PYCNOGONIDA. be 
Oo 
AUSTRODECUS GLACIALE. 
(Plate VIIL, fig. 1.) 
Specific characters :— 
Body stout, segmented, with lateral processes close together. 
Proboscis long, tapering and curved near the extremity. 
Chelifori absent. 
Palps 6-jointed ; terminal joint articulated to one side of the penultimate. 
Ovigers 6-jointed ? 
Legs short, first coxee armed dorsally with two spurs. 
Abdomen long and slender. 
This is a diminutive species ; the entire animal does not cover a space 8 mm. 
square. 
The trunk is stout and distinctly segmented ; the lateral processes are not widely 
separated, but as they are rather short and tapering, the intervals at their distal 
extremities are very pronounced. The first coxe, which are the largest, all bear 
dorsally a pair of stout tubercular spines which are very prominent. Each of the four 
segments of the trunk bears a stout tubercle of some elevation in the middle line, and 
close to its posterior border. 
The Cephalon is scarcely expanded, and almost fills the interval between the first 
pair of lateral processes and their first coxe. Anteriorly it bears a very long Ocular 
tubercle which is directed obliquely forwards, flask-shaped and truncated at its extremity, 
on the upper surface of which, in a compact group, are four very well-cleveloped eyes. 
From the truncated end of the trunk the Abdomen projects horizontally ; it is rather 
long and not separated by an articulation. On the ventral surface of the trunk a 
slightly raised band passes transversely between the first three pairs of lateral processes, 
with the last pair the band is interrupted in the middle line. 
The Proboscis is long and of a peculiar shape, not unlike the snout of a weevil 
beetle. It is movably articulated to the body, and for about one-third of its length it 
is not disproportionately slender, then it tapers rather rapidly to a long and very 
slender structure, curved downwards near the tip. _ It is quite smooth and presents an 
annular appearance which is less distinct proximally. 
The Chelifori are quite absent. 
The Palps are six-jointed and arise above but well to the side of the proboscis 
(fig. 1b). The first joint is short and very stout, the second is long and extends 
beyond the extremity of the ocular tubercle. The third is very short and its distal 
limit indistinct. The fourth joint is rather more than half the length of the second. 
The second joint bears the stumps of several spinous sete along its length; on the 
fourth joint a similar number of curved spinous sete occur, and these increase in size 
to the distal extremity of the joint, which also bears a few finer sete and a small 
distal fringe. The last two are quite small and rather densely clothed with small sete. 
The last one is articulated to one side, and not at the end, of the penultimate, and 
the setze oceur mainly on the outer side. 
