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B. IV. KunkcL 



margin with man\' plumose spines; outer plate extending almost 

 as far as second joint of palp with inner margin provided with 

 toothlike spines which become longer toward rounded apex; palp 

 with first joint slightly longer than broad, second joint very long 

 and moderately slender having slender setae on inner margin, third 

 joint short, with distal end larger than proximal ; fourth joint with 

 slender terminal spine as long as joint itself. 



\\\ male, first gnathopods with epimeron triangular, small : second 

 joint moderately stout with short setae on anterior margin and sev- 

 eral very long ones on posterior margin; third joint short with 

 group of moderately long setae near distal end of posterior margin ; 



Fig. 13. Ceradocus orchestiipes A. Costa, 



fourth joint more or less rectangular with 4 fascicles of setae on 

 posterior margin and group of setae on distal margin, both anterior 

 and posterior margins produced distally to form small triangular 

 processes ; wrist very large, triangular, longer and broader than hand, 

 posterior margin very convex and provided with many long setae 

 which also are present on distal margin, anterior margin with 4 quite 

 long setae; hand more or less oval with palm oblique and about 

 as long as posterior margin which bears many setae, palm provided 

 with numerous setae ; finger of usual form moderately stout. 



Second gnathopods with rectangular epimeron slightly higher than 

 long; second joint short and stout with 2 long setae near proximal 

 end of posterior margin and 1 at distal end and 1 near distal end 



