NYMPHONIDAE 



57 



Oviger long and slender. Terminal claw three-fifths of tenth segment and armed with 

 7-8 spinules. Total number of denticulate spines 30 (12 + 7 + 5 + 6). Segments 4-6 

 in the proportions 1-33 : 2 : i ; segment 6 long and slightly curved (Fig. 24 e). 



Leg. Only the two anterior pairs of legs are complete. The second coxa is long, 

 1-66 and 2 times the sum of the first and third (see measurements). The femur is shorter 

 than either tibia, with a row of about twenty-four very low, crowded gland tubercles 

 on the proximal two-thirds. Second tibia the longest segment. Tarsus propodus and 

 claw elongated and slender ; claw equal to or a little shorter than the propodus which 

 is approximately half of the tarsus. Auxiliaries absent. 



a 



b 



Fig. 24. NympJwn subtile, Loman: b. Terminal segments of third leg. 

 M'Wj&/;o« sp.? St. 53: rt. Terminal segments of third leg: x 47. c. Palp: x 60. (/.Chela: ;< 47. 

 Nymphon sp..' St. 181 : e. Segments 2-6 of male oviger: ;< 16. /. Chela: x 16. 



Measurements (mm.) 



Length of proboscis ... 

 Diameter of proboscis 

 Length of trunk 

 Length of cephalic segment ... 

 Width of anterior cephalic lobes 



Width of neck 



Width across second lateral processes 

 Length of abdomen ... 



