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Cout. from the South Adelaide Coast. Froutal regiou as in A. 

 Sibogae, u. sp., but extra-corneal spine extendiug by half its 

 leugth beyond the eye, infra-corueal spine but a little shorter. 

 Mediau antennular article a little wider than long, half as long 

 as the visible part of the Ist., 3rd a little longer than 2nd. 

 Stylocerite and antenna as in A. Sibogae, like also the telsou. 

 Legs of Ist pair of feinale (the male is unknown) equal, feeble. 

 Meropodite 1,7 times as long as the ischiopodite and 4,4 times 

 as long as wide in the middle; carpus raeasuring two thirds the 

 meropodite and 2^j^ times as long as thick at distal extremity; 

 chela as in the feraale oi A. Naifaroensis Cout., but hardly longer 

 than the meropodite, the proportion beiug 1,08, and 4,4 times 

 as long as high in the plane of the fingers. 



Dactyli of the three posterior legs slender, 7 times as long as 

 wide at base, '/s of the propodite, and biunguieulate; veutral hook 

 half as long as the dorsal, its width at base one third that of 

 the other. Relative dimensions of 3rd pair : Meropodite 2, carpus 

 1, propodite 2,25. Meropodite 7 times, propodite 10,2 times as 

 long as wide. 



Ova 0,5 mm. long. Leugth of ova-bearing female 6,5 mm. 



30. Athanas tenuipes, n. sp. 



Station 116. Lat. 0° 58'. 5 N., long. 122° 42'. 5 E. West of 

 Kwandang-bay-entrance. Depth 72 M. 



Rostrum slender, acute, 6 times as long as wide in the middle 

 and just reaching beyond basal antennular article. Eyes almost 

 entirely uncovered by the carapace. No supra-corneal spines. Extra- 

 corneal spine almost as long as the eyes, infra-corneal tooth 

 acute, dentiform, small, half as long as the extra-corneal spine. 

 Measured from the base of the rostrum, the basal antennular 

 article appears slightly longer than the two following that are 

 subequal, taken together ; stylocerite just reaching beyond the 

 middle of median article. Carpocerite as long as antennular peduncle, 

 scaphocerite slightly longer. 



Telson 5 times as long as the posterior margin is wide; posterior 



