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have become fine setae. I believe that this appearance is entirely due to wear and 

 tear ; these spines and the terminal claw are more or less worn, some of course very 

 much more than others. If in really good condition, I believe these spines would be 

 finely dentate all round the blade. 



The Legs are long, very slender, and attain a length of 180 mm. The three coxae 

 are small and subequal ; the proportions of the remaining joints are as 54, 61, 44, 8, 4. 

 The terminal claw is very small. The limb is supplied at long intervals with very 

 minute setae ; these make their appearance on the femur. The relative sizes of the 

 joints of the leg differ from Dr Hoek's specimens, in which the femur is the longest 

 joint. There can, however, be no doubt as to the identity of this species. 



In the preparation of this report I am greatly indebted to the Council of the Marine 

 Biological Association of the United Kingdom, and especially to Dr E. J. Allen, the 

 Director, for accommodation at their Plymouth Laboratory ; also to my friends Mr and 

 Mrs L. E. Sexton and Mr J. Ritchie, who have so generously assisted me with 

 the drawings and the photographs from which they have been prepared. 



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