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thirds as long as third; accessory flagellum two-thirds as long as main flagellum, 
which is four-jointed, 
Third maxilliped with basis wide, shorter than rest of limb and slightly ex- 
panded distally, but not at all forwardly produced; carpus and propodus sub- 
equal in Jength, each a little longer than dactylus, which bas one of its distal setae 
stout and as long as the joint itself, 
First peraeopod short, the carpus reaching to level of apex of pseudorostrum ; 
basis half the combined lengths of remaining joints; carpus about as long as basis, 

Fig. 5. Gynodiastytis lata, types female and male; lateral 
viows of cephalothorax from above (& 40), 
more than twies as long as propodus and. four times as long as dactylus; like the 
ischiuw and merus it beara a few short inner setae; propodus dilated in distal half, 
the expanded portion bearing a fringe of very long setae; dactylus with similar 
distal setae; exopod as long as basis. 
Second peraeopod with exopod as long as. basis, which is broad (width more 
than half length) and as long as rest of limb; ischium very short, collar-like; car- 
pus half as long again! as merus and longer than propodus and. dactylus together ; 
propodus fully three-fourths ag long as dactylus, which hears a curved distal claw 
and thinner setae. 
Third and fourth peraeopods robust, not much shorter than second; merus 
broad, more than twice as long as the short carpus and propodus together ; dactylus 
curved, claw-like, Fifth peraeopod scarcely smaller than fourth, 
Pedunele of uropod not quite twice as long as telson, with one subdistal spine 
on inner margin; endopod three-fifths as long as peduncle, and nearly one-third 
as long again as exopod; two-jointed, the proximal segment about two-thirds as 
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