i 9 o DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Colour notes made from fresh specimens are as follows: Note 127 for St. 170: 

 "Ground colour of thorax and body ochraceous buff, darkest dorsally and palest 

 laterally, with conspicuous red blotches and mottling. Between the eyes 4 red spots, 

 2 median and 1 pair lateral. Second and third [sic = 1st and 2nd] thoracic segments 

 wholly red. Fourth to eighth [sic = 3rd-7th] segments faintly mottled with red, but 

 with more conspicuous mottling on the coxal plates. First 3 abdominal segments 

 blotched with red, with a specially dark patch mid-laterally on 1st and 2nd segments. 



Fig. 115. Eusiras perdentatus, Chevr. Photographs taken on board (Notes 127 and 146). 



Remaining abdominal segments and telson marked with red dorsally. Antennules 

 suffused with red; antennae blotched with crimson. Mouth-parts and both gnathopods 

 deep crimson, with a suffusion of the same colour on the coxal plates. The 5 thoracic 

 legs milk-white, the first 2 red at the tips, the remainder heavily blotched with red. 

 First 3 pleopods white, the remainder and uropods [sic = uropods 1-3] suffused with 

 red. Eyes grey black". Note 146 for St. 190 (no. 6): "Creamy buff, mottled and 

 marbled with bright scarlet. Thoracic legs with scarlet bands. Eyes dark brown". 



Distribution. Palmer Archipelago, 60-70 m. ; South Orkneys, 54 fathoms ; ' Gauss ' 

 winter station, 385 m.; Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound, 329-547 m. 



