Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 



Fifth peraeopocl subequal to 3rd, 2nd joint oval, not apically 

 produced, hind margin serrate and setose, 4th and 5th joints subequal, 

 6th a trifle longer. 



First and second uropods, rami of 1st uropod subequal, of 2nd 

 outer a trifle shorter than inner, apices obtuse, spinose, inner apical 

 angle of peduncle of 1st with one strong spine, of 2nd with several 

 spines. 



Third uropod elongate, peduncle extending as far back as apices of 

 1st and 2nd uropods, outer ram us at least thrice as long as peduncle, 

 2-joiuted, 2nd joint small, not J length of 1st, no sexual difference 

 in length of 2nd joint, margins with 2-3 groups of long spines, 

 apices of both joints spinose, inner ram us -\- length of 1st joint of 

 outer, apex obtuse, spiuose. 



Length: 9 mm. 



Colour: In spirit, brownish. 



Locality: Lion's Head SE. | E., distant 42 miles (off Cape 

 Peninsula). 156 fathoms. 3 J J , 3 ovigerous ? ?. ss. " Pieter 

 Favre." 13/3/00. (S.A.M. No. A194.) 



GEN. MELITA Leach. 



1S13/14. Melita Leach, Edinb. Encycl. vol. 7, p. 403. 



1875. Paramoera (part) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. 16, 



p. 75. 

 1906. Melita Stebbing, Das Tierreich, 21, pp. 421, 732. 



1908. ,, Chevreux, Bull, de 1'Inst. oc'an. Monaco, no. 122, p. 6. 



1909. Chilton, Subantarct. Is. N. Zeal. vol. 2, p. 630. 



1910. Stebbing, Sci. Res. "Thetis," pt. 12, p. 596. 



1910. KuukeCTr. Conn. Ac. vol. 16, p. 31. 



1911. Chevreux, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. vol. 23, p. 213. 



MELITA FRESNELII (Auclouin). 

 (Plate XXVIII. Fig. 32.) 



826. Gammdrus fresnelii Audouiii in Descr. Egypte, vol. 1, 4, p. 93, 



Crust, pi. 11, fig. 3. 

 1845. ,, anisochir Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskr. ser. 2, vol. 1, 



p. 317, pi. 2, figs. \a-p. 



1852. Melita pilosus Dana, Proc. Amer. Ac. vol. 2, p. 212. 

 1855. validus id. U.S. Expl. Exp. vol. 13, 2, p. 966, pi 66, 



fig. 6. 

 1855. ,, setipes id. ibid. p. 967, pi. 66, fig. 7. 



