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sarne length as the second ; the four outer joints again small and 

 beset with short setae. 



The false legs are weak and thin, much shorter than the palpi, 

 10-jointed, with the last four small joints spirally curved. The 

 first joint is short, like the lateral process; the second elongate, 

 about half the lateral process of the 3 d leg; the third still shorter 

 than the first; the fourth is a little longer than the second; the 

 fifth again small and ovoid, somewhat longer than the first; 

 the sixth is the lougest of all, about one third of the trunk ; the 

 last four joints are very small, ovoid, and slightly decreasing in 

 length from the seventh to the tenth, which bears a very small 

 claw. Few short spines are found at the inner surface of the last 

 four joints. The second, fourth and especially the sixth joints are 

 swollen at the top, distinctly clavate. 



The ambulatory legs are more than thrice as long as the trunk 

 and taper toward the extremity. The l st joint is about as long 

 as the terminal claw ; the 2 d is more than six times the l st ; the 

 3 d , but little longer than the l st , bears a very long but narrow 

 tubular process, directed upwards ; the 4 ,h is the longest of all, 

 nearly twice the 2 d ; the 5 th is a little shorter than the 4 th ; 

 the first tarsal joint is somewhat longer than the 3 d joint of 

 the leg, and the next tarsal joint is again a little longer than the 

 foregoing; the claw is slightly curved. There are no auxiliary claws. 



■ The animal is of a pale straw colour; the legs are brittle. 



Two specimens were dredged at station 127, in the Banda Sea; 

 depth 2081 M. Both are females with ripening eggs. Large genital 

 orifices are found on the 2 d joint of the legs. The eggs are easily 

 seen inside the body and reach as far as the 2 d joints of 

 the legs, the thighs (fourth joints) being not swollen at all. 

 Cseca of the intestine, penetrating the feet, end at the distal 

 extremity of the 4 th joint. 



Measurements in mm. : 

 proboscis 3,7 abdomen 1,3 false leg 2,3 



trunk 2,7 palpus 4,0 3 d . leg 9,0 





