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finger half 6th joint, stout, inner margin serrate, 5th and 6th joints 
setose but not densely; 2 resembling the ¢. 
Second gnathopod, lobe of 5th jomt not very prominent, 6th joint 
oblong, palm angularly emarginate, defining angle rectangular, slightly 
produced, a blunt nodiform tooth just below the apex of the emar- 
gination on the inner surface of the palm, a few backwardly directed 
serrations near the hinge, finger closing just within the defining angle, 
leaving a triangular space, 5th and 6th joints setose but not densely ; 
2 similar to ¢ but rather weaker. 
All the peraeopods very sparsely setose ; 2nd joint of 3rd peraeopod 
broadly oval, narrowing distally. 
First uropod, outer ramus a trifle shorter than inner, its outer 
margin with 8 spines, outer margin of inner ramus with 6 very fine 
setules. 
Second uropod, outer ramus shorter than inner, its outer margin 
with 3 spines, outer margin of inner ramus with 4 fine spinules, inner 
margin with 3 spines. Both rami of 1st and 2nd uropods ending ina 
short blunt spine-tooth. 
Third uropod, outer ramus equal to peduncle, the apical setae 
almost concealing the very small 2nd joint, inner ramus short, bluntly 
ovate. 
Length : 65 mm. 
Colour : In spirit, pale pinkish, deeper on the lst peraeon segment, 
antennae ringed with crimson. 
Locality : Morewood Cove NW. by N. 2 N., distant 3 miles (Natal). 
27 fathoms. 4d and ovigerous 2 9 ; Umhloti River mouth NW. 
by W.;N., distant 3 miles (Natal). 25fathoms. ¢ ¢ and ovigerous 
2 2 ; Nahoon Point NW. by W., distant 5 miles (near East London). 
45 fathoms. 1 g, 1 ovigerous 9° ; off Knysna. 40-47 fathoms. ¢ d 
and ovigerous ? 2. s.s. “ Pieter Faure.” 18-19/12/00, 10/7/01, and 
11/10/00. (S.A.M. Nos. A199, A200, A8400, and A8856-7.) One 
ovigerous 2 was found in a thin semitransparent tube at the base of 
a Hydroid. 
Geogr. Distribution: Shetland Islands, 2-5 fathoms (Bate & 
Westwood); Norway, 30 fathoms -(Sars); France (Chevreux) ; 
Naples (Della Valle); Algiers (Chevreux); Ceylon (Walker) ; 
Seychelles, 22-34 fathoms (Walker); Wasin, Brit. E. Africa, 
10 fathoms (Walker). 
PHOTIS LONGIMANUS Walker. 
1904. Photis longimanus Walker in Herdman’s Ceylon Pearl Fish. 
Suppl. Rep. 17, p. 286, pl. 7, fig. 44. 
