oS2 T\(;i", sKor.sHKito 



K i r s t antenna: — This shows no or only rathtT sli^'lH diniorpliism. — It is rathor 

 short and modoratoly strong, prowinj; <i;ra(lually narrower ciistally. The two distal joints arc 

 in most cases rather strongly bent ilownwanis and in most cases too the secontl joint forms, 

 with the first, a rather distinct and ventrally ojim knee. The second joint has dorsally a single 

 pointed bristle of the ordinary type. Tl\c next distal joint lias two. tin' f\\t\ joint three, long 

 bristles; apart from these this antenna is quite withuut inistles. Of the five bristles on the two 

 di.stal joints the distal (anterior) one on the end jt)int i.s longer and has, at least pro.ximally, 

 somewhat thicker walls than the others. In the male this bristle does not or at any rate not 

 to any extent co-operate in seizing the female; it has both in the male and the female the same 

 armature as in most cases characterizes this bristle in the females of the genus Conchoecia, i. e. 

 it has a greater or less number of short hairs along the posterior side at oi- in mo.st cases somewhat 

 distally of the middle. The four remaining bristles on the two distal joints are most frequently 

 subecpial and are differentiated as thin-walled, bare, rather narrow sensory filaments, of about 

 equal thickness throughout their whole length. 



Second antenna: — 



.Male: — The protopodite has a verruciform appendage distally-laterally. 

 (It is to be noted, however, that this character is not known in most of the species of this genus.) 

 Exopodite: The first joint is of about the same thickness throughout its whole length. E n d o- 

 p o d i t e: The first joint is moderately large, more or less square with rounded corners, without 

 the processus mammillaris. The second joint is rather short, but powerful. It is always armed 

 with fouj bristles, namely the c-, d-. f- and g-bristles; the e-bristle always seems to be absent. 

 Of these bristles the c- and d-bristles are rather short and weak, pointed and of the ordinary 

 type. The f- and g-bristles, on the other hand, are comparatively long, the g-bristle is always 

 longer than the f-bristle; they are both rather powerful proximally, hyaline distally and obviously 

 function as sensory organs. The proximal shank of the clasping arm of the end joint is short, 

 especially on the left second antenna, the distal one, on the other hand, is rather long. The 

 three bristles on this joint, the h-, i- and j -bristles, are subequal, always shorter than the f- 

 and g-bristles; they are developed as hyaline, thin-walled, uniformly thick filaments and are 

 attached at or somewhat proximally of the boundary between the proximal and distal shanks 

 of the clasping arm. 



Female: — The protopodite is similar to that of the male. Endopodite: 

 This has three joints (always?). The first joint is about the same as that of the male, only slightly 

 weaker. The second also is similar to that of the male, but it has only two bristles; the c- and 

 d-bristles are absent; the f- and g-bristles are (always?) the same as in the male. The end joint 

 is very short, but (at least in some cases) is distinctly marked off from the second joint*; it is 

 fixed a rather long distance proximally on the latter joint; it has three bristles, which are (always?) 

 quite or almost quite identical with those of the male. There is a low peg between two of these 

 three bristles (for the morphological value of this process see the remark below under this genus). 

 h I : I The mandible, maxilla, fifth, sixth and seventh limbs, penis, furca and 

 lips are so incompletely known in most of the species of this genas that have so far been 



• Not observed by previous writers. 



