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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



spine formula io+ lo, whereas it is 12+ 12 in specimens of J. noctiirna from Alexandria. 

 There are differences also in the telson of later stages, and there can be little doubt 

 that the species from New Zealand is distinct. 



a. Side view. 

 d. Maxillule. 



Fig. 35. Jaxea sp. Samoa. Stage I. 



b. Left mandible. 

 e. Maxilla. /. Maxillipede i. 



c. Right mandible. 



g. Maxillipede 2. 



Naushonia? B.R. I (Figs. 36, 37) 



Samoa. 



Stage I. Length 2-3 mm. 



Rostrum small, slender, upturned at end. Abdominal somites without spines, but 

 somite 5 with a small papilliform process ventrally on either side. Telson deeply 

 hollowed in middle, with spine at angle and five long feathered setae on either side; 

 spine 2 reduced to a minute hair. 



Antennule unsegmented. Antennal scale unsegmented, with ten setae; endopod 

 nearly as long as scale, with three long apical setae ; basis with ventral spine. 



