ENDEIDAE 93 



St. 190. 24. iii. 27. Bismarck Strait, Palmer Archipelago, 64° 56' S, 65° 35' W, 93-126 m.; R. 

 Large dredge : i $, i (^, i ovigerous 3. 



Distribution. Previously recorded from the Gauss winter quarters and McMurdo 



Sound. 



Family ENDEIDAE 



Genus Endeis, Philippi 

 Endeis australis (Hodgson). 



Phoxichihis australis, Hodgson, 1907, p. 5, pi. i, fig. i. 

 Phoxichilus australis, Bouvier, 1913, p. 118, text-fig. 74. 

 Endeis australis. Caiman, 1915, p. 49, text-fig. 11. 



St. 174. 28. ii-2. iii. 27. Deception Island, South Shetlands, outside entrance W of Light, 5-10 m. 

 In fish trap : i ovigerous ,^. 



Remarks. This specimen has been referred to Endeis australis because, although 

 smaller and of more compact build with shorter stouter legs than is typical for the 

 species, it shows no distinctive differences that might be deemed of specific importance. 



The oviger appears to have only seven segments both in the Discovery specimen and 

 in the Terra Nova specimen for which measurements are given below (cf. Bouvier, 

 1913, p. 119, fig. 74). 



Caiman (1915, p. 49) states that the orifices of the cement glands could not be dis- 

 cerned in the male specimens, but in the male from Terra Nova St. 314 there are 

 30-35 small whitish papillae in linear series on the proximal three-fourths of the 

 posterior surface of ertc// walking leg (cf. Bouvier, 19 13, p. 119: " Les orifices des glandes 

 a cement sont situes sur de petites saillies qui forment une rangee longitudinale a la 

 face posterieure des pattes des trois dernieres paires"). These papillae are also present 

 on all four legs in the Discovery specimen, but are fewer in number (20-25 on each 



femur). 



Measurements {mm.) 



Length of proboscis ... 



Diameter of proboscis 



Length of trunk 



Width across second lateral processes 



Length of cephalic segment ... 



Length of trunk -;- length of proboscis 



Third leg: 



First coxa ... 



Second coxa 



Third coxa ... 



Femur 



First tibia ... 



Second tibia 



Tarsus and propodus 



Claw 



Auxiliaries 



Length of second coxa -^ length 



of first and third coxae ... i'75 '"33 



Length of second coxa -f- greatest 



width of second coxa 3'5 ^'4 



