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dislodged, or the rami overlapped to such an extent as to make it difficult to be 
certain of the setae. The fourth legs are distinguished from those of other species 
found here by the presence of a well-developed prominence on the basipod, ad- 
jacent to the exopod. The distal segment of the leg on one side had only three 

Fig.13. Cryptopontius longipes sp.nov. Male and female < 32; urosome, both sexes, X 67; 
appendages X 200. 
inner setae, instead of four, which is the more usual number. The fifth legs also 
distinguish this species from any other in that they are more than twice as long 
as wide; in one specimen they were nearly four times as long as wide. 
Male. Length 1-04 -1-15 mm. The body is more slender than that of the 
female. The first antenna is 9-segmented, with the first two segments sub-equal 
and showing a fusion of segments similar to that of the female. The sixth free 
segment is elongate and bears a barbed spine; the terminal portion, consisting of 
