244 Annals of tlu j tiovtli African Museum. 



finger half 6tli joint, stout, inner margin serrate, 5th and 6th joints 

 setose but not densely ; ? resembling the <$ . 



Second gnathopod, lobe of 5th joint not very prominent, 6th joint 

 oblong, palm angularly emarginate, defining angle rectangular, slightly 

 produced, a blunt nodiform tooth just below the apex of the emar- 

 giuatiou on the inner surface of the palm, a few backwardly directed 

 serrations near the hinge, finger closing just within the defining angle, 

 leaving a triangular space, 5th and 6th joints setose but not densely ; 

 $> similar to but rather weaker. 



All the peraeopods very sparsely setose ; 2nd joint of 3rd peraeopod 

 broadly oval, narrowing distally. 



First uropod, outer ramus a trifle shorter than inner, its outer 

 margin with 8 spines, outer margin of inner ramus with 6 very fine 

 setules. 



Second uropod, outer ramus shorter than inner, its outer margin 

 with 3 spines, outer margin of inner ramus with 4 fine spiuules, inner 

 margin with 3 spines. Both rami of 1st and 2nd uropods ending in a 

 short blunt spine-tooth. 



Third uropod, outer ramus equal to peduncle, the apical setae 

 almost concealing the very small 2nd joint, inner ramus short, bluntly 

 ovate. 



Length : 6'5 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, pale pinkish, deeper on the 1st peraeoii segment, 

 antennae ringed with crimson. 



Locality : Morewood Cove NW. by 1ST. f N., distant 3 miles (Natal). 

 27 fathoms. <$ $ and ovigerous ? ? ; Umhloti Kiver mouth NW. 

 by W. f- N., distant 3 miles (Natal). 25 fathoms. <$ <$ and ovigerous 

 ? ? ; Nahoon Point NW. by W., distant 5 miles (near East London). 

 45 fathoms. 1 , 1 ovigerous $ ; off Knysna. 40-47 fathoms, d d 

 and ovigerous ? ? . s.s. " Pieter Faure." 18-19/12/00, 10/7/01, and 

 11/10/00. (S.A.M. Nos. A199, A200, A3400, and A3856-7.) One 

 ovigerous $ was found in a thin semitrausparent tube at the base of 

 a Hydroid. 



Geoar. Distribution : Shetland Islands, 2-5 fathoms (Bate & 

 Westwood) ; Norway, 30 fathoms (Sars) ; France (Chevreux) ; 

 Naples (Delia Valle) ; Algiers (Chevreux) ; Ceylon (Walker) ; 

 Seychelles, 22-34 fathoms (Walker) ; Wasin, Brit, E. Africa, 

 10 fathoms (Walker). 



PHOTIS LONGIMANITS Walker. 



1904. Pliotis longimaniis Walker in Herdman's Ceylon Pearl Fish. 



Suppl. Rep. 17, p. 286, pi. 7, fig. 44. 



