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p. 96) mentions P. dimorpha,^ Hoek, as the only Antarctic species (from Kerguelen). 

 P. margarita differs from the latter chiefly in that the terminal claw of the oviger is 

 entirely suppressed and the palp is absent in both sexes. 



Genus Austropallene, Hodgson 



Austropallene cornigera (Mobius) (Figs. 42 and 43). 



Caiman, 1915, p. 38, ubisynon. et lit. 

 Loman, 1923, p. 22. 



Fig. 42. Austropallene cornigera (Mobius). Segments 5-10 of oviger of a, male; b, female. 



St. 27. i5.iii. 26. West Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 3-3 miles S45'E of Jason Light, 

 no m.; M. R. Large dredge: i ^. 



St. 42. I. iv. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, from 6-3 miles N 89' E of 

 Jason Light to 4 miles N 39° E of Jason Light, 120-204 m. ; M. Large otter trawl : 3 ??. 



St. 140. 23.xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia, from 54" 02' S, 

 36°38'W to 54° 11' 30" S, 36°29'W, 122-136 m.; gn. M. St. Large otter trawl: i immature 

 specimen probably belongs to this species. 



St. 156. 20. i. 27. 53° 51' S, 36° 21' 30" W, 200-236 m.; R. Large heavy dredge: i ?. 



St. 159. 21. i. 27. 53° 52' 30" S, 36° 08' W, 160 m.; R. Large heavy dredge: i larvigerous ^. 



St. 170. 23. ii. 27. Off Cape Bowles, Clarence Island, 61° 25' 30" S, 53° 46' 00" W, 342 m.; R. 

 Large heavy dredge: 16 specimens, including 5 ovigerous 3^, accompanied by the following note: 

 "White-spotted Pycnogon. Horn-coloured. Abdomen [trunk] opposite 2 middle pairs of legs whh 

 a white dorsal patch. All legs with a white spot at distal end of segments 3, 4, 5 and 6, with, in 

 addition, one spot at proximal end of segment 5". 



St. 175. 2.iii. 27. Bransfield Strait, South Shetlands, 63° 17' 20" S, 59^ 48' 15" W, 200 m.; 

 m. St. G. Large dredge: i ovigerous c? and i young ? ?. 



St. 181. 12. iii. 27. Schollaert Channel, Palmer Archipelago, 64° 20' S, 63° W, 160-335 m.; M. 

 Large otter trawl: i ovigerous <?, rather slender, but apparently this species. 



1 Schimkewitsch (1930) has established a new genus, Oropallene, for Hoek's species. According to Flynn 

 (1919 p 77) Pallene valida, Haswell, would also belong to Oropallene. Schimkewitsch appears to have 

 carried the multiplication of genera within the family Phoxichilidae (Pallenidae) to the utmost extreme and 

 characters such as (i) the presence or absence of auxiliary claws, (2) the fusion or non-fusion of two body 

 segments, (3) the presence or absence of a rudimentary palp, and (4) the presence or absence of a termmal 

 claw on the oviger assume far more importance in this than in almost any other family. 



