NO. 3 BARNARD: THE PHOXOCEPHALIDAE 285 



Maxilliped : palp article 4 long and attenuated but lacking a ter- 

 minal spine. 



Synonymy. — The Parharpinia villosa of Schellenberg 1931 differs 

 from the type specimen in the more numerous spines of the first 2 

 uropods, the longer fifth articles of the first 2 pairs of gnathopods and 

 the configuration of the telson. In addition, the posterior edges of 

 the second articles of peraeopods 4-5 are finely crenulated but not 

 armed with long setae. Despite the other features which show that 

 these two species are closely related and may represent subspecies I 

 feel it wise to keep the South American species under its available name 

 of P. sinuatus (K. H. Barnard). 



Distribution. — Know only from the type locality, Port Jackson, 

 New South Wales, Australia. 



Paraphoxus sp., Australia 



Material analyzed. — Two specimens labeled Phoxus Batei Haswell 

 425, Pt. Jackson, P 3438 (type locality of the species), Australian 

 Museum, Sydney, analyzed by Dr. Keith Sheard. 



Identification. — It was thought that these specimens represented 

 the types of P. batei Haswell but apparently they are not the types 

 and possibly not even P. batei, for there is some difference in the fourth 

 and fifth peraeopods when compared with Haswell's drawings. Thus, 

 it appears that the types have been lost, unless they are these specimens, 

 unlabeled as such. The specimens are of interest, however, for they 

 represent an additional Australian species, as differentiated below from 

 Dr. Sheard 's notes. They were not dissected. 



Description of specimen A. — Length 4.7 mm. 



Maxilliped, article 4 as long as 3, bearing a thin, terminal spine. 



Gnathopod 2 slightly larger than 1 but similar in proportions, the 

 fifth articles as long as the sixth, article 6 nearly square in outline, 

 having a length to width ratio of 2.00:1.75, the palm nearly transverse, 

 article 5 slender, having a ratio of 2:1. Haswell's figures show article 

 6 longer than broad. 



Peraeopods: Table 11 gives the relative lengths and widths of the 

 respective articles. Comparing these proportions with the illustrations 

 of Haswell (1879 pi. 9, fig. 3) the most important differences involve 

 peraeopods 3 and 4, of which articles 4 and 5 in the present material 

 are the same width respectively in each appendage, while in Haswell's 

 drawings article 5 is narrower than article 4 in both appendages. 



