neapel, «j.20 p. 335. 



Q . Body elliptical, sligbtly imbricated. Eyes broadly oval, large. 

 Antennae 1 and 2 imperfect. Gnatbopod 1. B^^ Joint elongate, naiTowing 

 distally, ratber longer tban 6*1^, <6^^ widening to tbe palm, wbicb is sborter tban 

 tbe bind margin and forms an obtuse angle witb it, carrying a palmar spine; tbe 

 finger not overlapping palm, witb a row of setules near tbe apex. Gnatbopod 2, 

 5*11 JQJj,!; sjjiall, 6*^1 large, abruptly wider tban 5*'S bind margin very sbort, 

 palm very long, oblique, defined by a small apical tootb, serrulate near 

 finger-binge, and tben fringed witb stout spines; finger stout, matcbing 

 palm. Marsupial plates of great size. Peraeopods 1 — 5 unknowu. Pleo- 

 pods 1 — 3 eacb witb 2 coupling spines. üropod 3 not reacbing end of telson. 

 Telson distally rounded, witb 2 spines rising fi-om tbe surface at about tbe centre. 

 Colour, dark pigment flakes, remaining dark in spirit. L. about 3 (not 6) mm. — 

 d uuknown. 



Port Jackson [East-Australia]. Deptli 3—18 m. 



