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on the inner upper face. I overlooked this point in the description 

 of the type but on reexamination I find a similar process is present. 

 The mouth parts and thoracic limbs do not show any special differ- 

 ences from those of the genus Erythrops. I have not been able to 

 see any sternal processes in male specimens such as are characteristic 

 of the type species of the genus. 



Genus LONGITHORAX Illig 



Longithorax Illig, 1906a, p. 200. 



LONGITHORAX CAPENSIS Zimmer 



Figure 40 



Longithorax capensis Zimmer, 1914, p. 392, pi. 24, figs. 20-24. 

 Longithorax sp. nov. Tattersall, 1936a, p. 96. 



Occurence. — Bermuda Oceanographical Expedition of the New 

 York Zoological Society, under the direction of Dr. William Beebe : 

 Net 900, surface ; net 976, surface. 



Figure 40. — Longithorax capensis Zimmer: a, Antennal scale and peduncle, X 70; b, telson, 



X 70. 



Distribution. — L. capensis has been recorded previously only once. 

 Zimmer (1914) reported it from the south Atlantic, latitude 35°39' 

 S., longitude 8° 16' W., from 3,000 meters. It seems likely that it is 



