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Contributions to the Crustacean Fauna of South Africa.— 
By K. H. Barnarp, M.A., Assistant. 
(Plates XX VI-XXVIII.) 
3 5.—THE AMPHIPODA. 
Tue collections made by the Cape Government trawler s.s. “ Pieter 
Faure” and by members of the Museum staff have formed the bulk of 
the material for the following report, which supplements Mr. Steb- 
bing’s reports in the “ Marine Investigations.” Many of the “ Pieter 
Faure” specimens were found by searching through bottles of 
hitherto unsorted material—sponges, ascidians, hydroids and the like. 
The result is a large increase in the fauna-list of South African 
Amphipoda. The range of many known species is shown to extend 
to South African waters, and many species are considered to be new 
to science. In the former category the most interesting are certain 
species which were known only from the North Atlantic, e.g. Byblis 
gaimardii, Nicippe tumida and Epimeria cornigera. The South 
African specimens are not, or only in minute details, distinguishable 
from the northern specimens. It may, however, be stated that the 
first two species above mentioned have recently been found off Cali- 
fornia by the U.S. exploring vessel “ Albatross.” The Indian Ocean, 
Australasian and Subantarctic faunal elements are also represented by 
a number of well-known forms. 
The Amphipodan fauna of Table Mountain has been investigated 
for the first time, and has yielded four interesting Gammarids. In 
this respect the mountain streams in other districts of South Africa 
are still quite unknown. 
Unfortunately the discussion of several species has had to be post- 
poned owing to lack of material from other regions for direct com- 
parison (e.g. in the genera Orchomenopsis, Paramoera and Hyale). 
Representatives of the families Calliopiidae and Pleustidae have also 
been recognised among the “ Pieter Faure” collection, but were too 
badly preserved or mutilated for generic and specific determination. 
Certain species—Leucothoe miersi, Stenothoe crenulata, Paramoera 
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