Crti*f<:ir<><ni Fniii/ii of South Africa. 197 



In the left gnathopod the hand is much weaker and more setose, 

 defining angle of palm rounded, with 3-4 spines, first part of palm 

 concave, second part convex with a small tooth and 2 pairs of spines ; 

 in the large specimen the palm is more uniformly straight but armed 

 with spines and setae. 



In ? right and left 2nd gnaphopods equal in size, the hand being 

 similar to that of the young <$ , elongate-oval, tapering distally, palm 

 and hind margin subeqnal and continuous, without defining tooth, 

 but with a submarginal spine, palm with 2 denticles near the hinge, 

 both flanked by minute subsidiary denticles, some small denticles 

 between first tooth and junction with hind margin, finger tapering, 

 nearly reaching the defining spine. 



Hind margin of 2nd joint of 3rd-5th peraeopods serrate. 



All the peraeopods with a straight stout spine- seta on inner apex 

 of 7th joint extending as far as the end of the curved unguis, most 

 noticeable in the posterior three pei'aeopods. 



Length : 14 and 18 mm. ; ? 8 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, yellowish-white, eyes pale brown. 



Locality : Gleudower Beacon N. ^ W., distant 16 miles (near Port 

 Alfred). 66 fathoms. 3 juv. J ; Cape Natal W.f N. distant 12 miles, 

 85 fathoms. l(J(the large specimen mentioned above), s.s. " Pieter 

 Faure." 10/9/01 and 17/12/00; Dyer's Island. April, 1915. (J. 

 Drury.) 2 ? ? (1 ovigerous). (S.A.M. Nos. A188, A192 and A3390.) 



Geogr. Distribution: Port Jackson and Port Stephens, Australia 

 (Haswell) ; Red Sea (Walker) ; New South Wales, 54-59 fathoms. 

 (Stebbing) . 



GEN. ELASMOPUS Costa. 



1853. Elasmopiis Costa, Eend. Soc. Bourb. n. s. vol. 2, pp. 170, 175. 

 1906. Stebbing, Das Tierreich, 21, pp. 441, 732. 



1908. Chevreux, Mi'm. Soc. Zool. Fr. vol. 20, p. 483. 

 1910. Stebbing, Gen. Cat. S.A. Crust, p. 457. 



ELASMOPUS PECTENICKUS Bate. 



(Plate XXVIII. Fig. 33.) 

 1862. Noera pedenicrus Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 192, pi. 34^ 



fig. 8 (on plate spelt pectinicrus}. 

 1904. Elasmopus serrula Walker in Herdman's Ceylon Pearl Fish. 



Suppl. Rep. 17, p. 277, pi. 8, fig. 37. 

 1906. ,, brasilietisis (part) Stebbing, I.e. p. 443. 



1909. semtla Walker, Tr. Linn. Soc. Loud. vol. 12, pt, 4, 



p. 336. 



