142 Mr. T. V. Hodgson on the 



Tlio, specific characters of this antarctic species are : — 

 ular tubt*rcle long, conical, and without eyes. 



Tarsus very short, not one-tilth the length of the propodus. 



Pentanymplion antarcticum. 



Pentanymphon antarcticum, Hodgson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 

 vol. xiv. (1904). 



This species has been recorded by every antarctic expe- 

 dition, and has a circumpolar distribution. 



Ku n tph n xingnlcu latum . 



Body slender, with ratlier long but widely separated lateral 

 processes. Quite smooth. Ocular tubercle short and stout, 

 rounded above tiie eyes. 



The joints of the palps vary but little, 4 — 5 — 4*5 — 5. 



The legs are clothed sparingly with short spinous seise. 

 The terminal claw is long and there are no auxiliaries. 



17. iv. 02. 385 m. 



Nymphon teninmanum. 



Body not so ranch as slender, the lateral processes are 

 widely separated. The ocular tubercle is reduced to a trace, 

 and there are no eyes. The legs are provided with extra- 

 ordinarily long setje on the fir.st tibi?e, and to a less extent 

 on the second and the femora. No auxiliary claw.s. 



30. iii. 03. 330 m. 



Ifymphon exiguum. 



Body comparatively stout, with widely separated lateral 

 processes. Ocular tubercle placed well forwards and small ; 

 eyes well developed in some specimens. 



The joints of the palps are as 3 — 5 — 1"3 — 4. 



Propodus twice as long as tarsus. No auxiliary claws. 

 A small species. 



Various dates, in 385 m. 



Nymphon fuscum. 

 Nymphon fuscum, Hoek, 'Challenger.' 



Several specimens occur in the collection from Kerguelen 

 Island. 



This and its allies, N. antarcticum oi Miers andi\^. meridio- 

 nalis of Hoek, are very perplexing species. In N. fuscum 



