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plates rectangular, extending beyond first joint of palp and provided 

 with plumose spines on inner and distal margins and also on distal 

 margin with 3 odontoid spines, and submarginally at inner distal 

 angle with 2 conical toothlike spines; outer plates moderate in size, 

 not extending as far as second joint of palp, inner margin straight, 

 outer margin convex, passing over to distal margin by even curve, 

 inner margin provided with toothlike spines which increase in length 

 toward the apex and gradually become long and slender spines on 



Fig. 11. Melita fresnelii Audouin. 



distal margin ; palp 4-jointed, first joint sHghtly longer than broad, 

 second joint slender, broadest proximal to middle, 3 times as long 

 as broad, provided with numerous fascicles of slender setae, third 

 joint short and curved, larger at distal end than at proximal, fourth 

 joint curved and tapering, with apical spine and a few large setae 

 on inner margin. 



In male, first gnathopods with small, rhomboidal epimeron ; second 

 joint long and slender, provided with long setae on anterior and 

 posterior margins ; third joint slender, slightl}^ longer than broad ; 

 fourth joint small, broader distally and rounded, with fine cilia 

 on posterior margin and with setae apically ; wrist long, triangular, 

 2^ 1 2 times as long as broad with 5 or 6 fascicles of setae on pos- 

 terior and distal margins ; hand subtriangular, somewhat longer than 



