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Palpi: Wanting. 



Oviger: Ten-jointed, 4 terminal joints spirally rolled with a row of 

 flat denticulate spines on the inside of the last joints. No terminal claw. 

 First 3 joints short, 4th about as long as the first 3 together. Fifth long- 

 est, with a projection on the distal end directed opposite to spiral terminal 

 joints. Two simple curved hairs, one at the tip of the elevation, the other 

 distally placed. Terminal 5 joints short, nearly equal in length, becoming 

 a little thinner toward the end. Eggs 0.2 mm. in diameter. 



Ambulatory legs: Slender, no evident knobs or spines. First coxa 

 about as long as its diameter. Second coxa about 3 times the length of 1st 

 coxa. Femur abovit equal in length to combined lengths of the coxal seg- 

 ments or joints. First tibial joint not quite so long as the femur, 2nd 

 tibial joint about as long as the femur but of less diameter. Scattered hairs 

 on the tibial joints. Tarsus a little less than half as long as the length of 

 2nd tibial joint. Terminal claws a little over half the length of the tarsus. 

 Auxiliary claws % as long as the terminal claws. Several simple hairs on 

 the distal end of the tarsus. Spines on the male veiy stout, especially near 

 the head. A light fringe of hairs is usually present at the distal end of 

 each joint in all the legs. 



Measurernents of the type by Hall: Length, 1.25; proboscis, 0.27; 

 body, 0.93 ; caudal segment, 0.15 ; 3rd leg, 4.05. 



General form of the body somewhat like P. laevis Hoek, but the pro- 

 boscis is not jointed, and the oviger does not end in a claw in this species. 

 The proboscis is more like that of P. empusa Wilson, but the general 

 shape of the 1st body segment is different, being stouter than in this last 

 species. 



Material: I have found this species under stones at low tide at 

 Laguna Beach usually associated with delicate bryozoans and hydroids. 

 A few specimens found almost every year for the last 25 years. 



One female from under a stone between tide marks. 



One female, Station 1184-40, Indian Rock, Catalina Island, Sept. 11, 

 1940, 62 fms. 



Color: Light, almost colorless. Body and legs smooth. 



Family Phoxichilidiidae Sars, 1891 



Chelifori long, 2-jointed, provided with jaws which lie over the 

 mouth. The palpi are lacking. The ovigers are developed only in the 

 male or are vestigial in the female, without a coil at the end and without 



