292 



fingers 1; total leugth 3,25; heigbt 1. Larger chela 2,4 times 

 longer thau the otber, its dimeusions are: fingers 1; total length 

 3,87; heiglit 1,35; palm with au obtuse tubercle on the anterior 

 margin. 



Second legs as in Syn. hululensis; relative dimeusions of 3rd 

 legs: Meropodite 2,4 — 2,5; carpus 1; propodite 2,23 — 2,2. Mero- 

 podite 4,6 — 5 times louger thau wide and 1,07 — 1,15 times longer 

 than the propodite which is 7,1 — 7 times louger than wide and 

 armed with 9 spinules. Dactylus, measured from the base of 

 anterior margiu to the tip of ventral hook, a little less than '/s 

 the propodite, similar to that of Syti. hululensis. 



Ova few in uumber, 0,6 — 0,75 mm. long. 



Leugth of ova-bearing female 10 mm. 



6. Syualpheus Theophaue, n, sp. 



Station 78. Lumu-Lumu-shoal, Borneo-bank. Reef. 



Station 144. Anchorage north of Salomakiee-(Damar-)island. 



Reef. 



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



between Nusa-Besi and the N. E. point of Timor. 



A uew species of the Paw/sowi-group, closely related to Syn. 

 tumidomanus Paulsou and to Syn. hululensis Cout. 



Rostrum 3 or 4 times as long as wide at base, reaching a 

 little beyond the middle or almost to the extremity of Ist auten- 

 nular article, lateral spines one fourth shorter than the rostrum, 

 rarely ouly a little shorter, the three spines projecting straight 

 foreward, the tips uot curved upward. The visible part of Ist 

 article and the two following articles in proportion of 5 : 3 : 3 ; 

 3rd article as long as 2nd; stylocerite exteuding to the distal 

 third of median article. Carpocerite 4,3 — 4,5 times longer than 

 wide, a little longer thau antenuular peduncle; terminal spine of 

 scaphocerite a little longer thau carpocerite, scale almost reaching 

 to tip of antenuular peduncle. Lateral spine of basicerite distinctly 

 shorter than the stylocerite, upper angle with a spine that measures 

 '/4 of the lateral spine. 



