62 Chas. Chilton. . 
The Caprellidae seem to be altogether absent from the shores of 
the Antaretic continent and only very scantily represented on those of 
Subantaretie Lands. 
Polycheria antaretica (Stebbing). 
Dexamine antarctica STEBBING 1875, p. 154, pl. 15A, fie. 1. 
Tritaela antarctica and T. kergueleni STEBBING 18SS, p. 941, pl. 82. 
Polycheria antaretica and P. tenwipes STEBBING 1906, p. 520. 
atolli WALKER 1905, p. 926, pl. SS, fig. 1—5. 
antaretica CHILTON 1912, p. 502. 
A small specimen of this species from South Georgia was in the 
eollecetions of the Hamburg Museum but had not been identified. 
I have discussed this species at considerable length in my report 
on the „Scotia“ Amphipoda and after an examination of types or named 
specimens of most of the species described have come to the conclusion 
that they must all be considered as belonging to the one species orieinally 
described by STEBBING as Dexamine antarctica though there is much 
variation in the dorsal processes on the pleon, in the shape of the side 
plates, of the gnathopoda and in the size of the eyes. 
The species appears to be primarily an Antarctic species, being 
found at South Vietoria Land, Kerguelen Island, South Georgia, and 
South Orkneys, but it also extends far to the north, occurring in Australia, 
New Zealand, and South Africa, while in the Indian Ocean it is found in 
several places and reaches to Geylon and in the Pacifie it occurs as far 
north as Puget Sound. 
