308 6. 0. SARS, [n. S. IV 



sist eacli of a thick muscular peduncle and a very slender filiform flagelliun. 

 The peduncle is bent at the base in a geniculate manner, and is composed 

 of 4 well-defined joints, the first 3 of v\'hich are rather short, whereas the 

 last joint is very large and somewhat compressed, tapering gradually towards 

 the tip. It is provided along the inferior edge with numerous transverse 

 rows of delicate sensory bristles, and exhibits in its interior several strong- 

 muscles joining the base of the flagellum. The latter is divided into a number 

 of distinct articulations (about 22 in all), which are rather elongated and 

 provided along the inferior edge with tufts of small sensory bristles. Most 

 frequently these antennae are carried in such a manner as to be nearly 

 hidden. In this case the peduncle is received between the greatly expanded 

 antero-lateral corners of the carapace, and the flagellum applies itself 

 closely within the inferior edge of the carapace and of the epimera of the 

 exposed segments of the trunk; its remaining part, too, is received within a 

 groove extending along the ventral side of all the segments of the metasome, 

 and thus only the extremities of the flagella project freely at the end of the 

 body, betw^een the uropoda. By the aid of tiie strong muscles of the peduncle, 

 these antennae can, however, be moved out from the body at any angle with 

 the same, and are not infrequently found, in alcoholic specimens, stretched 

 out in quite the opposite direction. 



The oral parts do not difler in any maimer from those in the female. 



The gnathopoda are also of a very similar structure, with the exception 

 that the basal lamellae of the anterior ones do not exhibit any trace of mar- 

 ginal setae, and that the basal joint of the posterior ones is comparatively 

 larger and more expanded at the base, in concordance with the much sti'onger 

 development of the exopodite. 



Of the legs not only the 2 first pairs, but also the 3rd and 4th pairs are 

 provided with natatory exopodites. The latter appendages are much more fully 

 developed than in tiie female, having the basal part very broad and lamellar, 

 and the outer half of the flagellum divided into a great number of short ar- 

 ticulations, each bearing a pair of densely ciliated natatory setae (see figs 

 G — 8). Owing to this powerful development of the exopodites the basal joint 

 of all the legs, excepting the last pair, is much dilated, to receive the strong 

 muscles moving these appendages. The 3rd and 4th pairs especially (figs. 

 and 7) thereby acquire an appearance very different from that of the female. 



The 2nd pair of legs (fig. G) differ also in other respects considerably 

 from those in the female. They are considerably larger, not much shorter 

 than the first pair, and have the carpal joint much elongated, fully twice 

 as long as the 2 preceding ones combined, and provided on both edges with 

 several short plumose set^e. Finally the terminal joint (fig. G) is highly re- 



Melanges liiulugiijucs. T. XIII, p. 472. 



