CHRISTIANIA VIDENSK.-SELSK. FORHANDL. 1883. No. 7. 



Uab. Off ti).- Cape of Good Hope (Stat, 111); surface. Several 

 specimens, both males and females. 



Remarks. In its outer aspect tliis species is very much like 

 A. agilis <!. < ». Sars from the Meditenaneun. hut is at once distin- 

 guished by the form of the rostrum, which is truncated or slightly 

 eraarginated al the tip, while it is sharply pointed in the Medi- 

 teeranean species. li also fliffers from th<' discription aud draw- 

 ings given b.y Krijyer of A. typicuft. 



1«. Anchialus anyustns n. sp. 



Form of body much more slender and narrow than in the last 

 species. Oarapax comparatively much smaller, uol covering the 

 anterior division of the body, its posterior niiirgin being deeply 

 emarginated above, so as to lea ve uncovered the dorsal portion of 

 the two last segments; rostrum short. pointed. frontal margin form- 

 ing on both sides an obtuse dentiform lobe, projecting between the 

 eyes and the base of the antennæ; antero-inferior angle with two 

 sharp denticles poiutiug anteriorly. Postabdomen subcylindric, 

 slightly tapering posteriorly, anterior segment distiuctly fornicate, 

 last as loiig as the two preceeding together. Myes rat her narrow, 

 scarcely expanded at the apex, cornea slightly emarginated above. 

 Antennular peduncle more slender than in A. truncatus, last joint 

 shorter than the two others together. Antennal scale small, bul 

 considerably surpassing the basal joint of the autennular peduncle, 

 apex obliquely truncated, the denticle on the outer edge distiuctly 

 developed. Telson shorter than the two last segments together. 

 rather narrow. slightly tapering, apical incision small, angulate, 

 terminal lobes acuminate, and each armed with a strong apical 

 spiue. Inner lamella of the uropods considerably surpassing the 

 telson, with only few slender spines al the inner margin; outer 

 lamella somewhat shorter, with only two small spines in the middle 

 of the outer margin, placed dose together. Length of adult female: 

 10 mm. 



Ilub. Off entrance to Port Philip, Bass Strait (Stat. ICI), 

 38 fms. 3 specimens. 



