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First and second uropods, outer rauius slightly shorter than inner, 

 peduncle and ranii feebly spinulose. 



Third nropod lost. 



Length: 11 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, pale pinkish. 



Locality: Cape Point 1ST. 81 E., distant 32 miles. 400 fathoms. 

 1 mutilated nonovigerous ? . s.s. " Pieter Faure." 20/8/03. (S.A.M. 

 No.A2772.) 



FAMILY LILJEBORGIIDAE. 



1899. Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. 4, 



p. 211. 

 1910. id. Gen. Cat, S.A. Crust, p. 453. 



GEN. LILJEBORGIA Bate. 



1862. Llljeborgia Bate, Cat. Amphip. Brit. Mus. p. 118. 

 1910. Stebbiug, I.e. p. 454. 



LILJEBORGIA PROXIMA Chevreux. 



1907. Liljeborgia proxima Chevreux, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, 



1907, no. 6, p. 413. 

 1907. id. Mc'm. Soc. Zool. Fr. vol. 20, p. 475, 



figs. 4, 5. 



Stebbing (1910, Sci. Kes. " Thetis," pt, 12, p. 588) has pointed out 

 that the presence of dorsal teeth, albeit very small, the great length 

 of the finger of the 5th peraeopod and the small size distinguish 

 Chevreux's species from L. aequalilis Stebbing. Stebbing and 

 Chevreux have specially mentioned two identical characters which dis- 

 tinguish their respective species from L. brevicornis Bruz., namely : the 

 absence of a tooth at postero-iuferior angle of 1st side-plate, and 

 the equality of the apical lobes of the telson. There are other 

 characters in common between the two species, such as the postero- 

 inferior angle of the 3rd pleou segment, the posterior margins of the 

 2nd joints of the 3rd-5th peraeopod s. 



The present specimen corresponds with Chevreux's description, 

 although unfortunately the distal joints of the 5th peraeopods have 

 been lost. 



In my opinion proxima should become a synonym of aequabilis, 

 The size, especially in females, is not so important, as may be seen in 



