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by a spiniferous process, against which the finger impinges. Peraeopods 1 and 2, 

 5*^*^ Joint Short, witli long, stout, apical spine, 6*^ with strong spines on lower half 

 of hind margin, fiuger small. Peraeopod 3, 2*^ Joint broadly expanded, though 

 in one specimen much longer than broad; 4:^^ Joint distally broader than the 

 length. subtriangular, with many spines on lower margin, 5*^ narrower than 4*^, 

 subqüadrate, almost surrounded by spines, 6*^ narrow, spinöse, finger smooth, 

 slender. Peraeopod 4, 2^ Joint broadly oval, with long setae on front margin, 

 4*^ longer and broader than in peraeopod 3, spinöse, remaining joints nearly 

 as in peraeopod 3. Peraeopod 5 much shorter than peraeopod 4, 2^ Joint 

 large, the wide expansion produced to overlap 3<^ and 4*^ joints, 4*^ and 

 5*^ shorter but wider than 6*^, all three spinöse, especially 5*^, finger slender. 

 Uropod 1, rami stout, 5 spines on one, 2 on the other, üropod 2, 12 spines 

 along margin of peduncle, rami short and stout. üropod 3, rami in ö long, 

 ßubequal, plumose (Dana), in Q outer lanceolate, plumose, with minute terminal 

 Joint, inner about % as long, feebly arraed and narrower. Telson cleft 

 to the base or nearly so, apices rounded, with spinule and setules on outer 

 point. L. 6 — 9 mm. 



Sooloo Sea, Port Jackson [East-Australia]. 



P. grandis (Stimps.) 1857 Phoxus g., Stimpson in: Boston J. nat. Hist., r. 6 

 p.521 I 1888 Phoxocephalus g., T. Stebbing in : JRep. Voy. Challenger, u29 p.l717 | 1893 

 P. g., A. DeilaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, ».20 p. 743. 



L. 12"5 mm. 



Entrance of San Francisco Bay. Sandy bottom, depth 19 m. 



P. uncirostrata (Giles) 1890 Phoxus uncirostratus, G. M. Giles in: J. Asiat. 

 Soc. Bengal, «.59 p. 65 t. 2 f. 2 | 1898 Phoxocephalus u., A. DeilaValle in: F. Fl. Neapel, 

 V. 20 p. 895. 



L. about 5 mm. 



Eay of Bengal (Seven Pagodas near Madras). Sandy bottom, depth 9 — 19 m. 



7. Gen. Parharpinia Stebb. 



1888 Phoxocephalus (part.), T. Stebbing in: Rep. Voy. Challenger, u 29 p. 1717 j 

 1899 Parharpmia (Sp. typ.: Phoxus villosus), T. Stebbing in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 

 V. 4 p. 207. 



Hood obtuse. Eyes distinct. Antenna 1, 3*^ Joint short, accessoiy flagellum 

 many-jointed. Antenna 2, penultimate Joint of peduncle broad, carrying 

 setae and spines. Mandible, molar small or obsolete, palp long and slender, 

 3^ Joint longer than 2^. Maxiila 1, palp 2-jointed. Maxillipeds, outer plates 

 *elongate, fringed with seiTate spines on inner margin, 4*^ Joint of palp long and 

 slender. Gnathopods 1 and 2 similar. Peraeopods L and 2, 4*^ Joint longer 

 than 5*'* or 6**». Peraeopods 3 and 4 with 4*^ and 5*^ joints not expanded. 

 Peraeopod 5, expanded 2*^ Joint moderately produced. üropod 3, rami 

 lanceolate. Telson deeply cleft. 



1 species. 



1. P. villosa (Hasw.) 1880 Phoxus villosus, Haswell in: P. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 

 V.4: p.258 t. 9 f. 2a, b I 1888 Phoxocephalus v., T. Stebbing in: Rep.Voy. Challenger, 

 u29 p. 1717 I 1893 P. v., A. Della Valle in: F. Fl. Neapel, t7.20 p.743, 744 | 1899 Phoxus v., 

 Parharpinia sp. typ., T. Stebbing in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 v.4 p. 207 | 1882 Phoxus 

 batei (err., non Haswell 1880!), G.M.Thomson in: Tr. N. Zealand Inst., v.U p. 232 

 1. 17 f. 2 a— e. 



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