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of the length of the last peduncular joint, its 1st joint not twice as long as the 

 other 2 combined. 1st pair of legs with the proximal part of the dactylus com- 

 paratively longer and more expanded than in A. longicomis. Male resembling 

 that of the latter species, though somewhat less slender. Colour uniformly grey- 

 ish, semipellucid, without any patches. Length of adult female 13 nun. 



Remarks. — This form is also very nearly allied to the type species, and 

 may, at first sight, easily be confounded with it. It is, however, of far inferior 

 size and of somewhat less slender form. On a closer comparison, moreover, some 

 differences in the structure of the several appendages may be found to exist, 

 showing it to be evidently specifically distinct. The uniform greyish colour is 

 another character by which this form may be easily distinguished from A. longi- 

 comis, which always exhibits a more or less variegated colouring. 



Occurrence. — I first discovered this form off the Lofoten Islands, in the con- 

 siderable depth of 250 to .300 fathoms. Subsequently I have found it rather 

 abundantly in the inner part of the Trondhjem Fjord, in depths ranging from 

 100 to 200 fathoms, sometimes clinging to deep-water Hydroids and Gorgonids, 

 sometimes to the spines of Echinus elegans Dub. & Koren. Out of Norway it 

 has not yet been recorded. 



4. Astaeilla pusilla, G. O. Sars. 



(Pi. XXXVII, fig. 3.) 



Arcturus pusilhis, G. O. Savs, Bidrag til Kundskaben om Dyrelivet paa vore Havbanker. 

 Chv. Via. Selsk. Fork. 1872, p. 93. 



Specific Characters. — Body of female less slender than in the type species, 

 and very tubercular, some of the tubercles assuming a spiniform character. 

 Cephalon with 2 very conspicuous juxtaposed pyramidal prominences above in the 

 middle. Each of the 3 succeeding segments with a transverse row of 4 tubercles, 

 the 2 uppermost being rather prominent. Middle segment of mesosome coarsely 

 tubercular both dorsally and laterally, the tubercles being subecpial in size. The 

 3 posterior segments of mesosome, as also the metasome, likewise distinctly tu- 

 bercular dorsally. Superior antenna? about as in A. affinis. Inferior antenna; 

 with the fiagellum very small, its 1st joint not being longer than the other 2 

 combined. Colour uniformly light yellow. Length of adult female scarcely ex- 

 ceeding 8 mm. 



Bernards. — In the general form of the body, this species somewhat re- 

 sembles A. affinis. It is, however, of rather inferior size, and much more tuber- 

 cular. The colour also is different. 



