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B. W. KwikeL 



molar tubercle large, cylindrical. First maxillae without inner plate ; 

 outer plate narrow, provided with serrated toothlike spines on short 

 apical margin; palp 2-jointed, first joint about as broad as long, 

 second twice as broad as long with apex rounded and broader than 

 proximal end and provided with short spines. Second maxillae 

 small, outer plate longer and narrower than inner plate, both plates 

 with fine setae on apex. Lower lip with principal plates broad and 

 oval; inner plates rather large; mandibular processes short. Max- 

 illipeds with outer and inner plates small and with long, 4-jointed 

 palp ; inner plates not reaching as far as base of first joint of palp, 

 rather broad and with apical margin rounded and provided with 

 a few stout spines; outer plates extending to about the middle of 



Fig. 43. Profellopsis stebbingii Peai-se. 



second joint of palp, outer margin rather strongly convex, inner 

 margin straight and provided with a few setae ; palp with first joint 

 longer than broad, cylindrical, second joint cylindrical, 3 times as 

 long as broad ; third joint somewhat shorter than second and nar- 

 rower, provided at distal end of inner margin with a few setae ; 

 fourth joint clawlike and as long as third, provided on inner margin 

 with exceedingly fine setae. 



First gnathopods with second joint moderately slender ; third joint 

 about as broad as long ; fourth joint more or less cuplike and with 

 posterior margin much longer than anterior and provided with a 

 few setae near aj^ex ; wrist triangular, rather longer than wide, pos- 

 terior margin and apex provided with a few short setae ; hand tri- 

 angular, about IV9 times as long as wide and much wider than wrist. 



