348 Annals of the South African 3[itse>tin. 



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ClROLANA MEINERTI 11. sp. 



(Plate XV. Fig. 18.) 



Body smooth. Head with a minute median point, not reaching the 

 frontal lamina and not (or only partially) separating the 1st antennae. 



Frontal lamina pentagonal, twice as long as broad, apex acute, distal 

 oblique margins shorter than the straight side margins. 



Peraeon segment smooth, microscopically and sparsely punctate. 



Pleou segment 4 with ca. 12 indistinct little denticles on pos- 

 terior margin, segment 5 without free margins and with ca. 12 little 

 denticles, of which the 2 central ones are the largest, on the posterior 



margin. 



Telsou longer than broad, triangular, margins slightly convex, apex 

 subacute, distal margins set with plumose setae and 7-8 rather slender 

 and widely separated spines ; dorsal surface with a patch of short 

 setae on either side of the middle line near the apex. 



Antenna 1 reaching to end of peduncle of antenna 2, 1st and 2nd 

 joints indistinct, flagellum 22-jointed. 



Antenna 2 reaching to end of 3rd peraeon segment, 4th and 5th 

 joints subequal, flagellum 32-joiiited. 



Mouth-parts normal. 



Peraeopod 1, 3rd joint with 2 spine-setae on outer apex, 4th with 

 4 short stout spines at base and 2 at apex on inner margin, inner 

 margin of 6th with 4 spines, of which the 4th is at the apex and 

 much larger than the others, margin between the spines strongly 

 denticulate. 



Peraeopod 2, 3rd joint with 2 long spines on outer apex and 3 short 

 stout ones on inner apex, 4th with 3 long spines on outer apex, inner 

 margin with 5 stout spines near base and 3 on apex, 5th with 3 spines 

 on inner apex, inner margin of 6th with 4 spines, the 4th at the apex 

 and much larger than the others, margin between the spines feebly 

 denticulate. 



Peraeopods 5-7 moderately slender, well armed with spines, 2nd 

 joint not setose, inner distal margin indistinctly serrulate. 



Male appendages on 7th segment short, stout, apically blunt, their 

 distance apart more than the width of one of them. 



Pleopod 2, inner margin of peduncle with 4 hooked setae, stylet in 

 ^ a little longer than ramus, straight, tapering to an acute apex, 

 minutely setulose. 



Uropod, inner ramus reaching to telsonic apex, apex subacute, distal 

 margin with ca. 8 slight notches, each with a rather slender spine, and 

 thickly fringed with plumose setae, outer margin with plumose setae 



