Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 149 
1906. Leucothoe spinicarpa + miersi + commensalis Stebbing, Le. 
pp. 165, 166. 
1907. A Walker, Nat. Antarct. Exp. vol. 3, p. 18. 
1909. r = id. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. 12, pt. 4, 
p- 331. 
1910. Bs x Kunkel, Tr. Conn. Ac. Sci. vol. 16, p. 12, 
fig. 3. 
L9TO; A y Chevreux, Mém. Soc. Zool. Fr. vol. 23, 
p. 194. 
1910. e commensalis Stebbing, Sci. Res. “ Thetis,” pt. 12, pp- 
580, 636. 
1910. e miersi id. Gen. Cat. S. A. Crust. p. 453. 
1912. 3 spinicarpa Chilton, Le. p. 478. 
1912. 3 a Pearse, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. 43 [1913], 
p. 370. 
After an examination of 4 South African specimens and their com- 
parison with Plymouth specimens of L. spinicarpa (Abildg.), I have 
come to the conclusion that LD. miersi Stebb. must be added to the 
synonymy of the former species already given by Chilton. 
Although in the South African specimens the 3rd joint of the 
mandibular palp is somewhat shorter than in Plymouth specimens 
and Sars’ figure (l.c. pl. 100), it is not so extremely short as in the 
Challenger specimen. It is in fact somewhat variable even among 
the 4 South African specimens. The other character by which miersi 
is distinguished from the typical spinicarpa, namely, the relative 
lengths of the ultimate and penultimate peduncular joints of the 
2nd antenna, is also somewhat variable; in the South African specimens 
the ultimate joint varies in length from little more than + to 5 the 
length of the penultimate. Also the strength of the denticulations on 
palm of 2nd gnathopod varies. 
Length: 12 mm. (an ovigerous ? from St. James: 4 mm.). 
Colour: The single specimen collected by myself at low-tide was 
unfortunately not observed amongst numerous other amphipods until 
the colours had faded. 
Locality : Sandy Point N. } E., distant 10 miles (near Cape Morgan). 
95 fathoms. ljuv. ; Port Shepstone WNW., distant 21 miles (Natal). 
24 fathoms. 1 ovigerous ? ; Hood Point Lighthouse N. by W.2 W. 
distant 11 miles (near East London). 49 fathoms. 1 ¢@. s.s. “ Pieter 
Faure.” 14/8/01, 15/3/01, and 15/7/01 respectively. Sea Point (near 
Cape Town). 29/11/18. 1 juv. (K.H.B.); St. James (False Bay). 
15/2/14. 1 ovigerous ? (K.H.B.) ; Durban, July, 1915. 2 ¢ ¢(H.W. 
