366 THE REV. T. R. U. STEBBING ON 



Film. (! A M M A R I D ^. 



1814. Gmnmaridce Leach, Ediiib. Encycl. vol. vii. p. 432. 



Gen. Melita Leach. 



1813. Melita Leacli, Edinb. Encycl. vol. vii. p. 403. 



1906. ,, JStebbing, Das Tieneich, vol. xxi. pp. 366, 421, 732. 



]\IeL1TA INJiQUISTYLIS Dana. 



1852. Amphitoe [Melita) incpquistylis ( 5 ) and A. (J/.) tenuicornis 



( S ) Dana, P. Anier. Ac. vol. li. pp. 214, 215. 

 1906. Melita vaoiquistylis Stebbing, Das TieiTeich,vol. xxi. pp.429, 



732. 

 1909. ,, „ Chilton, Subantarct. Is. of N. Zealand, 



p. 630. 

 This species has been rediscussed by Dr. Chilton, who nnites 

 with it Melita zeylanica Stabbing, 1904, from Ceylon. Mr. Val- 

 lentin procured a male specimen at low water in Rapid Point, 

 Jan. 20, 1911. 



Fam. Dexaminid^. 



1888. Dexaniinidce Stebbins;, Rep. Voy. ' Challenger,' vol. xxix. 

 p. 573. 



Gen. Parabexamine Stabbing. 



1899. Faradexamiue, Stebbing, Ann. Nat. Hist. sar. 7, vol. iv. 



p. 210. 

 1906. „ Chevreux, Exp. Antarct. franeaise, Aniphip. 



p. 88. 



1909. „ Chilton, Subantarct. Is. of New Zealand, 



p. 632. 



1910. ,, Stebbing, Mem. Australian Mus. vol. iv. 



p. 602. 



1912. „ Chilton, Tr. R. Soc. Edinb. vol. xlviii. pt. 2, 



p. 501. 



1913, „ Chevreux, Deuxieme Exp. Antarct. fran- 



gaise, Amphip. p. 181. 

 Professor Chilton proposes to make Chevreux's P. fissicanda 

 a synonym of Thomson's P. pacifictis, although in the latter 

 species the telson is not divided to the base as it is in the former. 

 In 1913 Chevreux observes that his P. fissicanda is separated 

 from all the other known forms of the family Dexaminidai by the' 

 second maxilhe, the inner plate of which carries a series of spines 

 on the inner margin. 



Parabexamine nanus Stebbing. 



Abstract P. Z. S. 1914, p. 30. (April 28.) 



In point of size this species is comparable with P.fiindersi, 

 from which it is distinguished by the differently-shaped telson 

 and by the greater leiigth of the palp of the maxillipeds. The 

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