NO. 3 BARNARD: THE PHOXOCEPHALIDAE 205 



Distribution. — Southern California coastal shelf, 5 to 50 fms. Al- 

 though the species occurs infrequently, the number of specimens at a 

 single station is high; the four highest stations had 873, 226, 120, and 

 104 specimens respectively. 



Paraphoxus epistomus (Shoemaker), new combination 



(Plates 6, 7, 8) - 



Pontharpinia epistoma Shoemaker 1938: 326-329, fig. 1. 



Diagnosis of typical female. — Head with constricted rostrum which 

 is long and broad ; eyes intermediate in size. Body narrow. 



Epistome produced into a long thin acute anterior process. 



Maxillipedal palp article 4 with an indistinct apical spine. 



Gnathopod 1 : article 5 longer than 6, its posterior edge nearly 

 straight, varying to moderately convex, article 6 broad distally, palm 

 only slightly oblique. Gnathopod 2 similar to 1 but article 5 slightly 

 shorter than in gnathopod 1, still longer than article 6. Ratio of lengths 

 of articles 5 and 6; Gnathopod 1 =28:24, Gnathopod 2 = 26:23. 



Peraeopod 3: article 4 slightly narrower than 2, article 5 slightly 

 longer and slightly narrower than 4, article 6 slender, as long as 5, article 

 7 slightly more than half a's long as 6. Ratio of widths of articles 2, 4, 

 5,6 = 27:24:19:8. 



Peraeopod 4 quite sllender below article 2, article 5 shorter and 

 slightly narrower than 4, article 6 as long as 4, article 7 a little less than 

 half as long as 6. Ratio of widths of articles 2, 4, 5, 6 = 32:16:12:6. 



Peraeopod 5 : article 2 broadly expanded, extending almost to the 

 end of article 4, ratio of width to length is 16:13, posterior edge rather 

 straight,' with about 7 small teeth ; article 6 nearly half again as long as 

 either 4 or 5, article 7 more than half as long as 6. 



Uropod 1 : upper edge of peduncle with several long spines, distally 

 with- a stout one; rami longer than peduncle, 'each with about 4-6 mar- 

 ginal spines, each apex with an articulating spine. , 



Uropod 2: peduncular margin with about 5 long, upstanding spines, 

 rami as long as peduncle, margins ol each with 3-5 slender spines, apices 

 each with an articulating spine. 



. Uropod 3 : inner ramus about five-sixths as long as outer, article 2 of 

 outer one-fifth as long as article 1 , slender. 



Telson rather slender, lateral apices oblique, notched, each with 2 

 spines and a feathered seta. 



