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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Oviger long and slender. Terminal claw a little shorter than tenth segment, armed 

 with ten long spinules. Total number of denticulate spines 34 (lo + 9 + 7 + 8). Segments 

 4-6 in the proportions 2 : 3-43 : i ; fifth 

 segment long, slender, nearly straight, 

 and of almost uniform diameter through- 

 out (Fig. 10 c). 



Third leg long and slender. Second 

 coxa twice the sum of the other two. 

 Femur shorter than either tibia; three 

 very long, slender setae dorsally at distal 

 articulation; no distinct raised gland tu- 

 bercles on mid-ventral surface but six or 

 seven obscure gland openings present. 

 Both tibias bearing long slender setae 

 (Bouvier, 1913, fig. 41), second the long- 

 est segment. Tarsus, propodus and claw 

 elongated; claw shorter than propodus 

 in this specimen (but equal to or even 

 slightly longer than propodus in the other 

 specimens). Auxiliaries absent. 



Female. One specimen from St. 181 

 is undoubtedly a female of this species, 

 but it difl^ers from the normal female in 

 one interesting respect. The two pos- 

 terior pairs of walking legs are quite 

 typical; each second coxa is enlarged distally and has a large genital pore; the 

 femur is considerably widened proximally and contains developing ova (Fig. 1 1 a). 



Fig. 10. Segments 4-6 of male oviger of : a. Nymphon 

 proceroides, Bouvier: x 27. b. N. charcoli, Bouvier: 

 X 7. c. N. tenuipes, Bouvier: x 27. 



Fig. 1 1 . Nymphon tenuipes, Bouvier. a. Femur and two distal coxae of third 

 leg of female: x 20. b. Chela x 60. 



