(hi the Pi/ctw;/onichi collected bi/ the 'Uukhs.^ Ill 



VI TI. — The Pycnnrjonidn collected hi/ the ^ G'ln.ts ^ in the 

 Antarctic liniionSf l'JUl-i». — Frelintinary liepurt. By 



T. V. Hodgson. 



I REGRKT that I have been so lonq: in woikino: out the 

 coUoctioii of the Pyciiogoiiidia made hy the German Antarctic 

 Ex|)('<lition ('Ganss') in l'JOl-3. I hope that the final 

 drawings and memoranda will he completed in the course of 

 a few weeks at the outside, but, in order to secure the priority 

 of description in certain species, I desire to ])ublish the 

 following preliminary re[)ort. The collection is a fairly rich 

 one, and while it r^hows certain strong relations to those of 

 other expeditions, it is, on the other hand, quite distinctive. 

 It contains three new genera and twenty new species from 

 the Antarctic and two more from tropical and temperate seas, 

 as follows : — 



Colossendeis gJacialis, 

 Colossendeis fflaci'alin, Hodgson, Pycnogonida, ' Discovery,' 1907. 



A single sjiecimen of this species was taken in the ' Gauss * 

 winter-quarters. 



NOTOENDEIS. 



This new genus is established to mark the difference be- 

 tween the large and well-knuwn Colossendeis and closely 

 allied species. 



Body perfectly segmented, with short and distinctly sepa- 

 rated lateral processes and with well-developed eyt:*. 



Proboscis very large. 



Palps nine-juinted, 



Oviger ten-jointed, with a terminal claw. 



No toe n de is germ an ica . 



The proboscis is as long as the body, and the terminal 

 joints of the palps are as 8 — 5'5— 4*5. 

 The body is robust ami smooth. 

 Winter-quarters, •100 m. 



Pipetta australis. 



The genus was established by Dr. Loman for a tropical 

 species, and now includes an antarctic species taken near the 

 ' GaUsS ' winter-quarters in 2450 m. 



