800 



MR, STANLEY HIRST ON SOME 



Genus PoDAPOLiPus Grassi &, Rovelli. 



PODAPOLIPUS AHAXvONlI, Sp. n. (Text-fig. 41.) 



5 . Bod}^ elongated, being from over three to more than tliree 

 and a half times as long as wide. There are usually a large 

 number of embryos or eggs in the body. Cephalothorax minute 

 and bearing the appendages. Anterior pair of legs minute but 

 segmented, the segments apparently being three in number; 

 !a seta is present dorsally at the distal end of the first segment of ' 



Text-fifiin-e 41. 



Podajpolipus aliaronii, sp. ii., ? . 



a. Dorsal view of capitulum and antevior end of body showing tliu legs, etc. 



lb. Tlie same from below. 



C & d. Ovitline of body of the entu'e inite showhig variation in length. 



this leg; the terminal segment has a well-curved hook-like claw 

 at the end. Second pair of legs reduced to smooth little 

 unsegmented sa,cs. Just above the first leg there is a tiny cone 

 or tubercle at the apex of which is the stigmal orifice. Movable 

 finger of chelicera curved and styliform, being quite slender. 



This species is much more elongated than P. reconditus Grassi 

 & Rovelli and P. grassii Berk, resembling P. bacillus Berk 



