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not as large as in Chevreux's figure, inferior margin without teeth, a 

 verv shallow emargination just before postero-inferior angle. 



Fourth peraeopod, 2nd joint with 14 teeth on posterior margin, the 

 teeth indistinct basally. 



Fifth peraeopod, 2nd joint 4'25 mm. x 2 mm., basal portion of 

 posterior margin entire, distal portion with 8 teeth, greater part of 

 posterior margin straight, not slightly convex. 



Third uropod, the small 2nd joint on outer ramus much shorter. 



Length : 28 mm. ; posterior margin of 1st peraeon segment to apex 

 of horn : 5 mm. ; first and second antennae : 10 mm. and ca. 22 mm. 

 respectively. 



Colour : In spirit, yellowish. 



Locality. Cape Point NE. -i N., distant 49 miles. 700-1000 

 fathoms. 1 ? <J . s.s. " Pieter" Faure." 27/9/03. (S.A.M. No. 

 A119.) 



Geogr. Distribution : Azores, 3000 metres (Chevreux) ; off south 

 point of Africa and at New Amsterdam, 2000-2500 metres (Strauss, 

 " Valdivia"). 



Chevreux, in discussing the affinities of C. alicei Chevr. (I.e. No. 27, 

 p. 6), says : " II est egalement difficile d'admettre que le nonibre des 

 dents de 1'article basal des pattes de la 5 e paire [3rd peraeopods] 

 puisse diminuer au cours de la croissauce de 1'animal et que ces dents 

 finissent par disparaitre tout a fait. En general, c'est plutot le con- 

 traire qui a lieu," and makes this one reason for separating C. alicei 

 from C, chaUetigeri Stebbing. The present specimen, however, would 

 seem to contradict this; moreover, Walker (1909, I.e. p. 327), in dis- 

 cussing C. alicei, says the teeth are present on the process of the 

 2nd joint of the 3rd peraeopod in the small specimen (3 mm.), but not 

 in the large specimens (15 mm.). Unfortunately no descriptive 

 account has yet been published of the " Valdivia " material. Since 

 numerous specimens were taken by this expedition, it is probable that 

 they will have some bearing on the question of the variation, accord- 

 ing to age and sex, of these teeth. 



CYPHOCARIS FATTREI n. sp. 

 (Plate XXVI. Fig. 4.) 



Head half length of 1st peraeou segment ; eyes pear-shaped, widest 

 below. First segment of peraeon equal to 2nd and 3rd together, 

 slightly swollen in front, but not projecting overhead. Side-plate 1 

 semi-cii-cular, 2 triangular, deeper than long, anterior margin distally 

 slightly emarginate, 3 subrectangular, as deep as long, 4 obovate, 



