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lactic acid and do not include the setae on the caudal rami. The 
lengths of the segments of the first antenna have been measured 
along their posterior nonsetiferous margins. 
We are indebted to Mme. A. Tixier-Durivault of the Muséum 
National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, for the identifications of the 
octocorals collected in 1960, and to Dr. J. Verseveldt, Zwolle, The 
Netherlands, for the determinations of those collected in 1963-64. 
The new copepods described in this paper comprise the following: 
1. Lichomolgus varirostratus, new species—from Dendronephthya 
mucronata (Pitter), D. regia Verseveldt, D. stocki Verse- 
veldt, and D. kéllikert Kiikenthal. 
. Lichomolgus exilipes, new species—from the same four 
species of Dendronephthya. 
3. Lichomolgus gentilis, new species—from Dendronephthya 
mucronata (Pitter), D. stocki Verseveldt, D. kéilikeri 
Kikenthal, Stereonephthya acaulis Verseveldt, and S. 
papyracea Kiikenthal. 
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4. Lichomolgus jissisetiger, new species—from Stereonephthya 
acaulis Verseveldt, S. papyracea Kiikenthal, and Lemnalia 
elegans (May). 
5. Lichomolgus cuneipes, new species—from Stereonephthya 
acaulis Verseveldt. 
6. Lichomolgus aculeatus, new species—from Nephthea aberrans 
Verseveldt, N. sphaerophora Kiikenthal, N. crassa Kiiken- 
thal, N. tizierae Verseveldt, and Litophyton arboreum 
Forskal. 
The following new hosts are recorded for Lichomolgus spinulifer 
Humes and Frost, 1964: 
Lemnalia flava May, L. elegans (May), L. amabilis Tixier- 
Durivault, LZ. africana (May), and Paralemnalia thyrsoides 
(Ehrenberg). 
Family LicHoMoL¢ipAE Kossmann, 1877 
Genus Lichomolgus Thorell, 1860 
Lichomolgus varirostratus, new species 
FIGurREs 1-31 
TYPE MATERIAL.—133 99, 95 oc", and 7 copepodids from a colony | 
of Dendronephthya mucronata (Pitter), in 4 m, on the northeastern | 
coast of Antany Mora, Isles Radama, Madagascar, 14°06’10’ S, 
47°45'10" E, collected Sept. 30, 1964. Holotype 9, allotype, and 85 
paratypes (50 99 and 35 <<”) deposited in the United States National _ 
Museum, the same number of paratypes in the Zoélogisch Museum, | 
