AMMOTHEIDAE iiS 



St. 144. 5. i. 27. Off mouth of Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, 155-178 m.;gn. M. S. Large 

 otter trawl: 2 <$,S, with A. praecox. 



St. 195. 30. iii. 27. Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands, 62° 07' 00" S, 

 58° 28' 30" W, 391 m.; M. St. Medium otter trawl: i ?, i (J, with Nymphon charcoti. 



St. 363. 26. ii. 30. 2-5 miles S 80' E of SE point of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands, 

 329-278 m.; Sc. Large dredge: i ^, bearing ? egg capsules or encysted Protozoa. 



St. 371 . 14. iii. 30. I mile E of Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands, 99-161 m. Large otter 

 trawl: i <^. 



Remarks. In the male from St. 363 large numbers of minute oval bodies are adhering 

 to the appendages. These may be egg capsules or encysted Protozoa ; they are found, 

 in smaller numbers, attached to other Pycnogonida, e.g. Tanystylum pfejferi (Fig. 68 Z)). 



Distribution. Previously recorded from off Cape Adare. 



Genus Austrodecus, Hodgson 

 Austrodecus glaciale, Hodgson (Figs. 63 and 64). 



Hodgson, 1907, p. 53, pi. viii, fig. i. 

 Bouvier, 1913, p. 147, figs. 96 and 97. 

 Caiman, 1915, p. 66, fig- 20. 

 Loman, 1923, p. 31. 



St. 27. 15. iii. 26. West Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 3-3 miles S 44" E of Jason Light, 

 no m.; M. R. Large dredge: 7 ??, 15 i^. 



St. 39. 25. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, from 8 cables S 81° W of Merton Rock 

 to 1-3 miles N 7° E of Macmahon Rock, 179-235 m.; gy. M. Large otter trawl: 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 : 2 cjc?, i ?. 



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

 rake : 2 ??, i S- 



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: 3 ^$, 

 8 adult and immature ??. 



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

 to 53°s8'S, 36°26'W, 155-178 m.; gn. M.S. Large otter trawl: i <?, 2?$ and 2 immature 

 specimens. 



St. WS 33. 21. xii. 26. 54° 59' S, 35° 24' W, 130 m.; gy. M. St. i m. horizontal tow-net-net 

 touched bottom: 3 immature specimens. 



St. WS 228. 30. vi. 28. 50° 50' S, 56° 58' W, 229-236 m.; Sh. c. w. S. Commercial otter trawl: 



3 SS, 3 ??• 



South Georgia: 



St. MS 14. 17. ii. 25. From 1-5 miles SE x S to 1-5 miles S A W of Sappho Point, East Cumber- 

 land Bay, 190-iiom. Small dredge: i S- 



St. MS 65. 28.ii.26. East Cumberland Bay, i-6 miles SE of Hobart Rock to i cable N of 

 Dartmouth Point, 39 m. Small beam trawl: i immature specimen. 



St. MS 66. 28. ii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, 2\ miles SE of King Edward Point Light to i J cables 

 W X N of Macmahon Rock, 18 m. Small beam trawl: 2 immature specimens. 



