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versd, parce excavatd. Pedes 2di validi, manu magnd, subellipticd, 

 palmd infero-subapicali, excavatd, subtilissimd spinulosd, angulo infero 

 rotundato. Pedes 3tii 4:ti tenues, sub&qui ; bti Qti 7 mi sensim incres- 

 centes, setis minutissimis, paucis, articulo primo latissimo, margine 

 postico serrulato, antico 2-3 setis minutis ornato. 

 Feminae (?) : — Pedes lmi rnana parvidd, h-eviter lineari, apice non 

 latiore, truncatd, articulo 4Jo longiore et parce latiore, infra fere recto; 

 2di manu subovatd, supra fere redd, digito terminali, transverso, paulo 

 obliquo, brevisdmo. Flagellum antennarum 2darum 14:-articulatwn. 



Male : — Epimerals moderately broad, fifth anteriorly not narrower than 

 fourth. Inferior antennae about half as long as body, flagellum as long 

 as base ; joints not oblong, setse nearly obsolete. Superior antennae 

 hardly longer than half the base of the inferior, flagellum seven or 

 eight-jointed. Hand of first pair of feet quite small, broadest at apex, 

 straight truncate, and a little excavate. Hand of second pair large 

 suboval, palm infero-subapical, this part of inferior margin excavate 

 and minutely spinulose. Third and fourth pairs of feet slender, 

 subequal; fifth, sixth, and seventh gradually increase in length, 

 similar setae very minute and few, first joint very broad serrulate 

 behind, and having two or three minute setae on the front margin. 



Female (?); — Feet of first pair with a yery small hand, short linear in 

 form, not broader at apex, which is truncate, fourth joint longer and 

 sparingly broader, below nearly straight, finger terminal, slightly 

 oblique though transverse, very short. Flagellum of inferior an- 

 tennae fourteen-jointed. 



Plate 58, fig. 7 a, male, enlarged; b, V , mandible in different posi- 

 tions ; c, d, maxillae ; e, maxillipeds ; /, superior antenna ; g, part of 

 flagellum of same, much enlarged ; h, hand of first pair ; i, hand of 

 second pair; h, posterior margin of first joint of seventh pair of feet; 

 I, extremity of seventh pair. — m, female, part of leg of first pair ; n, 

 ibid, of second pair ; o, ibid, of seventh pair. 



From among the sea-weed thrown up by the tides, on the shores of 

 islands called the Black Rocks, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



Length, nine and a half lines. The epimerals are rather narrow. 

 The flagellum of the superior antennae consists of seven joints ; of the 



