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Flagellum of 1st antenna ca. 25-jointed, accessory flagellum 9- 

 jointed ; flagellum of 2nd antenna ca. 11-joiuted, subequal to ultimate 

 peduncular joint which is shorter than penultimate, gland-cone not so 

 long as in Chevreux's specimens. 



Eyes fairly large, reuiform ; side-plate 1 with autero-inferior angle 

 produced acutely forward ; postero-lateral angle of 3rd pleon segment 

 somewhat produced, acute, nwgins not serrate ; telsonic lobes rather 

 more ovate than in Chevreux's figure. 



Length : 15 mm. 



Colour : In spii'it, pale pinkish. 



Locality : Paternoster Point SE. J E., distant 9 miles (off Saldanha 

 Bay). 80 fathoms. 2 3 , 1 ovigerous ?. s.s. " Pieter Faure." 

 17/3/02. (S.A.M. No. A187.) 



Geogr. Distribution: Azores, 130 metres (Chevreux) ; lie Djerba, 

 Algiers, low-tide (Chevreux). 



It appears to me to be very doubtful if Chevreux's species is really 

 distinct from inaequipes. But since in the South African material the 

 specimens which I assign to hirondellei are distinguishable from those 

 I take to be inaequipes by the two teeth defining the palm of the 2nd 

 gnathopods and the more produced postero-inferior angle of 3rd pleon 

 segment, I keep them separate here. 



MAERA MASTERSII (Haswell). 



1879. Megatnoera mastersii Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. 4, 



p. 265, pi. 11, fig. 1. 

 1884. thomsoni Miers, Eep. Voy. " Alert," p. 318, pi. 34, 



fig. B. 



1906. Maera masterii Stebbing, Das Tierreich, 21, p. 439. 

 1911. Hoem Chilton/Tr. N.Z. Inst. vol. 43 [1910], p. 564. 



(Non-Chiltou, 1912, Tr. Eoy. Soc. Edinb. vol. 



48, pt. 2, p. 501.) 



The palm of the right 2nd guathopod has a defining tooth, a tooth 

 near the hinge and between those another tooth, all three being fairly 

 strong and acute. Between the defining tooth and the middle tooth 

 there is a very small tooth. The left 2nd guathopod is weak, palm ill 

 defined and without teeth. The telson as in Haswell's description. 



Length : 8 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, uniform dull purplish-brown. 



Locality: Mozambique (Conducia Bay). Nov. 1912. 1 ^ . (K.H.B.). 

 (S.A.M. No. A2471.) 



