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EXPLANATION OE THE PLATES. 



Plate 14. 

 Acanthephyra purpurea, A. M.-Edw. 



Fig. 1. Zosea measuring 4"3 mm. side view, right eye removed. 



2. Antennule o£ zoaea. 



3. Mandible of zosea. 



4. First maxilla of zosea. 



5. Second maxilla of zoaea. 



6. First maxillipede of zoaea. 



7. Second maxillipede of zoaea. 



8. Third maxillipede of zoaea. v?^rt\^ ' 



9. Larva measuring 6 mm. ; side view. A-«'^"-'g'^'' V" A-^ 

 10. Larva measuring 10'4 mm. ; side view. i^ ^ •^®'^ ^^^ 

 IL Antennae of zoaea. Ji^.; L ! B ft A R Yi • 



12. Antennae of larva measuring 6 mm. * V*-- "dt^-'i^ /^ 



13. Antennae of larva measuring 10'4 mm. 



Drawn to the same scale. 



14. Eye of zoaea. 



15. Eye of larva measuring 6 mm. 



16. Eye of larva measuring 10"4 mm. 



17. Eye of post-larval or "parva " form. 

 18-24. Development of telson and uropods : fig. 18, telson of zoaea ; fig. 24, telson of "parva " form. 



Plate 15. 

 Fig. 1. Acanthephyra jiurpurea, A. M.-Edw., post-larval or "parva" form. 



Larva allied to Caricyjihus, Spence Bate. 



Fig. 2. Side view of a specimen measuring 22 mm. 



3. Mandible. 



4. First maxilla. 



5. Second maxilla. 



6. First maxillipede. 



7. Second maxillipede, 



8. Telson. 



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NOTE ON DISTRIBUTION. 



By G. Herbert Eowler, Ph.D.y F.L.S. 



In tlie folio-wing table of " comparable hauls," in the column headed Acanthephyra 

 pttrpitrea, A = adult, P = '^ jjarva "-stage. 



