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Localities. — February 6-7, 1875, south of Mindanao, Celebes Sea; lat. 6 C 20' N., 

 long. 123° 18' E. ; surface at night ; surface temperature, 81 0, 7. One specimen, male. 



Station 206, January 8, 1875 ; China Sea, off Luzon ; lat, 17° 54' N., long. 117° 14' 

 E. ; surface; surface temperature, 75 °*2. Three specimens. 



Remark. — The specimen described by Claus was from Zanzibar. 



Sympronoe propinqua, n. sp. (PI. CXCIII., B.). 



The postero-lateral angles of the first three pleon- segments not acute, the lower 

 margin of the first excavate behind; the fourth segment much shorter than the following 

 composite segment ; the body necked with numerous dark spots. 



Upper Antennas as in the preceding species. 



Lower Antenna;. — Gland-cone prominent; third (first free) joint of the peduncle 

 much curved, the fifth joint longer than the fourth ; the first joint of the flagellum less 

 than half as long as the last of the peduncle, the following joint minute. 



Gnathopods and first four pairs of Peraeopods closely resembling those of the 

 preceding species. 



Fifth Peraeopods. — The first joint rather abruptly narrowed distally, the apex 

 narrowly produced behind the little second joint, which in its turn is produced so as to 

 overlap the upper half of the third joint ; the third joint is scarcely so long as the 

 second, bent backwards. 



Pleopods. — The coupling spines and cleft spine as in the other species ; the joints 

 of the rami from ten to twelve in number. 



Uropods scarcely differing from those of Sympronoe parva, yet the inner ramus 

 in the third pah" broader, and a little more produced beyond the outer. 



Telson less broadly rounded distally than in the species just named. 



Length, about a fifth of an inch. 



Locality. — October 5, 1873, South Atlantic; lat. 29° 1' S., long. 28 c 59' W. ; 

 surface, night ; surface temperature, 65°-2. One specimen, male. 



Remarks. — The specific name refers to the near approach which this species makes 

 to Sympronoe parva (Claus), from Zanzibar and the Pacific. 



A specimen, three-tenths of an inch long, evidently belonging to this genus, was 

 taken at Station 201, October 26, 1874 ; off Basilan Strait ; lat. 7° 3' N., long. 121° 48' 

 E. ; surface ; surface temperature, 83°. This specimen probably belongs to a species 

 distinct from those that have been described, differing chiefly in the first joints of the 

 third and fourth peraeopods. 



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