Podocerus 



705 



ultimate jx)int of peduncle, with a miniite 4*^ Joint. Mandible, 3^ Joint of 

 palp veiy broad-ended. Gnathopod 1, 5*^ joiut with tbe bind lobe very broad, 

 6*^ in d, but not in 9, rather longer than 5*^ bind margin very sbort, at 

 a decided angle witb palm, wbicb is not defined by a tootb; finger as 

 usual denticulate; front margin of 6*^ Joint more strongiy spined in 9 than 

 in d. Gnathopod 2 in d, ^^^ Joint produced at apex of bind margin in- 

 to a Short tootb; 5*^ Joint obscurely separated from the large oval Q^^, of 

 wbicb tbe palm is serrulate towards finger-hinge and indistinctly defined 

 from the sbort bind margin by a small notch and spine, which is scarcely 

 reached by apex of finger, the fringing setae not very long. Gnathopod 2 

 in Q, 4*^ Joint witb tip truncate, 6*^ more broadly oval than in ö; palm 

 more convex, not serrulate, defined by a little tootb and strong group of 

 spines. Peraeopods 1 — 5 stout. witb strong, curved finger; inner margin 

 of 6*'^ Joint having tbe strong spines on the upper half. Peraeopods 1 and 2, 

 2*^ joiut witb very inconspicuous dilatatiou. Peraeopods 3 — 5, 2*^ Joint well 

 expanded. Pleopods 1 — 3 eacb witb 2 coupling spines. üropods 1 and 2, rami 

 rather less elougate than usual. Uropod 3, the plate not reacbing end of 

 telsou. Telsou, the upper process conical, rather sti-ongly produced, tipped 

 with 2 spinules. L. 8 mm, or less. 



Port JMoUe, among sea-weed, and Maroubra B&y [East-Australia]. 



9. P. danae (Stebb.) 1888 Platophmmd., T. Stebbing in: ßep.Voy. Challenger, 

 V.29 p. 1185 t. 128, 129 | 1899 Podocerus d., T. Stebbing in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 u. 3 

 p.239 I 1893 Flatophium Orientale (part.), A. DellaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, v. 20 p. 332 

 t. 55 f. 17, 18. 



In the medio-dorsal line from head to 3*^ pleon segment extends a 

 series of carinate teeth or processes, 2 small ones on peraeon segment 1, 



Fig. 122. P. danae. Lateral view. 



thence tending to encrease successively, 1 to eacb segment; lateral margins 



of peraeon projecting, on segments 3 — 6 tridentate; peraeon segment 7 and 



pleon Segments 1 and 2 each witb lateral tootb on bind margin. Head 



Das Tierreich. 21. Lief.: T. R. R. Stebbing, Amphipoda I. 45 



