NO. 3 



BARNARD : THE PHOXOCEPHALIDAE 



303 



PLATE SO 



Phoxocephalus Jiomilis n. sp. Young male, 3 mm, Sta. 2293. 

 Figs. C,D, antennae 1, 2. 



Female, 2.75 mm, Sta. 2293. 



Figs. A,B, head; E,F, gnathopods 1, 2; uropod 3; H, mandible; I, plates 

 of maxilliped. 



Genus Metaphoxus Bonnier 



Metaphoxus Bonnier 1896: 630. 



Diagnosis. — Article 2 of peraeopod 3 expanded; eyes present; man- 

 dibular molar simple, bearing a few spines; maxilla 1 with uniarticu- 

 late palp ; maxilliped with moderately long fourth article bearing a stout 

 terminal spine; gnathopods enlarged or heteromorphous. 



Type species. — Metaphoxus typicus Bonnier 1896 (=Phoxocephalus 

 pectinatus Walker 1896). 



Key to the Genus Metaphoxus 



1. Gnathopods 1-2, palm transverse, hind margin prolonged 



so as to appear chelate fultoni 



1. Gnathopods 1-2, palm oblique, not cheliform 2 



2. Gnathopod 1, article 6 twice as long as broad, slender, edges 



parallel; peraeopod 5, stenopodous part short frequens n. sp. 



2. Gnathopod 1, article 6 is 1.5 times as long as broad, edges paral- 

 lel or diverging; peraeopod 5, stenopodous part long pectinatus 



