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regard with the greatest doubt. Leg 2 is said to have a completely- 

 reduced endopodite, a fact due very probably to damage during 

 dissection of the small species (0.25 mm.), which would also account 

 for the very aberrant setal formula. The genus Moerephonte almost 

 certainly is congeneric with Esola; the species described and inade- 

 quately figured is probably nothing else but Esola longicauda Edwards. 

 The drawing of the dorsal aspect of this species gives the impression 

 of the presence of a heavy spine on the cephalic somite in the mid- 

 dorsal line, but no such spine is visible in the lateral view (Jakobi, 

 1953, fig. 3). It seems probable that the cup-shaped in tegumental 

 depressions have been observed but have not been too correctly 

 figured. The actual number of specimens, recorded from the tidal 

 zone at Itapocoroy and Porto Belo along the Atlantic coast of Brazil, 

 is not given in Jakobi 's paper, but it is hoped that some specimens from 

 the lot studied by Jakobi are still available in order that a much 

 needed redescription of the material can be given. 



Genus Pseudolaophonte A. Scott, 1896 



The following species are now recognized: 



Females Males 



Laophonte spinosa I. C. Thompson, L. spinosa I. C. Thompson, 1893 



1893 



(= Pseudolaophonte aculeata A. Scott, 1896) 

 Pseudolaophonte proteus Klie, 1950 P. proteus Klie, 1950 



Genus Onychocamptus Daday, 1903 



The following species are now included in this genus: 



Females Males 



"mohammed" group 



Laophonte mohammed Blanchard and L. mohammed Blanchard and Richard, 



Richard, 1891 1891 



(= Onychocamptus heteropus Dady, 1903; L. calamorum Willey, 1923; L. humilis 



Brian, 1929) 

 L. chathamensis G. O. Sars, 1905 L. chathamensis G. 0. Sars, 1905 



L. talipes C. B. Wilson, 1932 L. talipes C. B. Wilson, 1932 



L. bengalensis Sewell, 1934 L. bengalensis Sewell, 1934 



Onychocamptus besnardi Jakobi, 1954 0. besnardi Jakobi, 1954 



"horridus" group 



Cleta horrida Norman, 1876 C. horrida Norman, 1876 



L. horrida var. trispinosa Lang, 1936 



L. brevispinosa G. O. Sars, 1908 L. brevispinosa G. O. Sars, 1908 



L. armiger Gurney, 1927 L. armiger Gurney, 1927 



(L. hystrix Brian, 1928; L. steueri van Douwe, 1929) 

 L. mirabilis Gurney, 1927 



A new species will be described below as: 



Onychocamtpus gladiator, new species 



