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Saya de Malha, while in Halip. Ltuasii tlie legs of the 5'^ pair are ver>^ slender, elongate and 

 filiform. I may call, however, the attention to the fact that, in the figure of Halip. malhaensis, 

 the propodi of the 4'^^ and of the 5'h legs are evidently not figured! (L. A. Borradaile, in: 

 Trans. Linnean Soc. London, 2°^ Ser. Zool. Vol. XIII, 1910, p. 258, PI. 16, fig. 2). 

 General distribution: Off the Kei Islands, South of Papua (Spence Bate). 



Solenocera H. Luc. 



Of the genus Solenocera, at first sight recognizable by the flagella of the upper antennae, 

 that are foliaceous and channelled along their inner surface, thus forming a tube by their 

 apposition, at present 9 species are known, including the two new ones discovered by the 

 "Siboga". All these species are confined to the Indopacific, excepting Sol. membranacea (H. 

 M.-Edw.), which occurs in the Mediterranean, in the East Atlantic from Ireland to Morocco, at 

 the Azores and even in the Gulf of Paria off the island of Trinidad. Two species are inhabitants 

 of the coasts of Japan, viz. Sol. distincta (de Haan) and another, which was described in 1884 

 by the late Dr. Koelbel of Vienna under the same name, but for which I propose the name 

 of Sol. Koelbeli, because it is not identical with the species described by de Haan. Sol. Agassizii 

 Fax. occurs on the west coast of Central America. Sol. pectinata (Sp. Bate), the two new 

 species, discovered by the "Siboga", Sol. Melantho and Sol. Faxoni, and probably also Sol. 

 crassicornis (H. M.-Edw.), which, according to Professor Bouvier, occurs in Indo-Malaysia, are the 

 three or four inhabiting the East Indian Archipelago. Sol. Hextii W.-Mas., finally, has been 

 recorded from the Bay of Bengal and from the Arabian Sea. 



Sol. crassicor7iis and the two Japanese Solenocerae are littoral or sublittoral species, only 

 found in shallow water. Sol. pectinata has not been captured deeper than about 100 meter. The 

 other species were collected in deeper water, so the new Sol. Faxoni at a depth of 310 m., 

 and the new Sol. Melantho in water of 216 — 274 m. The mediterranean species, finally, was 

 taken between 503 and 760 m., but also, in the Gulf of Paria, at a depth of 31 fathoms. 



fi4. Solenocera pectinata (Sp. Bate). 



Pliilonicus pectinatus C. Spence Bate, Report Challenger Macrura, 1888, p. 279, PI. XXXVIII. 

 Philonicus pectinatus J. G. de Man, in: Max Weber's Zoolog. Ergebn. Reise Niederl. Indien, 



1892, p. 515. 

 Philonicus cervicalis L. Zehntner, Crustaces de I'Archipel Malais, Geneve 1894, p. 210, PI. IX, 



Fig. 26 — 26c. 



Stat. 64. May 4/5. Kambaragi-bay, Tanah Djampeah. Depth up to 32 m. Coral, coralsand. 



I very young male. 

 Stat. 121. July 14/16. Menado-anchorage. 55 m. i female. 



Stat. 167. August 22. 2°35'.5S., 131° 26'. 2 E. Ceram Sea. 95 m. i young male. 

 Stat. 179. September 2/3. Kawa-bay, west coast of Ceram. Reef. 2 females. 

 Stat. 204. September 20. 4°2o'S., I22°58'E. Between islands ofVVowoni and Buton; northern 



entrance of Buton-strait. From 75 — 94 m. Sand with dead shells, i male, i female. 



The two specimens from Stat. 204 are adult, the male 50 mm. long, the female 54 mm., 

 and will therefore be described more in detail. The single specimen, a male, that was collected 



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