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granules ; lateral margins and apex densely fringed with plumose 

 setae ; there are indications also of spines on the apex, but these have 

 been broken off. 



Frontal lamina about as long as broad, anterior margin convex, 

 projecting freely and not meeting the median point of head ; antero- 

 lateral angles rounded, sides straight. 



Antenna 1, 1st and 2nd joints short, distinct, 3rd a little longer, 

 flagellum shorter than peduncle, 5-jointed. 



Antenna 2, flagellum 15-jointed. 



Mouth-parts normal. 



Peraeopods very much broken, but apparently without distinctive 

 features, 2nd joints of peraeopods 5-7 without fringes of setae. 



Male appendages on 7th segment a little distance apart, curving 

 towards one another, short, stout. 



Pleopod 1, outer ramus very broad, more than twice as wide as inner. 



Pleopod 2, outer ramus not twice as wide as inner, stylet ^ as long 

 again as ramus, slightly incurved distally, tapering evenly. 



Uropod, inner apex of peduncle produced, margins of both rami 

 densely fringed with plumose setae, distal margin of inner ramus also 

 with strong spines, outer apex of inner ramus sub-bifid. 



Length: 9 mm. ; breadth : 3 mm. 



Colour : In spirit greyish, eyes dark. 



Locality : 33 6' S., 28 11' E. (off East London). 85 fathoms. 1 <$ . 

 s.s. " Pieter Faure." 28/1/99. (S.A.M. No. A4126.) 



GEN. CONILOKPHEUS Stebb. 



1905. Conilorpheus Stebbing in Herdman's Ceylon Pearl Fish. Suppl. 



Eep. 23, pp. 11, 13. 



1908. id. S.A. Crust, pt. 4, p. 46. 



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CONILORPHEUS SCUTIFRONS, Stebb. 

 1908. Conilorplieus scutifrons Stebbing, I.e. p. 46, pi. 31. 



In the original description of the genus Stebbing made the narrow- 

 ness of the head and body one of the distinguishing features of the 

 genus ; but when describing the second species he remarked that only 

 the narrowness of the head could be considered as distinctive. Up to 

 the present only one male of both species has been known. 



The " Pieter Faure " collection contains a specimen of both sexes, 

 so that I am able to describe the female, thereby showing that the 

 width of the body relatively to its length is largely a sexual feature. 



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