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broad as long, produced externally, 6th joint elongate, oval, palm 

 straight with 6 strong spines and a few setules. 



Fourth to sixbh peraeopods, 5th joint not underriding 6th, inner 

 apex produced into a small lobe, inner margin of 6th with 2 spines 

 near base and 1 at apex. 



Seventh peraeopod, 5th joint not apically produced, inner margin 

 with 4 spines, increasing in size distally, 6th joint with 3 spines on 

 inner margin and 1 at apex. 



First pleopod with 4 hooked setae on inner apex of peduncle, 

 inner ramus very narrow, only ^ width of outer ramus, which 

 conceals both inner ramus and the other pleopods. 



Uropods, inner ramus a little longer than telson, 2nd joint shorter 

 and narrower than 1st joint, apex rounded, apex and outer margin 

 setose ; outer ramus scarcely broader than 1st joint of inner ramus, 

 lanceolate, margins feebly crenulate, setose. 



Length : $ 16 mm., 5 with embryos 13 mm. ; breadth : $ 

 1-25 mm., 5 1 mm. 



Colour : In spirit, uniform whitish or dull pinkish, eyes dark red. 

 Locality: Umhlangakulu Bivei: mouth NW. by W., distant 7 

 miles. 50 fathoms. 14/3/01. 1 immature ; Cape Morgan N. ^ W., 

 distant 10 miles. 77 fathoms. 26/7/01. 1 immature $ ; Cove Eock 

 NW. f W., distant 13 miles. 80 fathoms. 30/7/01. 1 ? with 

 embryos, s.s. " Pieter Faure." (S.A.M. Nos. A2555, A59, and 

 A56 respectively.) 



I should not have ventured to assign the above specimens to 

 Stimpson's ^4. punctata, had not specimens been obtained from 

 Table Bay (Sea Point, near Cape Town. 15/11/13. (K.H.B.) 3 im- 

 mature. Low-tide. S.A.M. No. A2612), which, while agreeing 

 structurally with the above specimens, answer very closely to 

 Stimpson's description of the colour of the species in question. 

 These Sea Point specimens are whitish, with minute black puncta- 

 tions, causing the upper surface to appear grey, with the eyes black. 

 The only points in which they differ from the above description 

 are : the flagellum of the first antenna has only 4 joints and the 1st 

 peduncular joint is stouter, not more than twice as long as broad; 

 the mandibles also are stouter, the trunk not so pointed and the 

 palp shorter, the 3rd joint not more than half the-length of the 2nd 

 joint, with fewer setae. 



These differences between the littoral and deeper water specimens 

 may well be ascribed to habitat, and consequently ^both may be 

 identified with Stimpson's species ; at any rate until specimens are 

 obtained from his locality (Simon's Bay in False Bay). 



