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Colour not yet ascertained. 



Length of the specimen examined 0.55 mm. 



Remarks. This form may at once be distinguished from any of the 

 other known species by its quite unusually short and stout body. In the 

 structural details it seems to come nearest to L. littoralis Scott, 'described in 

 Vol. V, p. 255. On a closer comparison, however, some well marked diffe- 

 rences are found to exist, especially as regards the outer ramus of the 

 posterior antennae and the 1st and last pairs of legs. 



Occurrence. A solitary, apparently fully grown female specimen of 

 this form was found in a sample taken al Korshavn from a depth of about 

 30 fathoms. 



Gen. Harrietella, Scott, 1906. 



Generic Characters. Body short and stout, with the anterior division 

 pronouncedly depressed, the posterior much narrower. Rostral projection well 

 defined and ciliated at the tip. Caudal rami comparatively short. Antennae 

 and oral parts built on the same type as in Laophonte. The 3 anterior pairs 

 of legs likewise of a very similar structure. 4th pair of legs, however, peculiarly 

 developed, and much smaller than the 2 preceding pairs, with the number of 

 joints in both rami reduced. Last pair of legs extended laterally; distal joint 

 large, lamellar, proximal joint short and only very slightly expanded inside. 

 2 ovisacs present in female. 



Male unknown. 



Remarks. This genus was established in the year 1906 by Scott, to 

 include a form previously described by him as a species of the genus Laophonte. 

 Indeed, the affinity of this form to that genus is a very close one. Yet there 

 are at least 2 characters which highly distinguish the present genus, and which 

 alone seem to suffice for warranting its validity, viz., the peculiar structure 

 of the 4th pair of legs and the presence in the female, as stated by Scott, of 

 2 ovisacs. Only a single species of this genus is as yet known. 



60. Harrietella simulans, Scott. 



(PI. XLIX). 



Laophonte simulans, Scott, Twelfth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Part III, 

 p. 248, PI. VII, figs. 2432; PI. VIII, fig. 1. 



Specific Characters. Female. Body remarkably short and broad, with 

 the anterior division flattened. Cephalic segment very large and expanded' 



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