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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Remarks. This form, to my mind, certainly deserves specific rank. In addition to 

 the form of the hand of gnathopod 2 and the slight denticulation of the pleon segments, 

 mentioned by Schellenberg, it may be stated that the 2nd joint of peraeopod 4 is pro- 

 duced at the distal corner (in fresnelii rounded-quadrate, not produced), and the 2nd 

 joint of peraeopod 5 is wider distally than proximally (in fresnelii, vice versa). The inner 

 ramus of uropod 3 is present as a small rudiment. 



Of the present specimens six are left-handed, four right-handed. 



Distribution. South-west Africa, Luderitzbucht. 



Fig. 130. Melita subchelata, Schell. a. Gnathopod 2 o- 

 b, c. 2nd joints of peraeopods 4 and 5. 



Melita inaequistylis (Dana). 



Stebbing, 1914, p. 366. 



Barnard, 1916, p. 191 (references). 



Stephensen, 1927, p. 345. 



Occurrence: St. 90. South Africa. 2 S3 9 and 12 mm., 1 juv. 8 mm. 



Distribution. New Zealand and neighbouring islands; Falkland Islands; Ceylon 

 and India ; South Africa. 



Genus Maera, Leach. 

 Stebbing, 1906, pp. 433, 732. 

 Stephensen, 1925, p. 48. 



Maera pfefferi, n.sp. (Fig. 131). 



Occurrence: 1. St. 123. South Georgia. 1 <? 22 mm., 1 juv. 11 mm. 



2. St. 144. South Georgia. 2 S3 14 an d 21 mm., 2 immat. ?$ 19-20 mm. 



3. St. 152. South Georgia. 1 <$ 25 mm. Type $. 



4. St. 156. South Georgia. 1 <$ 25 mm. Type £. 



5. St. 159. South Georgia. 1 $ 20 mm. 



Description. Body elongate and slender. Rostrum obsolete. Eyes invisible. None 

 of the peraeon and pleon segments dorsally dentate. Side-plates shallow, 1 quadrangular, 

 antero-inferior angle slightly produced forwards in a sharp point, 4 not quite as deep as 

 anterior lobe of 5, hind margin not emarginate. Pleon segment 3 with postero-inferior 



