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Station 274. Lat. 5° 28'. 2 S., long. 134° 53'. 9 E. Depth 57 M. 



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. 



Station 285. Lat. 8° 39'. 1 S., long. 127° 4'. 4 E. Anchorage 



South coast of Timor. Depth 34 M. 



Station 305. Mid-channel in Solor-strait off Kampong Me- 



nanga. Depth 113 M. 



Station 310. Lat. 8°30'S., long. 119°i?'. 5 E. Depth 73 M. 

 A new species of the Neomeris group, closely related to Syn. 

 Pococki Gout., from which it dilïers by the three posterior legs. 



In Syn. Pococki the propodite of 3rd legs that are much less 

 setose than those of this new species, is 6,7-tiuies longer than 

 wide and distinctly arcuate; the concave, posterior margin 

 bears, besides those at the distal extremity, only two or three 

 short spinules, long 0,1 m.m., separated from one another by long 

 sraooth interspaces; the dactylus, Y4 ^^ ^^^ propodite, has a rather 

 stout form, the proportion between its length and width (near the 

 articulation) being 2,46 and the ventral or principal hook measures 

 */g the whole length of the dactylus ; the 2 spinules on the me- 

 ropodite are 0,1—0,12 m.m. long. Eggs few in number, 1,3 — 

 1,4 m.m. long, length of ova-bearing female 12,5 m.m. 



In Syn. locasta, however, the propodite of 3rd legs, that are 

 much more setose, is nearly straight, 5 — 6,75-times longer than 

 wide and the posterior margin is armed, besides with those at 

 the distal extremity, with seven to ten spinules that are 0,1 — 

 0,18 m.m., rarely 0,08 m.m. long and separated from one another 

 by short interspaces; the dactylus, '/a ^^ ^ little more than ^/g, 

 rarely ^/g of the propodite, has a more slender shape, being 

 3 — 3,5-times, rarely 2,77-times longer than wide near the arti- 

 culation and the ventral hook is shorter, measuring '/u — Vu ^^® 

 whole length of the dactylus. Meropodite with 1 or 2 spinules, 

 long 0,07—0,1 m.m. 



In the other characters, which, in Syn. locasta, are subject to 

 a great variability, both species much agree with one another. 

 Length of ova-bearing female 8,5 — 12,5 m.m. 



