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the antennular peduncle; tips of frontal spines setose and slightly 

 curved upward, visible part of Ist antennular article a little more 

 than oue and a half, sometimes even almost twice as long as 

 raedian article. 



Telson shorter than that of Syn. Gravieri, proportion between its 

 length and the width of posterior margin 2,54 — 2,57, anteriorly 

 twice as wide as the posterior margin, the outer angles of which 

 are spiniform, though very short; median part of posterior margin 

 prominent; anterior pair of spinules situated just in front of 

 the middle. 



Larger chela as in Syn. Iphinoë. Smaller chela also as in this 

 species, as regards the length of the fingers, but of a much stouter 

 shape, the chela being only 2,61 — 2,73-times, the palm 1,5 — 1,57- 

 times longer than high. 



First carpal segment of 2nd legs 3,8— 4,8-times as long as 

 thick, slightly shorter or hardly longer than the sum of the 

 followiug. As regards the proportion between the length of mero-, 

 carpo-, and propodite of 3rd and 4th legs, this species agrees 

 with Syn. Gravieri, also their form is the same : so e. g. mero- 

 podite of 3rd legs 3,43 — 3,7-times longer than wide with five 

 spinules, those of 4th legs 3,4 — 3,66-times and with three or four 

 spinules. Dactyli nearly as in Syn. Gravieri. 



Eggs large, few in number, in one female long 1,1 — l,2m.m,, 

 in another 1,5 m.m. 



Length of adult specimens 15 m.m. 



21. Synalpheus miscellaueus, n. sp. 



Station 282. Lat. 8° 25'. 2 S., long. 127° 18'. 4 E. Anchorage be- 

 tween Nusa Besi and the N. E. point of Timor. Depth 27—54 M. 



A new species of the Neomeris group, presenting miscellaneous 

 characters both of Syn. Neomeris de M. and Syn. jedanensis, n. sp. 



Rostrum 2,5-times as long as broad, reaching a little beyond 

 the middle of basal joint, lateral spines a little shorter, convex 

 above, with the tips slightly curved inward. Antennal and an- 

 tennular peduncles with spines and appendages as in Syn. Neomeris 



