274 Annul* of the South African 



Geogr. Distribution : Mediterranean (Costa, Delia Valle) ; Cadiz, 

 Azores, Senegal, 0-10 metres (Chevreux). Stebbing records it also 

 from Cuba and Hong Kong. 



FAMILY PODOCERIDAE. 



1849. DitlicJiiilae Dana, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2, vol. 8, pp. 135, 140. 

 1857. Dyopedidae Bate, Aim. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vol. 19, p. 150. 

 1888. Dulicliiidae Stebbing, Challeng. Rep. vol. 29, p. 1182. 

 1906. Podoceridae id. Das Tierreich, 21, p. 694. 

 1910. id. Gen. Cat. S.A. Crust, p. 464. 



GEN. LAETMATOPHILUS Bruzelius. 



1859. LaetmatopMlus Bruzelius. Svenska. Ak. Handl. n.s. vol. 6, 



p. 10. 

 1906. Stebbing, I.e. p. 695. 



LAETMATOPHILUS PURUS Stebbing. 



1888. Laetmatophilus purus Stebbing I.e. p. 1198, pi. 132. 



1893. tuberculatus (part) Delia Valle, F. u. Fl. 



Neapel. vol. 20, p. 317. 



1894. l ,,irm G. O. Sars, Crust. Norw. vol. 1, p. 630. 

 1906. Stebbiug, I.e. p. 696, tigs. 120, 121. 

 1910. id. I.e. p. 464. 



The Challenger specimen was a male. The female has no row of 

 serrate spines leading to the palmar angle on 6th joint of the 1st 

 gnathopod, the 2nd gnathopod similar to that of L. tuberculatus 

 Bruz. as figured by Sars (I.e. pi. 226), the palm marked off from 

 hind margin, which is about i its length, by an acute process, 

 several very low rounded tubercles towards the hinge ; in other 

 respects no sexual difference except that the body is broader in the 

 female. 



Length : 6 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, whitish, eyes reddish-brown. 



Locality ; Cape St. Francis NE., distant 29 miles. 75 fathoms. 

 1 ? ; North of Robben Island (Table Bay). and ? ? with 

 ova and embryos ; Paternoster Point SE. f E., distant 9 miles (off 

 Saldanha Bay). 80 fathoms. $ <$ and ovigerous $ $ . s.s. 

 "Pieter Faure." 19/2/02, 28/10/97, and 17/3/02. (S.A.M. Nos. 

 A109, A110, and Alll respectively.) 



