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one another, I think there can be no question but Wilson is 
right. 
Among the species dredged during the two cruises ofthe W. Ba- 
rents I found three specimens in almost every respect agreeing with 
the deseriptions and figures of Kröyer and Wilson of Nymphon gros- 
sipes. Yet there are small differences, which I think important 
enough to mention here. 
Of the three specimens one is yet very young and small; the 
length of the body is only 4; mm. that of the legs 35 times the length 
of the body. The rostrum is abbreviated, the neck short, the la- 
teral processes scarcely separated. The oculiferous tuberele is yet 
very small and not prominent at all. The length of the two tarsal 
joints is nearly the same, yet the first is a little shorter than the 
second. That the specimen is however a true N. grossipes is shown 
first by the length of the joints of the palpi, of which the second 
is considerably shorter than the third; in the second place by the 
form of the denticulated spines of the ovigerous legs, which show 
near the base a stronger tooth and numerous small teeth at both 
sides (Fig. 18); thirdly by the row of strong spines on the inner 
margin of the second tarsal joint; finally by the length of the aux- 
iliary claws which are about half as long as the claw. 
The second specimen — dredged in the Maiotschkin-Shar — is 
7; mm. long. The legs are more than four times as long as the 
body. The rostrum and the neck show the same relative length as 
in the adult specimens. The oculiferous tubercle is very prominent, 
conical and acute. The length of the two tarsal joints is nearly 
the same, the first is quite straight, the second slightly curved and 
furnished with the typical spines. The auxiliary claws are little 
shorter than half the claw. Of the palpi the third joint is conside- 
rably longer than the second. In all other respects it quite cor- 
responds with the description of Wilson. The animal is a young 
male; the genital openings are very small and situated not quite at 
the end of the second joint of tke leg — which is considerably 
long — but at a certain distance from it. The openings are not 
found at the first and secoud pair of legs. 
