THE PLANKTON 
OF 
THE SOUTH AFRICAN SEAS. 
BY 
Be te (ChLENCE, 
IV. CYPRIDENZ:. 
Crossophorus africanus, Stebbing (Rep. of the Government 
Biologist for the year 1902, p. 189, 1893).—Off Cape St. Blaize, 
N. by E., 72 miles, 222 metres (Stebbing). This species wa 
not met with in any of the samples examined by me. 
Cypridina capensis, n. sp. 
Diagn.—Shell about 3 as long as high, without particular 
sculpture. Its posterior part somewhat compressed and promi- 
nent. Sp of the Ist pair of antenna with filiform sensorial 
appendages. kz of the 2nd pair of antenne 3-jointed, the rst 
and 3rd joint of equal length and half as long as the 2nd joint. 
Length, 2,7 to 2,8 millim.; breadth, 1,4 to 1,5 millim; 
height, 1,4 to 1,5 millim. 
REMARKS.—This species is very closely akin to C. medi- 
terranea, Costa, from which it differs principally in the interior 
branch of the second pair of antenne. 
Occurrence.—Agulhas Bank, off Cape Infanta, 74 miles, 
13.Vvil.00, several specimens. West Coast, off Lion’s Head, 
250 miles, 16.iv.oo, sparingly. Off Table Mountain, 450 
miles, 18.iv.00, several specimens. 
