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VOL. 18 



PLATE 8 



Paraphoxus epistomus (Shoemaker), male, 4 mm, Sta. 2607-54. 



Figs. A, head; B, uropod 3. 

 Female, 7 mm, Sta. M-79-49. Figs. C,D, peraeopods 3, 5 ; E, telson. 

 Female, 3 mm, Venado Beach, Panama. Figs. F, head; G, gnathopod 1; H,IJ, 

 peraeopods 3, 4, 5 ; K,L, uropods 1, 2. 



are distinctly shorter than in larger specimens. Thus, terminal differen- 

 tiation does not necessarily accompany sexual maturity. < 



Other variation in adults 



Another facies of this species is seen in occasional lots of material 

 which have article 4 of peraeopod 3 half again as wide as article 5, the 

 teeth on peraeopod 5 being slightly larger (Plate 8, fig. C and Plate 6, 

 fig. R). Intergradations occur between this extreme and the typical one 

 described above. ... : ; ■■- 



