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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Second pair of antennas having a scaphocerite as long again as the rostrum, and 

 carrying a flagellum that is subequal with those of the first pair. 



Second pair of gnathopoda terminating in a long spatuliform joint fringed with short 

 hairs. 



First pair of pereiopoda slender, chelate, and as long again as the second pair of 

 gnathopoda. Second pair slightly more robust than the first, and about twice its 

 length. Posterior three pairs much longer and increasing in length posteriorly, the 

 meros being armed with a strong tooth at the carpal extremity, where it is slightly 

 enlarged to receive the carpos, which is considerably longer than any of the other joints 

 of the leg ; the dactylos is long and waved in the third and fourth pairs, and stunted and 

 rudimentary in the fifth, where it is lost in a brush of long hairs. 



The third somite of the pleon is dorsally arcuate, and the telson long, narrow, and 

 tapering. 



Habitat.— Station 200, October 23, 1874; lat. 6° 47' N., long. 122° 28' K; off 

 Sibago, Philippine Islands ; depth, 250 fathoms ; bottom, green mud. Fifteen specimens; 

 five males, ten females. Trawled. 



Station 171, July 15, 1874; lat. 28° 33' S., long. 177 c 50' W.; north of the 

 Kermadec Islands ; depth, 600 fathoms ; bottom, hard ground ; bottom temperature, 

 39°"5. Three specimens, males. Trawled. 



Length, male, 113 mm. (4'4 in.). 



Station 194, September 29, 1874; lat. 4° 34' S., long. 129° 57' 30" E.; off Banda 

 Island ; depth, 200 fathoms ; bottom, volcanic mud. One specimen, female. Dredge 

 and trawl both used. 



Station 214, February 10, 1875 ; lat. 4° 33' N., long. 127° 6' E; south of the Philippine 

 Islands; depth, 500 fathoms; bottom, blue mud; bottom temperature, 41° - 8. Three 

 specimens, one female. Trawled. 



The rostrum is short and horizontal, about one-third of the length of the carapace, and 

 is serrate with numerous small teeth above and with one minute tooth below near the 

 apex, but which is omitted in the figure on the plate. The anterior margin is furnished 



