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 i. Plesionika martia (A. M.-Edw.) var. semilaevis Bate. PI. X, Fig. 24 — 24^. 



Pandalus martius A. Milne-Edwards, Recueil de Figures de Crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus, 



Avril 1S83, PI. 2i. 

 Plesionika Martia M. Caullery, Campagne du "Caudan", Paris 1896, p. 378, pi. XV, fig. 1 — 6. 

 Pandalus Martius Th. Adensamer, in: Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Bd. LXV, Wien 1898, 



p. 624. 

 Pandalus (Plesionika) martius A. Alcock, Catal. Indian Deep-Sea Crustacea, 1901, p. 95. 

 Pandalus martius A. Senna, Buil. Soc. Entomol. Ital. XXXIV, 1903, p. 308, Tav. XIV, 



fig. 6—13, Tav. XV, fig. 1—4. 

 Pandalus martius M. J. Rathbun, in: U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1903, Part III, 



Wash. 1906, p. 914. 

 Pandalus (Plesionika) martius A. R. Mc Culloch, in: Records of the Australian Museum, 



Vol. VI, Part 5, 1907, p. 355. 

 Pandalus (Plesionika') martius R. E. Lloyd, in: Records Indian Museum, Vol. I, Pt. 1, Cal- 



cutta 1907, p. 4. 

 Plesionika martia Stanley \V. Kemp, in: "Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest.", 190S, I. [1910], 



Dublin, p. 93, PI. XII, figs. 1—4. 

 Plesionika martia Th. R. R. Stebbing, in: Annals South African Museum, Vol. VI, London, 



1910, p. 392. 

 Plesionika martia H. Balss, Ostasiatische Decapoden, II, München 19 14, p. 30. 

 Plesionika semilaevis C. Spence Bate, Report Challenger Macrura, 18S8, p. 644, PI. CXIII, fig. 3. 



Stat. 12. March 14. 7°i5'S., H5°i5'.6E. Bali Sea. 289 m. Bottom mud and broken shells. 



83 specimens of medium size, viz. 41 males and 42 females, all but 5 ova-bearing. 

 Stat. 38. April 1. 7°35'.4S., ii7°28'.6E. Bali Sea. 521 m. Bottom coral. 6 specimens of 



medium size, viz. 3 males and 3 ova-bearing females. 

 Stat. 74. June 8. 5°3-5S., H9°o'E. Off Makassar. 450 m. Bottom Globigerina ooze. 4 speci- 

 mens of medium size, viz. 2 males and 2 females, one of which vvith eggs, and 1 



very young specimen. 

 Stat. 100. June 29. 6°li'N., I20°37'.5E. Sulu Sea. 450 m. Bottom dead coral. 1 male of 



medium size. 

 Stat. 173. Aug. 28. 3° 27'. o S., i3i°o'.5 E. Between Ceram and New Guinea. 567 m. Bottom 



fine, yellow grey mud. 1 adult, full-grown male. 

 Stat. 262. Dec. 18. 5°S3'.8S., I32°48'.8 E. Kei-islands. 560 m. Bottom solid bluish grey mud, 



upper layer more liquid and brovvn mud. 1 young female without eggs and 1 



still younger specimen. 

 Stat. 297. January 27, 1900. io°39'S., i23°4o'E. Off the island of Rotti. 520 ra. Bottom 



soft, grey mud with brown upper layer. 1 male of medium size. 

 Stat. 306. Febr. 8, 1900. 8° 27' S., I22°54'.5E. Lobetobi Strait, 247 m. Bottom sandy mud. 



96 specimens of small size, among which, however, many are provided with eggs. 

 Stat. 312. Febr. 14, 1900. 8° 19' S., H7°4i'E. Saleh-bay, north coast of Sumbawa. 274 m. 



Bottom fine, sandy mud. 287 specimens of small size, males and ova-bearing 



females. 

 Stat. 316. Febr. 19, 1900. 7 19'. 4 S., ii6°49'.5E. Bali Sea. 538 m. Bottom fine, dark brown 



sandy mud. 6 young females without eggs. 



Plesionika martia is one of the common shrimps of deep water, it was dredged in 

 plenty in the Andaman Sea (A. Alcock, 1. c.) and Miss Rathbun (1. c.) remarks that over 700 

 specimens were captured near the Hawaiian Islands in hfty hauls. It is therefore not surprising 

 that almost 400 specimens have been obtained by this expedition, but it is to be regretted 

 that there is only one full-grown specimen in this large collection, the male from Stat. 173, 

 that has a length of 169 mm. from tip of rostrum to end of telson : the specimens from the 



