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for the rest unarmed. Dactylus simple, two fifths of the propodite 

 and half as long as the carpus. 



Eggs few in number, ovoid, large, 0,76 — 0,78 m.m. long. 

 Length of ova-bearing female 11,5 m.m. 



5. A.lpheus Philoctetes, n. sp. 



Station 240. Banda. Depth 9—36 M. 



A new species closely related to A, Lanceloti Cout. and pro- 

 bably also pertaiuiug to the group „insignis'^ Cout. : it remained 

 uncertain, because the larger chelipede is wanting in the single 

 specimen collected. 



Rostrum acute, projecting straight foreward almost to the ex- 

 tremity of Ist antennular article, interorbital carina rather sharp 

 anteriorly, like the rostrum, but obtuse posteriorly and, gradually 

 widening, exteudiug to the base of the rounded, unarmed, orbital 

 hoods, from which it is separated by narrow grooves. Telson as 

 in A. Lanceloti, its posterior margin armed with a dozen of mo- 

 vable spinules between the inner spines at the outer angles, which 

 spiues are as long as in A. Lanceloti. 



Secoud antennular article almost twice as long as thick, one 

 fifth louger than the visible part of Ist, 3rd article a little shorter 

 than the Ist; stylocerite just exceeding Ist article. Carpocerite as 

 long as antennular peduncle, not longer, spiue on the basicerite 

 and scaphocerite as in A. Lanceloti. 



Meropodite of smaller chelipede 3,5-times longer than wide, 

 upper margin unarmed, iufero-internal margin with 4 movable 

 spinules and a rudiraentary tooth at the extremity. Small chela 

 as in A. Lanceloti, 



Second legs very slender, more slender than those of A. Miersi, 

 2,2-times longer than the carapace, rostrum included; meropodite 

 14-times longer than wide ; 2nd segment of carpus one and a 

 half as long as the Ist, 4th segment one and a half as long as 

 the 5th, 3rd half as long as 2nd and a little louger than 5th ; 

 chela as long as Ist segment, fingers almost one and a half as 



