

CYCLOPOIDEA. 



1171 



with the preceding below its middle; one extremity is bent, and ter- 

 minates in a stout but short spine, the other is articulated to a long 

 very slender joint, which has a spatulate or spoon-shaped extremity 

 that plies against the spine alluded to. On one side of the third 

 joint there is nearly at right angles with it, another spine, longer and 

 more slender, and bent ; also, on the inner side there are one or two 

 dentations. 



PONTELLA VALIDA. 



P. ferae affinis. Caput discretum. Ceplmlothorax postice breviter acutus. 

 Oculi superiores remoti. Antennas anticce cephalothorace non breviores, 

 sells brevibus, apicali anticd longiore; maris dextra subteres, medio 

 (articidis 5-8) incrassata, parte crassd postice leviter subtriangidatd 

 vel arcuatd, transversim A-artiadatd, articulo sequente longo, ad basin 

 spina reversd antiee armato. Pes posticus dexter maris latus et crassus, 

 manu oblongd, ad apicem inferiorem spinam longam parce arcuatam 

 gerente, digito crasso. 



Near P. /era. Head separate. Cephalothorax short acute behind. 

 Superior eyes remote. Anterior antennae as long as cephalothorax, 

 . setae short, the anterior apical seta longest. Eight antenna of male 

 subterete, incrassate at middle, the incrassate part subtriangular or 

 arcuate behind, transversely four-jointed, the next joint long, and 

 having a reversed spine at base on anterior side. Right posterior 

 foot in male stout and broad, hand oblong, at lower apex bearing a 

 long somewhat curved spine or immoveable finger, finger stout. 



Plate 82, fig. 6 a, front, showing beak in profile, and lens of one of 

 the superior eyes ; b, right antenna of male ; c, part of same, more 

 magnified ; d, natatory of first pair ; e, ibid, of fourth pair ; /, posterior 

 legs of male; g, abdomen of a male (abnormal form). 



North of New Zealand, towards Tongatabu. 



Length of body, one and a half lines. Although this species re- 

 sembles the /era in its male antennae, it still differs in the articula- 

 tions of the incrassate part ; and the posterior feet in the male are 



