Indian Stalkt'l Batnachs. 3U'J 



Genus Meoalasm.v. 

 Meyalasma striatum, subsp. jninus, nov. 



Tliis form ap;rces in cvory respect with Hock's striatum 

 from the Philippines, except that tlie semicircular ruh^c ou 

 the lower part ot" the eapituliiin, which forms a couspicuous 

 feature in the latter, is ([uite absent. 



Localities. — Several stations in the Andaniau Sea, l(Jl-181' 

 fath. Numerous specimens, most of which arc attached to 

 tlic spines of various Ecliinoids, but a few to Corallines. 



1 call this form a sul)specics, not a variety, i)ecanse it 

 seems to represent a well-defined local race, dittV-rini; only 

 slightly from the typical form, but with a constant difference. 

 Several very small specimens bear eggs, which are small and 

 spindle-shaped; while other cxauiples are at least as large 

 as the types of the typical form. 



Genus Alepas. 

 Alepas xenophorcB, sp. n. 



Capituhim subtriangular, convex both outwards and forwards 

 below the aperture, laterally compressed above, distinct from 

 peduncle. Aperture about .\ as long as capituluni, slit-like, 

 slanting outwards t'rom above, with non-tubular, feebly 

 protuberant lips. Integument white, feebly translucent, 

 with shallow, more or less transverse striae ou the surface. 

 No carinal ridge or crest ; no plates. 



Peduncle about .', as long as capitulum, irregularly annu- 

 lated, cylindrical. 



Apjienduf/es ii^c. — Cirri moderate, the first wiilely separated 

 from the second ; the two rami of the filth and sixth etpial. 

 Anal appendages rather long, slender, with 12 joints. Penis 

 short, stout, tapering to a point, not reaeliing further 

 forwards than the mouth. 



Mouth. — Labrum moderate. ^laxilla with free cdjre 

 almost straight ; the outer sj)nie much larger than the 

 others; a number of subecjual s])ines arranged all along the 

 edge, a bunch of stout hairs near the inner extremity. 

 Mandible with 4 teeth, the innermost with a short sharp 

 ])rojection on its inner margin near the tip; the bases of all 

 the te(;th near together and on a very wide are; the tip of 

 the innermost sharply pointed, the remainder rather blunt ; 

 slender spines arranged in a semicircle i)aralKl to the exca- 

 vation between the third and fourth tooth, in a dense mass 

 at the base of the first and second and almost all over the 



