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ferous, while the endopod is minute and naked. The three posterior jiairs 

 somewhat shorter than the second pair; the exopod well defined, as long as the 

 stalk and without terminal setae. — Sixth abdominal segment somewhat longer 

 than the fifth and rather thick. — The uropods reach a little beyond the middle 

 of telson. — The telson (fig. 3c) is a httle broader near the end than at the base. 

 The terminal margin (fig. 3d) transverse, straight, with seven spines, which 

 increase somewhat in length from the median spine outwards and have the 

 proximal major part at each side furnished with minute denticles; the inter- 

 mediate pair of postero-lateral spines slightly longer and a little less thick than 

 the inner pair, which is more than twice as long as the outer terminal spine; 

 the outer postero-lateral spine less than half as long as the intermediate pair. 



Length of the specimen described 3.2 mm. 



Last Furdlia-Stage (figs. 3e-3f). — Carapace with frontal plate almost 

 as in the preceding stage. — Antennulae considerably longer, but the process 

 from the first joint is still as long as in the stage described, while the flagella 

 are about as long as the sum of the two distal peduncular joints, setiferous at 

 the end but with articulations very indistinct; the lower flagellum is a little 

 longer and considerably thicker than the upper. — Antennae still as in the 

 intermediate stage. — The endopod of the maxillipeds somewhat longer and 

 thicker than the exopod, with a few feeble articulations. — First pair of thoracic 

 legs considerably developed; the endopod reaches the base of the antennae, 

 is distally setiferous and with the final number of joints; the exopod still un- 

 join ted and without setae; the gill with two long branches and one very short 

 branch. — Second pair somewhat less developed than the first, as the endopod 

 is somewhat shorter, but yet with the end setose and the full number of joints, 

 while the gill-branches are a little shorter than in first legs. — Third pair of legs 

 less than half cis long as second pair but with the gill quite similar; the two next 

 pairs of legs are small rudiments. 



The three anterior pairs of pleopods have the endopod almost half as long 

 as the exopod and distally setiferous; in the two posterior pairs the exopod is 

 well developed, setiferous, while the endopod is small and naked. — Sixth ab- 

 dominal segment as usually conspicuously longer than in the intermediate stage ; 

 its uropods reach somewhat beyond the middle of the telson (fig. 3e). — The 

 telson (figs. 3e and 3f) is a little more than four times as long as broad and 

 slightly broader at the base than somewhat before the end; the terminal margin 

 is a good deal shorter than in the preceding stage, but still with the seven spines, 

 which are even somewhat smaller than before; among the postero-lateral spines 



