445 



360 



Fig. 193. Lycaeopsis zamboangae (Stebbing) (after Stebbing, 1888). 



in females are more or less reduced. Pereopods I-II may be armed 

 with chelae or subchelae, which may be present sometimes on 

 361 pereopods III-IV also. Pereopods VII often have a greatly reduced distal 

 part which may sometimes be rudimentary. The telson is free or fused 

 with the urosome. 



Bowman and Gruner (1973) conducted a revision of the families 

 and genera of hyperiids, including the superfamily Platysceloidea. They 

 have provided a compact diagnosis of the families, which we shall use 

 below. However, in several cases the genera and families proposed by 

 these authors are not acceptable. In particular, the inclusion of the gen- 

 era Brachyscelys and Euthamneus as well as Tryphana in the family 

 Lycaeidae seems rather artificial. These genera, in our opinion, consti- 

 tute separate families, namely, Brachyscelidae (for the first two genera) 

 and Tryphanidae (for the third genus). At the same time, the inclusion 



