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Gnathopod 1 very slender, curved backward, not reaching end of 

 second joint of gnathopod 2, a little longer and stouter in female 

 than in male, second joint in male with a few setae along the front 



Fig. 1. — Batea catharinensis Mllleu, male, Woods Hole, Mass. a. Head and an- 



TENNAJj; b, UPPER LIP AND EPISTOME; C AND d, FIUST GNATHOPODS OF DIFFERENT INDI- 

 VIDUALS ; e, GNATHOPOD 2, SHOWING TEETH OF PALM ; /, ABDOMEN AND APPENDAGES ; 

 g, POSTERIOR LATERAL MARGIN OF ABDOMINAL SEGMENT 3 ; h, DROPOD 3 AND TELSON 



margin, two long, curved setae at distal end and usually one on hind 

 margin near distal end, in the female the setae on front margin more 

 numerous, a group of curved setae at distal end and a long curved 



