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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Nymphon pfefferi (Pfeffer), Loman (Figs. i6, 176, d and 18 «, b, d). 

 N. antarcticum, Pfeffer, i?,^,Jahrb. Hamburg Wiss. Anst., vi, Heft 2, p. 42. 

 N. pfefferi, n.n., Loman, 1923, p. 17, fig. B. 



St. 123. 15. xii. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, from 4-1 miles N 54° E of 

 Larsen Point, to 1-2 miles S 62° W of Merton Rock, 230-250 m.; gy. M. Large otter trawl: 2 

 immature specimens. 



St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stronmess 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: 6 specimens. 



St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 200 yards from shore, under Mount 

 Duse, 17-27 m.; M. Small beam trawl: i (J. 



St. 149. 10. i. 27. Mouth of East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, from 1-15 miles N y6l° W 

 to 2-62 miles S 11° W of Merton Rock, 200-234 "i-! M. Large otter trawl: i ?. 



Fig. 16. Nymphon pfefferi, Loman: a. Dorsal view of body of male from St. 141, 

 with chelophores and palps: x 40. b. Third leg of female from St. 149. 



Description of male. Trunk with lateral processes separated by their own diameter 

 as a rule. Neck short, almost entirely occupied laterally by the base of the oviger; 

 cephalon much expanded anteriorly. Ocular tubercle low, wide, rounded; eyes con- 

 spicuous. Setae absent (Fig. 16 a). 



Proboscis short; subequal to, or shorter than scape, and half to three-fifths of 

 cephalic segment. 



Abdomen long, slender; reaching to distal end of first coxa; elevated at an angle of 



about 30°. 



Chelophore. Scape short, length two and a half to three times the distal width. Chela 

 subequal to scape; fingers one-third as long again as palm armed each with 19-30 

 spinules; setose pad extending half-way along immovable finger (Fig. 17 b and d). 



