Contributions to tlic Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 417 



Male appendages on 7th peraeon segment contiguous, stout, 

 apically obtuse. 



Marsupial lamellae overlapping in the middle line, the brood 

 developed in internal pouches. 



First to third pleopods with 6 hooked spines 011 inner apex of 

 peduncle. 



First pleopod with outer ramus a little longer than inner, without 

 spine on outer margin, outer ramus and the uncovered portion of 

 inner ramus indurated, pigmented. 



Second pleopod with outer ramus half length of inner, male stylet 

 stout, longer than ramus, apex acute. 



Third pleopod with outer ramus f length and i width of inner 

 ramus. 



Uropods, inner ramus as long telson, oval, apex rounded, outer 

 ramus smaller. 



Length : $ 13 mm., $ 10 mm. ; breadth : $ 6'5 mm., ? 5 mm. 

 Male specimens from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula 

 frequently attain a size of 16 mm. x 8 mm. 



Colour : The ground colour varies from maroon to greenish brown, 

 some specimens are uniform, but more frequently there is a row 

 of lighter spots near the epimeral sutures and at the base of the 

 uropods, and 3 or 4 lighter, rather irregular, patches down the 

 middle of the back, one covering the posterior part of the head 

 and anterior part of the 1st peraeon segment, another on 2nd-4th, 

 another on 5th-7th peraeon segments, the fourth, if present, 

 at the base of the pleon. These spots and patches are either 

 whitish, or pale reddish, or green. Peraeopods not dark. Young 

 specimens are usually uniform, but may have a whitish patch on 

 the epimera and sides of the peraeon. 



Locality : Green Point, near Cape Town, March, 1899 (Dr. 

 W. F. Purcell), 1 $ ; Sea Point, near Cape Town, Nov. and Dec., 

 1913 (K.H.B.), J 3 , ? ? and young ; St. James, False Bay, April, 

 1901 (Dr. Purcell), and June, 1912 (K.H.B.),<? <?,??; Buffels Bay, 

 False Bay, 28/9/13 (K.H.B.), $ $ , 2. ? and young ; Atlantic coast 

 near Cape of Good Hope, 29/9/13 (K.H.B.), $ $ , ? ? ; St. James, 

 15/2/14 (K.H.B.), $ cf , ovigerous ? ? and young; Port Shepstone, 

 Natal, Dec., 1912 (K.H.B.), $ $ and immature specimens. 

 (S.A.M. Nos. 13548, A2604, 8829, A2448, A2520, A2528, A2678, and 

 A2238 respectively.) 



Krauss obtained his specimens from the Natal coast. 



This species lives amongst the red and brown seaw r eeds near low- 

 water mark. 



