Contributions to the Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 391 



CYMODOCE ACANTHIGEE, n. sp. 

 (Plate XXXIII. E.) 



Head, peraeon, and pleon granular, feebler in 2 , glabrous. 

 Peraeon with 2 tubercles on 6th segment and 4 on 7th segment, 

 in 5 with no tubercles on any of the segments. Pleon in $ with 

 4th segment produced into 2 large submedian pointed processes, 

 with a small tubercle on the lateral portion, telson with 2 small 

 tubercles hidden beneath the processes, apex trifid, the median lobe 

 not as long as lateral ones ; in $ with 2 large submedian tubercles 

 on 4th segment, telson with 2 small submedian tubercles, apex with 

 a notch invisible in dorsal view, without median lobe, but the top of 

 the notch projects as a very slight tubercle. 



Flagella of first and second antennae respectively 15 and 

 18- jointed in J 1 , 14 and 17-jointed in 5 . 



Outer plate of first maxilla with 9 spines. 



First peraeopod with 3 spines on outer apex of 3rd joint,, 

 inner margin of 4th, 5th and 6th joints with 5, 4 and 6 spines- 

 respectively. 



Male appendages on 7th peraeon segment short, stout, apices 

 blunt. 



First to third pleopods with 4 spines in $ , 3 in 2 , on inner 

 apical angle of peduncle. Male stylet on 2nd pleopod extending 

 beyond apex of ramus, tapering gradually. 



Uropods extending some distance beyond telsonic apex, both 

 rami in $ long, narrow and pointed, the outer longer than inner; 

 in 2 the inner is squarely truncate, the outer shorter and narrower 

 than inner, apically pointed, and folding under inner ramus. 



Young males, 15 mm. x 7'5 mm., resemble the female except 

 that there are traces of the submedian tubercles on 7th peraeon 

 segment. 



Length: $ 18mm., 2 14mm.; breadth: $ 9mm., 2 7mm. 



Colour : In spirit, yellowish white. 



Locality : Buffalo River NW. A- W. distant 19 miles (off 

 East London). 300 fathoms. 16/4/01. 2 $ $ , several nonovi- 

 gcrous 2 2 and young of both sexes, s.s. " Pieter Faure.'" 

 (S.A.M. Nos. A40, A45.) 



CYMODOCE COMANS, n. sp. 

 (Plate XXXIII. D.) 



Head smooth, glabrous. In the male the posterior margins of 

 peraeon segments are slightly, the epimera and pleon strongly 



