728 ON A NEW ISOPODAN GENUS (FAMILY ONISCIDAE), 



Maxilliped (fig. 10) with basal joints broad, rectangular, ter- 

 minal portion short with two joints, last one narrow and tipped 

 with setae. Masticatory lobe truncate, covered with short setae. 

 Epipod rather more than half as long as the basal joint, nar- 

 rowing distally, delicate. 



First pair of legs (in the male) (fig. 11) short, the merus 

 expanded, much broader than long, produced on inner side into 

 a rounded, scabrous lobe bearing a few fine setae in addition to 

 the short seta? forming the scabrous surface, carpus oval, longer 

 than merus, much narrower, its inner surface bearing a num- 

 ber of stout setae of different lengths; propod narrow, curved, 

 and together with the dactyl bent back upon the carpus forming 

 a subchelate limb ; dactyl slender, bi-unguiculate, its inner margin 

 minutely roughened, no special dactylar seta to be seen. 



Second pair of legs (fig. 12) similar to the first but slightly 

 longer, whole inner margin c;? ischium regularly fringed with 

 fine setae; merus narrower than in the first leg, inner margin 



Text-fig. 11. First leg 



Text-fis:. 12. Second leg. 



not produced into a lobe but bearing numerous stout setas and 

 fine hairs; carpus, propod and dactyl similar to those of the 

 first pair of legs except that the carpus is longer. 



Third and fourth pairs of legs similar to the second, each 

 slightly longer than the preceding. 



