Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 201 
An examination of the specimens, referred by Stebbing in 1910 to 
Maera bruzelii, and others from the same locality as the former, has 
convinced me that they represent a new species, or at least a very 
distinct littoral variety. 
Though at first sight they appear to resemble very closely M. bruzelvi, 
yet they differ in a number of characters : 
Side-plate 1 not nearly so much produced forwards, inferior margin 
only very faintly serrate and only on posterior half, side-plate 2 not 
serrate ; postero-inferior angle of 3rd pleon segment rather more pro- 
duced than in Stebbing’s figure of M. bruzelii (corresponding with his 
description), but posterior margin not serrate; 2nd joint of mandibular 
palp not bent; inner plate of Ist maxilla with 3 apical plumose setae ; 
inner plate of maxilliped with outer distal angle sharply produced ; 
palm of 2nd gnathopod irregularly dentate, most of the teeth bearing 
spines, one tooth near hinge and another near defining angle rather 
larger than the rest. 
The 3rd-5th peraeopods are very much stouter than in any species 
of Maera, and from M. bruzelii in particular they differ in having very 
much broader 4th and 5th joints. 
First uropod with marginal spines on inner ramus only. 
Telsonic apices either rounded off subacutely, or with a minute 
setuliferous notch on the apex and a similar one subapically on 
either side, the inner one being further from the apex than the 
outer. 
Further details are as follows: None of the peraeon or pleon seg- 
ments dorsally dentate or setiferous; eyes subrotund, Ist joint of 
Ist antenna rather shorter than 2nd, with a stout spine on lower apex, 
flagellum ca. 50-jointed, accessory flagellum 9-jointed, equal to 2nd 
peduncular joint ; gland-cone of 2nd antenna reaching almost to end 
of 3rd joint, ultimate joint a little shorter than penultimate, flagellum 
shorter than peduncle, ca. 30-jointed; 5rd joint of mandibular palp 
subequal to 2nd, straight and sparsely setose. 
First gnathopod very similar to that of M. bruzelii, palm minutely 
serrulate. Both gnathopods in the 2 similar to those of the ¢, but 
the 2nd is not so large. 
First and second peraeopods not strongly spinose or setose, hind 
margin of 6th with 6 pairs of diverging spines. 
Third to fifth peraeopods, hind margin of 2nd joint straight in 
peraeopods 38 and 4, slightly convex in 5, serrate in all, rounded 
postero-inferior angle reaching nearly to end of 3rd, 4th strongly 
expanded, 5th also expanded, but less strongly. 
Third uropods, rami subequal, narrow lanceolate, apices tapering to 
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