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the rest of the ventral surface is covered with a row of much smaller but still stout spines. The terminal 

 claw is very stout, articulated at the ventral angle of the propodus, but there are no auxiliaries. The 

 animal appears to be fully developed but I have not been able to detect the sexual apertures. The sex 

 therefore remains uncertain. 



In size, the length of the animal in its normal position is i 1 ^ mm, the extreme width of the trunk 

 is just over i mm. The extent of the animal as preserved is 7 mm but would probably reach 10 mm if 

 perfectly flat. 



Hannonia typica. 



Hannonia typica Hoek (3), p. 92 u. 93; Loman (4), p. 383—385. 



Three specimens of this species were taken, all adult, two males with ova and the third a female. 

 Dr. Hoek's original description of this species concerns a female only, but further information has been 

 given by Dr. Loman, to this latter account I can add nothing new. 



Südbucht, No. 230, July 1903. 



Discoarachne brevipes. 



Discoarachne brevipes Hoek (3), p. 74—76; Cole (2), p. 243—248; Loman (4), p. 379—383. 



Two specimens of this species were taken in False Bay. Both are adult, one being a male carrying 

 numerous packets of eggs, and in a few cases the ova have just hatched. "The other is a female. In both 

 cases the cheliferi are represented by minute stumps. I am unable to add anything to the descriptions of 

 previous observers. 



I am much endebted to the Council of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom and 

 to Dr. E. J. Allen the Director of the Plymouth Laboratory for accommodation during the propress of this 

 work. I am also indebted to my friend Mr. L. E. Sexton for the photographs upon which the illustrations 

 for this paper have been based. 



MS closed in 1907. 



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