480 WALTER E. COLLIXGE. 



CuBARi8 Brandt. 



8. Cubaris truiicatus n. sp. PI. XXX, figs. 48-56. 



Body (fig. 48) oblong-oval, convex, surface finely granulose. 

 Cephalon (figs. 49, 50) small, flanked by the pleural plates of 

 the 1st mesosomatic segment, anterior mai'gin raised, cephalic 

 lobes absent; epistome slightly convex. Eyes fairly large, 

 situated dorso-laterally. Antennee (fig. 51) short; flagellum 

 2-jointed, distal joint rather more than twice the length of 

 the proximal one, terminal style small and conical. First 

 maxillas (fig. 52), outer lobe terminating in four stout curved 

 spines and six smaller pointed ones ; inner lobe slightly 

 grooved on its inner side with two setose spines. Maxillipedes 

 (fig. 53) : the terminal joint of the outer lobe is multispinous; 

 there are two spines on the middle joint, and two on the 

 inner side of the basal joint; the inner lobe has a tooth-like 

 spine and a single plain spine. The segments of the mesosome 

 have the pleural plates well developed ; those of segments 

 2-4 are rounded terminally and those of 6 and 7 truncate; 

 posterior angles not produced. Uropoda (fig. 55) not extend- 

 ing beyond the telson, basal plate short, wide, and thick, 

 slightly raised and convex on the posterior outer margins, 

 posterior margin truncate, antero-dorsal surface expanded 

 and thickened ; exopodite short, not extending to the posterior 

 margin of the basal plate; endopodite longer and broader, 

 slightly keeled, setaceous. Telson (tig. 56) not extending 

 beyond the uropoda, width greater than the length, lateral 

 margins very slightly curved, expanded anteriorly and slightly 

 keeled, posterior margin truncate. 



Length 12"5 mm. 



Colour (in alcohol) yellowish-brown with dai'ker brown 

 tmid-dorsaily and laterally, flecked with yellow. 



Habitat. — Pt. Alfred, Cape Province (J. Hewitt). 



Type. — In the Albany Museum. 



