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" THETIS " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



First pair of legs moderately short and stout; basos and ischium; 

 joints equal in length, but the first named is one-fifth broader. 



Merus two-fifths longer than 

 broad, with the distal margin 



Third Leg. 

 Fig. 18c. 



Sixth Leg. 

 Fig. 18f/. 



straight. Carpus one-fourth longer than broad, the distal margin 

 straight, very oblique and closely applied throughout to the 

 infero-posterior surface of the propodus; the latter is ovate in 

 outline, with an inferior lobe against which the tip of the finger 

 impinges when closed. Palmar border two-edged, one short and 

 convex, the other long and concave ; the latter bears about 

 fourteen sette ; there are also a few between the ridges. Finger 

 shorter than the palm, curved, with a few short sette on the inner 

 edge. 



