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turned tooth. Telson short, broad, apically rounded, dorsally concave, lateral margins 

 raised, with a spine a little beyond the middle. 



Antennae and mouth-parts as in crenulata. Palp of maxilliped with a strong spini- 

 form 4th joint surrounded by the numerous setae of the 3rd joint. 



Gnathopods 1 and 2 stouter than in crenulata, no regular row of spinules on hind 

 margin of 2nd joint, but a few distally, 5th joint strong, broadly expanded, 6th also 

 broader than in crenulata. Peraeopods 3-5, 2nd joint oblong, successively more ex- 

 panded on hind margin proximally, hind margin very obscurely serrulate, a longitudinal 

 keel from base to apex and an oblique one antero-proximally. 



Remarks. Unlike the form described above as var. miothele, this form does not 

 labour under the suspicion of being a variety of crenulata. The gnathopods are much 



b. c. 



Fig. in. Parepimeria major, n.sp. a. General view. b. Gnathopod 1. c. Telson. 



stronger, and bear a remarkable resemblance to those of Melphidippa macrura. The 

 specimen shows no sign of either penes or developing brood lamellae, and is thus 

 immature. The adult must be considerably larger than crenulata. 



Eclysis, n.g. 



Body carinate. Rostrum short. Eyes absent. Side-plate 1 truncate or rounded below, 

 2 and 3 rather broader than in typical Epimeria, 4 not strongly produced behind and 

 not fitting into a groove on 5. Epistome and upper lip prominent, gibbose. Mandible 

 with a strongly dentate cutting edge, no secondary cutting plate in either mandible, and 

 a thin tapering setose lamina in place of the grinding molar, as in Epimeriella. Maxillary 

 palp large, 2nd joint laminate. Maxilliped with inner plate truncate, outer plate very 

 large, palp relatively short. 



