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the seventh joint is very small, ornamented with a few stronj^- setae: the eighth joint is rathcr 

 strongly curved, its palm provided at the base with five or six stout spines, and distally a few 

 small irregular spines ; all the joints are ornamented with minute tubercles. The total lengthof the 

 body and proboscis is an eighth of an inch; of one of the posterior appendages three eighths". 

 (Nach Haswell). 



*8. Parapallcnc c/iirat^ra (M. Edw.). 



Eine nicht gut charakterisierte Art. (Siehe die nachste Species). 



*9. Parapallene atistralieiisis (Hoek). 



Bass Strait, 38 to 40 fathoms between Melbourne and Sidncy, 120 fathoms. 



„Body extremely slender. Cephalic part of the cephalothoracic segment distinctly separated 

 from the thoracic part In' means of a true articulation. Proboscis short, inserted ventrally. 

 Ovigerous legs with true denticulate spines, and a long denticulate claw. Legs without auxiliary 

 claws. Total length 4 mm. 



Observations. Perhaps this species is nearly allied to Pallene chiragra Edw. He 

 gives the following description of his species; „Corps très-grèle ; tète courte mais cylindrique. 

 Second article des pates-machoires très-renflé, et premier article du thorax extrêmement allongé. 

 Patés environ cinq fois aussi longues que Ie corps, .sans crochets accessoires au bout. Patés 

 accessoires de la femelle de dix articles". However, as in this de.scription the very distinct spines 

 on the legs have not been mentioned, which, if present, would certainly have been seen by Milne- 

 Edwards, I think it probable that his Pallene chiragra is a nearly allied but distinct species. 



Jarvis Bay, New Holland, where Milne-Edwards's species was collected, is not far from 

 Station 163 (between Melbourne and Sidney)". 



(Nach Hoek, Challenger Report, p. 76, sub Pallene). 



*io. Parapallene grubii (Hoek). 



Syn. P/ioxichiliiiiuin Grube. Jahresbcr. Schl. Ges. vaterl. Cultur, 1869, p. 54. 

 Pallene Griilni Hoek, Challenger Report, p. 30. 



Chinesisches Meer. 

 Eine ungenügend characterisierte Art; wegen der fehlenden blattformigen Stacheln desOviger 

 vielleicht in naherer Bezichung zu bringen mit Parapallene haddo7ni oder Parapalletic capra. 



Gattung Pallene Johnston (1837). 



*i. Pallene valida (Hasw.). 



Syn. Nymphon validiim, in : IlASWELL, Pycnogonida of the Australian Coast, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales, V. 9, 1885, p. 1024. 



Port Stepliens, Australia. 



Das X\»iplion validuin Haswell schcint niir kcin Xymplioii zu sein, sondern der Gattung 



