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converted into the mandible. The first two pairs of thoracic legs 

 are each now distinctly divided into two branches, but both exopodite 

 and endopodite are as yet un- 

 divided. The bifurcation of the 

 caudal end has now deepened, so 

 that the anus is guarded on each 

 side by a rod-like appendage — one 

 half of the caudal fork. In the 

 base of the second maxilla may be 

 seen the sac-like rudiment of the 

 shell-gland — the adult excretory 

 organ, whilst the antennary sac 

 has disappeared. The thoracico- 

 abdominal rudiment is now dis- 

 tinctly divided into segments. 



At successive moultsadditional 

 joints are added to the first 

 antenna, the branches of the 

 thoracic legs become jointed, 

 and the posterior thoracic legs 



FiQ 146. — Two types of Nauplius larva. 



