Crustacean Fauna of South Africa. 255 
(K.H.B.) ¢ 4, ovigerous ? 2 and voung. (S.A.M. Nos. A2519 and 
A2895.) 
Geogr. Distribution : Mediterranean (Lucas, Della Valle, Chevreux) ; 
Portugal (Chevreux); West Coast France and English Channel, 
10-12 metres (Chevreux) ; Azores, 5-15 metres (Chevreux) ; Black 
Sea (Czerniavski) ; Red Sea (Kossmann); Seychelles (Chevreux) ; 
Ceylon, Maldives, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Red Sea (Walker); Tuamotu 
and Gambier Archipelago (Chevreux); Algoa Bay, 10 fathoms 
(Stebbing.) 
Walker’s species A. lobata remains obscure. Of the two features 
which are claimed as distinguishing this species from others, the lobe 
on apex of 2nd joint of Ist and 2nd gnathopods is present in several 
other species, and the supposed tertiary cutting-edge in the mandible 
seems to be only the new mandible forming within the old (cf. 
Stebbing’s figure of A. flindersi, Challeng. Rep. vol. 29, pl. 118). The 
lobe on the third joint of the gnathopods is also stated to be charac- 
teristic and is represented in the figures as rather strong, but this is 
also the case with the South African specimens of A. vaillantii and 
cannot be regarded as a distinguishing character. Walker himself is 
inclined to regard his specimens as immature, and the structure of the 
mandible confirms him. Iam inclined therefore to regard lobata as 
an immature form of vaillantit. 
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AMPITHOE BREVIPES-(Dana). << 
(Plate XXVIII. Fig. 34.) 
1852. Amphithoe brevipes Dana, P. Amer. Ac. vol. 2, p. 216. 
1853/55. ,, i id. U.S. Expl. Exp. vol. 13, pt. 2, p. 941, 
pl. 64, figs. 5a—n. 
? 1853/55. ,, peregrina (juv.) id. ibid. p. 940, pl. 64, figs. 4a—b. 
1862. o falklandi (?juv.) Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. 
p. 237, pl. 41, fig. 6. 
1862. brevipes id. ibid. p. 248, pl. 43, fig. 2. 
1862. . peregrina, id. ibid. p. 247, pl. 43. fig. 1. 
1893. A rubricata (part), Della Valle, F..u. FI. Neapel. 
vol. 20, pp. 456, 459. 
1906. 3 brevipes Stebbing, Das Tierreich, 21, p. 637. 
1914. 5 , id. Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1914, p. 371. 
T have little hesitation in identifying these specimens with Dana's 
species, appending however a brief description of them. 
Eyes subrotund. Side-plate 1 scarcely produced forwards, 5 largest. 
