290 Annul* <>f the South African Museum. 



FAMILY LANCEOLIDAE. 



1887. Lanceolidae Bovallius, Bib. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. vol. 11, no. 16, 



p. 5. 



1888. Stebbing, Challeng. Rep. vol. 29, p. 1301. 



1904. id. Tr. Linn. Soc. Loud. ser. 2, vol. 10, pt, 2, p. 28. 



1905. Woltereck, Zool. Anz. vol. 29, p. 413. 



1909. id. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. vol. 52, no. 9,. 



p. 156. 

 1907. id. ibid. vol. 31, p. 129. 



GEN. SCYPHOLANCEOLA Woltereck. 



1905. Scypholanceola Woltereck, I.e. p. 415. 

 1909. id. I.e. p. 161. 



SCYPHOLANCEOLA VANHOEFFENI Woltereck. 



1909. Scypholcmceola, vanhoe/eni Woltereck, I.e. p. 167, pi. 7, figs. 24o 



(c?), 246(5)- 



Body dorsally rounded, not keeled. Rostrum triangular, base- 

 broader than length, not as long as rest of head, the " ocular cups ' r 

 and " eye baud " as figured by Woltereck. 1st and 4th peraeon seg- 

 ments subequal and shorter than 2nd and 3rd, which are also subequal. 

 Side-plates 1-5 anteriorly narrowing to a point, scarcely reaching the 

 posterior margins of their segments, 6 and 7 not reaching the anterior 

 margins of their segments, posterior portion somewhat produced, 

 subacute. Pleura neither spiuose nor setose, rounded below. 



Telson not quite reaching to f length of peduncle of 3rd uropod, 

 twice as long as its basal width. 



First antenna as in Lanceola aestiva Stebbing 1888, but not serrate, 

 reaching to end of 4th (penultimate) joint of 2nd antenna. 



Second antenna, 2nd joint with prominent gland-cone as long as the 

 joint, 3rd thrice 2nd, 4th twice 3rd, 5th lost on both sides. 



Epistoine as broad as long, upper lip broader than long, with very 

 deep and fairly wide cleft, the lobes apically rounded. 



Lower lip as in Lanceola. 



Mandibles, anterior margin of trunk with a strong triangular pro- 

 jection or tooth, as figured for L. aestiva, 1st joint of palp a trifle 

 broader than long, 2nd equal to length of trunk, 3rd f length of 2nd, 

 both joints setose, much the same as in L. aestiva. 



First maxilla as figured for L. pucifica Stebbing, but inner margin 



