282 Annals <>/ the South African Museum. 



Mayer states that he had only a single <$ of this form, but gives 

 the number of joints in the flagellum of 1st antenna of female as 11 

 and figures a portion of a ? . Probably in mentioning the specimen 

 found at Cape Town Mayer intended writing " ? " instead of " $ .' 

 The present specimens are in agreement with his description. 



Length: 10 mm. ; ? 6mm. 



Colour: Light brown with the anterior margins of the peraeon 

 segments and a band between the eyes darker, a few dark specks on 

 peraeou segments 2-5, antennae, peraeopods and branchial lamellae 

 whitish, the hand of the 2nd gnathopods in <$ with a basal and an apical 

 band of orange spots, eyes dark brown ; the ? is somewhat greyer 

 in colour, 2nd gnathopods whitish, marsupial lamellae on 3rd segment 

 each with two red streaks. 



Locality: Durban. July, 1915. 1 <$ , 1 ovigerous ?. (H. W. 

 Bell-Marley.) (S.A.M. No. A3854.) 



GEN. CAPRELLINA Thomson. 



1879. Gaprellina Thomson, Tr. N.Z. lust. vol. 11, p. 247. 



1903. Mayer, Die Caprelliden d. Siboga Exp. vol. 34, pp. 



14, 15, 30. 

 1910. Stebbiug, Gen. Cat, S.A. Crust, p. 470. 



CAPRELLINA SPINIGER n. sp. 

 (PL XXVIII. Fig. 35.) 



Female. Head plus 1st peraeon segment equal to 2nd peraeon 

 segment, unarmed ; 2nd segment with a pair of dorsal spiniform 

 tubercles on the middle of the segment and another pair on posterior 

 margin, one spine above insertion of 2nd gnathopod ; 3rd segment 

 with a large dorsal spiniform tubercle, apically bifid longitudinally 

 and directed forwards ; 4th segment with a similar but smaller 

 tubercle ; both segments with a blunt tubercle above the branchial 

 lamella ; remaining segments smooth. 



First antenna about \ length of body, 1st joint oval, half as long 

 again as broad, 3rd joint longer than 1st, 2nd longer than 3rd, 

 flagellum equal to 3rd joint, 4-joiuted, its 1st joint equal to the other 

 3 together. 



Second antenna reaching to end of 2nd joint of 1st antenna, ulti- 

 mate peduncular joint a little longer than penultimate, flagellum 

 3-iointed. 



