LANCEOLIDAE 257 



Remarks. Although shorn of many of the joints of its appendages, this specimen is 

 otherwise in good condition, and clearly represents a species hitherto undescribed. 

 L. pacifica var. robusta has been figured by Stephensen (1918, fig. 4), but the legs in the 

 present specimen are even more robust, as well as possessing several peculiar features. 

 The narrow 5th and 6th joints of gnathopods 1 and 2 are not found among the other 

 species of the genus, and the expanded 4th joints of peraeopods 1-3 and 5th joint of 

 peraeopod 1 are also distinctive. 



The colour is recorded as "salmon-pink". 



Genus Scypholanceola, Wolt. 



Woltereck, 1905, p. 415; 1909, p. 161 ; 1927, p. 65. 

 Chevreux, 1920, p. 7. 



Distinguished from Lanceola by the two concave " reflectors" on the side of the head. 



Scypholanceola vanhoeffeni, Wolt. 



Woltereck, 1909, pp. 161, 167, pi. vii, figs. 24a, b; 1927, p. 65, figs. 5, 8, 9. 



Barnard, 1916, p. 290. 



Chevreux, 1920, p. 8, figs. 4-6 (richardi). 



Pirlot, 1929, p. 45 {richardi). 



Occurrence: 1. St. 85. South-east Atlantic. 2 SS 3° an d 33 mm - 



2. St. 86. South-east Atlantic. 1 <$ 23 mm. 



3. St. 87. South-east Atlantic. 1 $ 27 mm., 1 juv. 15 mm. 



4. St. 89. South-east Atlantic. 1 juv. 13 mm. 



5. St. 256. South-east Atlantic. 1 $ 20 mm. 



6. St. 281. East mid-Atlantic. 1 S 28 mm., 1 immat. 19 mm. and 1 juv. 8 mm. 



7. St. 287. East mid- Atlantic. 1 immat. (? <$) 21 mm. 



Remarks. The figure of the head of richardi does not seem essentially different from 

 that of vanhoeffeni ; other characters are not available for comparison as Woltereck only 

 described the head and eyes. Chevreux's description corresponds with my description 

 of the Cape specimen, and I agree with Woltereck (1927) in seeing no reason for the 

 retention of richardi as a separate species. 



Whether chuni should not also be regarded as a synonym of vanhoeffeni is another 

 question 1 . Chevreux refers to the variability of the ocular band in richardi; and owing 

 to the delicacy of these animals it is more than probable that the shape and extent of 

 the band is altered and damaged by capture and preservation, though Woltereck (1927, 

 p. 66) thinks not. Nos. 6 and 7 in the present collection are from the tropical Atlantic, 

 whence chuni was obtained. 



Most of the specimens show traces of the internal purplish-brown colour noted in 

 the Cape specimen. 



Distribution. Atlantic, 30°-46° N, 35 S and off Cape Point; Indian Ocean; 

 Antarctic (64!° S, 85I E). 



1 If so, the name vanhoeffeni should have preference, as it is mentioned on p. 161 (1909) together with 

 reference to the figure, whereas the name chuni first appears on p. 162. Moreover the figure given in 

 Woltereck's 1905 paper (p. 415, fig. 2) is clearly referable to vanhoeffeni. 



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