﻿PYCNOGONIDA. .^ 



Pedes oviferi breves; pars tcnniiialis pedum lamelHs panels cultriforniibus arinata; uns^-uis perma"-ims, 



dentibus paucis armatus. 

 Pedes gressorii breviuscuH, articulo altero tarsal! quaiii priore \-ix bre\iore. Unguis tennis, simplex, 



dimidiam partem articnli alterins tarsalis superans. 

 Long, tota 2""". Rostri 0,25 '. Corporis 1,75'"™. Segmenti caudalis 1,2""". 



The trunk somewhat clums\'. 



The side-processes of the trunk very long, much separated, with high, pointed, horn-shajjed processes. 



The proboscis short, directed oljliqueh- downward. 



The oculiferous tubercle very high, slender, bent backward, without ocelli. 



The caudal segment verv large, erect, a little curved. 



The palps short, the four last joints short, by degrees decreasing in length. 



The ovigerous legs short; the terminal part with few, knife-shaped leaves. The claw \er\- large, with 



few teeth. 

 The ambulator\- legs rather short, the second tarsal joint scarcel_\- shorter than the first. The claw 



fine, without auxiliary claws, longer than half the length of the second tarsal joint. 

 Total length 2"'"'. The proboscis 0,25""^. The trunk 1,75""". The caudal segment 1,2""". 



The habitus figure of Caullery is so rough and so bad, his characters as well of the genus 

 as the .species so poor, and besides, I think, partly useless or impossible, so that one is strongly- 

 tempted to pa}- no regard to the species here made b>' him; as, however, on the other hand, his 

 species is so characteristical , and in several essential characteristics agree with the form represented 

 here, I have thought the identity so probable that I have adopted his generic and .specific name. 

 Alread}- before I ha\-e stated as my opinion that it is incorrect to give the palps 6 joints in stead of 

 7; as impossible I shall briefly mention another character. In his description of the species Caullerv, 

 I.e. p. 362, mentions some cla\ate bristles which are said to be found on the chelifori and the other 

 limbs! His words run thus: Les mandibules portent (comnie les antres appendices) des soies formees 

 d'un axe rigide legerement courbe, termine en pointe et reconvert dans sa partie terminale d'un manclion 

 verdatre qui donne a I'ensemble nne forme en massue . He nu)ieo\-er draws one of these bristles, 

 not only in pi. 12, fig. 3 and 4, but also separately, more enlarged, fig. 6; but these formations are only 

 common bristles with a liit of mud on the end, that is to say, pure products of art. 



Occurrence. The Ingolf-stations are: 25 and 94. The former of these stations gives it as 

 taken in the Davis Strait, 63 30' Lat. N. 54 25' Long. \V., 5cS2 fath.; the bottom was soft mud with a 

 temperature of 3 3; about ten specimens were taken here; the latter station is in the Denmark Strait 

 towards the eastern coast of Greenland 64 56' Lat. X. 36" k;' Long., 204 fath., sand, the bottom 

 temperature 41. 



Distribution. This species was formerly onl\- known from three specimens taken in three 

 places in the Bay of Bisca\- on depths between 950— I7(X)"'. The bottom was in all three places 

 mud (vase), to which, of course, the mentioned and drawn wonderful bristles owed their knob.s. 



