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Proboscis slightly curved upwards, widest distally, and with a slight swelling 

 about the middle ; with a pair of short, conical teeth at lower angles of its truncated 

 distal extremity. 



Ahdoinen short and blunt, obliquely raised. 



Chelophore extending well beyond proboscis, scape slender and curved, chelaj 

 small, fingers gaping. 



Oviger of five distinct segments, the third showing by a suture-line near the base 

 that it consists of two segments coalesced. Terminal segment as long as precedino-, 

 with a few recurved spines. 



C. 



Fig. 10. — Phoxichilidium auslrale, Hodgson, Male. A. Dorsal view of body with chelophores and first 

 and second coxse. B. Ventral view of proboscis. C. Lateral view of body with chelophores 

 and oviger. Outline of egg-mass dotted. D. Fourth leg of right side. 



Legs with second coxse longer than the other two together. Femur, first and 

 second tibias subequal. Propodus with three stout spines at base of ventral edge, 

 followed by a series of small spines of uniform size extending to near base of claw. 

 Main claw two-thirds of length of propodus, auxiliaries very minute. A series of about 

 seven inconspicuous tubercles on dorsal surface of femur carrying the large openings 

 of cement-glands. 



Measurements, in mm. — Station 355. 



Length of proboscis (below) . . . • • 1 " 76 



Greatest diameter of proboscis . . . • • '72 



