Iiullan Di'op-sed Dred(fing. 



aoi 



Spcncc l?atc in the form and the iirniaturc of the rostriiin, in 

 the .smaller spinous proecsses of the alxlominal ter^a, and in 

 the more highly developed fringes of the legs. Tlie dactylo- 

 podite of the last pair ot" legs is incorrectly represented by 

 Spence Bate as equal to those of the two preceding pairs. 



39. Acanthepliyra microphthalitiu, S. I. Smith. 



Aeitnfhephyrii rn'r^rophthalmn, S. I. Smith, Proc. U. S. Niit. Miis. 188"), 

 p. 502; "Ann. Rep. Conini. Fish. 188f), ]>. (>."j, d' 9, pi. xiii. lig. •">, cf . 



Acanfhcphyra lonc/idetiA, Sj)eiice B ite, ' Challenger ' Miicriira, 1888, 

 p. 735, pi. cxxiv. tig. 4, j . 



Two males from Station 117, 1748 fathoms. 



Colour in life deep crim-^on. 



In one sj)ecimen the rostrum is armed with five teeth, and 

 probably also in the other, in which it is broken off just 

 beyond the fourth tooth. 



40. Acanthephyra eximia, S. I. Smith. 



Acanthephyra eximea, S. I. Sniilh, Rep. U. S. Coiuiu. Fish. 1884, p. o2, 



1880, pi. xiv. fig. 1, S. 

 Acanlhi'phyra E(hv(ir(kii, Spenco Bate, 'Challenger' Macruva, 1888, 



p. 747, pi. cxxvi. fig. \, S • 



? . Differs from the male in its longer and more styliform 



Fi- 3. 



Aca7ithe2}hyra exiniia, 2 , n^it. size. 



rostrum, whieh extends by about one third of its length 

 beyond the aritennal scale. 

 Colour in life crimson. 



