22 "TERRA NOVA" EXPEDITION. 



is much narrower at the base, and (2) the terminal segment of the palp, which is much 

 longer than either of the two preceding it. It is to be noted that the terminal 

 segment in C. gladalls is not, in reality, so short and globular as it is represented in 

 Hodgson's figure. 



Colossendeis drakei, sp. n. (Text-fig. 3). 



Occurrence. — Station 294, Ross Sea, 158 fathoms; 1 ? (Holotypc). Station 356, 

 off Granite Harbour, 50 fathoms ; 1 $. 



Description. — Trunk elongated, its greatest width, across second pair of lateral 

 processes, two-thirds of its length or a little less ; second and third pairs of lateral 



Fig. 3. — Colossendeis draJcoi, sp. n., Female. A. Dorsal view of body with paljjs and coxas. B. Lateral 

 view of body with palp and oviger. C. Third leg of right side. 



processes separated by a little less than their diameter ; inter-segmental suture-lines 

 fairly distinct in female, less so in male. Ocular tubercle rounded or very obtusely 

 pointed, inclined forwards ; eyes dark, anterior pair slightly the larger. No anterior 

 tubercles on cephalon. 



Proboscis straight, equal in length to trunk, proximal dilatation slightly marked, 

 not quite so wide as the tip. 



Abdomen short, hardly longer than maximum diameter of proboscis, dilated, with 

 the sides obtusely angled about the middle so that it appears trapezoidal in outline 

 from above. 



Paljy slender, second segment a little longer than fourth, the five distal segments 



