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GEN. HYALE Eathke. 



1837. Hi/ale Eathke, Mem. pres. Ac, St. Petersb. vol. 3, p. 377. 



1849. Nicaea Nicolet in Gay's Hist, Chile, vol. 3, p. 237. 



1888. Hyale Stebbing, Challeng. Eep. vol. 29, p. 171, etc. 



1890. G. O. Sars, Crust. Norw. vol. 1, p. 26. 



1906. Stebbing, Das Tierreich, 21, pp. 559, 735 (references). 



1907. Chevreux, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat, Paris, 1907, no. 6, p. 414. 



1908. Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 37. 



1910. Kunkel, Tr. Conn. Ac. Sci. vol. 16, p. 72. 



1911. Chevreux, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. vol. 23, p. 238. 



HYALE MAROTJBRAE Stebbiiig. 



1899. Hyale maroubrae Stebbing, Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. 2, vol. 7, 



pt. 8, p. 405, pi. 32c. 

 1906. id. l.c. p. 563. 



First gnathopod <$ , 2nd joint with very slight lobe on anterior apex, 

 3rd not lobed at all. 



Second gnathopod <$ , distal expansion on 2nd joint with 5 spinu- 

 iferous indents, 3rd joint also lobed. 



Third uropod, ramus shorter than peduncle. 



In other respects agreeing with Stebbing's description. The female, 

 hitherto unknown, has the gnathopods as follows : 1st gnathopod, 

 2nd joint slightly lobed on anterior apex, the lobe bearing one setule, 

 3rd and 4th not lobed, lobe of 5th not extending beyond 4th, setiferous, 

 6th twice as long as broad, palm transverse, convex, defined by a spine, 

 margin setose, hind margin with 1 group of setae, finger matching 

 palm ; 2nd gnathopod, similar but a trifle larger. 



Length : 5 mm., ? 4'5 mm. 



Colour ; Claret, eyes black. 



Locality: Sea Point, near Cape Town. 26/2/14. (K.H.B.). 6 <J <$, 

 1 ovigerous ? ; Buffel's Bay (False Bay). 28/9/13. (K.H.B.). 

 1 cJ. (S.A.M. Nos. A2883 and A2884.) 



Geogr. Distribution : Sydney, New South Wales (Stebbing). 



HYALE SALDANHA Chilton. 

 (Plate XXVII. Fig. 37.) 



1912. Hyale saldanha Chilton, Tr. Eoy. Soc. Edinb. vol. 48, pt. 2, 



p. 509, pi. 2, figs. 24-29. 



This very common species occurs in several colour varieties according 

 to the local habitat and the colour of the weeds among which it is 



