114 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



St. 53. 12. V. 26. Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands, hulk of "Great Britain", 0-2 m. Mussel 

 rake: (i) numerous specimens\ "sorted from washings from Hydroids and Mytilus clumps". 

 {b) 2 specimens, "from washings from Kelp root". 



St. 58. 19. V. 26. Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands, 1-2 m. Mussel rake : 4 specimens. 



Remarks. These specimens agree well with Loman's description of A. parviila. As 

 Loman's figures are rather poor the palp and third leg are represented again (Fig. 62). 



Distribution. Previously recorded from Possession Bay, East Magellan Strait. 



Genus Austroraptus, Hodgson 

 Hodgson, 1907, p. 54. 

 Caiman, 1915, p. 62. 



Each of the three known species of this genus is represented in the present collection. 

 They may be distinguished from each other as follows : 



I. Palp six-jointed in adult. 



A. Chela imperfect in adult ; scape at least twice as long as wide, without dorsal tubercles ; 

 antero-lateral tubercles on cephalon obsolete A. poIaris, Hodgson 



B. Chela perfect in adult ; scape not more than half as long again as wide, with 1-2 dorsal 

 tubercles; antero-lateral tubercles on cephalon present A.praecox, Caiman 



II. Palp eight-jointed [chela imperfect in adult] A. juvenilis. Caiman 



Austroraptus polaris, Hodgson. 



Hodgson, 1907, p. 54, pi. viii, fig. 2. 

 Caiman, 1915, p. 62, fig. 17 A-C. 

 Loman, 1923, p. 30. 



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

 Large dredge : i $. 



Distribution. This species has been recorded from the eastern and the western 

 side of the Antarctic Zone. 



Austroraptus praecox, Caiman. 



Caiman, 1915, p. 65, fig. 19 A-E. 



St. 144. 5. i. 27. OflF mouth of Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, from 54° 04' S, 36" 27' W 

 to 53° 58' S, 36° 26' W, 155-178 m. ; gn. M. S. Large otter trawl: 2 SS- 



Distribution. Cape Adare and South Georgia. 



Austroraptus juvenilis, Caiman. 



Caiman, 1915, p. 63, fig. 18 A-E. 



St. 42. I . iv. 26. OflF 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: i 9- 



1 None of the males are carrying ova or larvae. 



