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Halevedluenget er meget lidet og dybt indskaaret i 
Enden eller tvelappet. 
Far veil er hvidagtig, gjennemsigtig, med et svagt gul- 
a §figt. Skjier. 
Liengden af det undersogte Exemplar er 10””". 
The telson is very small, and deeply incised at the 
extremity, or bilobular. 
Colour whitish, translucent, with a faint yellowish 
tinge. 
Length of the specimen examined 10”””. 
Forokomst. Et enkelt Exemplar af denne Form toges 
under Expeditionens lste Togt udenfor Storeggen (Stat. 31) 
Pua et Dyli af 417 Eavne. Stationen tilhorer den kolde 
Area. 
Occurrence. — One example only of this form was 
taken, on the first cruise of the Expedition, off Storeggen 
(Stat. 31). at a depth of 417 fathoms. This Station lay 
in the cold area. 
Gen. 2. IVTelita, Leach, 1813. 
Gen. 2. YIelil a, Leach, 1813. 
Edinb. Encyclop. Art. Crust. 
Edinb. Encyclop. Art. Crust. 
52. Melita pallida, G. 0. Sars, n. sp. 
52. Melita pallida, G. 0. Sars, n. sp. 
(PI. XV, Fiff. 1, 1 a — l ) 
(PI. XV, figs. 1, 1 a—l). 
Melita pallida , (t. 0. Sars, Crust. & Pycnogonida nova etc., No. 34. 
Melita pallida, G. 0. Sars, Crust, & Pycnogonida nova etc., No. 34. 
Artseharacteristik. Legemet af smal og langstrakt 
Form. Hovedets Sidehjorner jevnt afrundede. De 4 for- 
leste Par Epimerer noget hoiere end Kroppen. ubeviebne.de. 
^' n bagre Rand af alle Bagkropssegm enter, med I ndtagelse 
a i det sidste, gaaende oveutil ud i 2 llade tiltrykte Torner, 
ini el lent hvilke endnu staar 1 3 betydelig mindre. 3 die 
Segments Sideplader bagtil ndtrukne i eu skarp S])ids. Ingen 
Giue. lste Par Folere ikke meget kortere and Legemet, 
lne 'i Skaftets 2 ibrste Led smale og forkengecle, Svoben 
Iseugere end Skaftet, 24-leddet, Bisvpben liden, 3-leddet. 
~'i (, t Par Folere neppe halvt saa lange som lste Par. Lste 
Fodpar svagt bygget, med liden, nsesten qvadratisk Haand ; 
- ( iut Par sserdeles kraftigt ndviklet, med Haanden meget 
s tor og j Enden skraat afskaaret, det nedre Hjprne noget 
ii ‘unspringende og bevsebuet med en Torn, den bagre Rand 
' H 'sat med Knipper af korte Burster. De 3 bagerste Fod- 
l JJr temmelig stmrkt forkengede, med pladeformigt udvidet 
Hofteled. Sidste Par Halefodder stserkt forkengede, med 
( F fl indre Gren rudimentaer, den ydre meget stor, konisk 
besat med spredte Randtorner. Halevedluenget kort, 
klovet til Roden. Farven ensformig livid. Lamgden 26’"'". 
Specific Character. — Body slender and elongate in 
form. Lateral corners of head evenly rounded. The 4 an- 
terior pairs of epimera — unarmed — somewhat higher than 
body. Posterior margin of all abdominal segments, with 
exception of last, jutting out above as 2 flat, appressed 
spines, from between which rise two or three considerably 
smaller ones. Lateral plates of 3rd segment produced pos- 
teriorly to a sharp point. No eyes. First pair ol antennae 
not much shorter than body, with the 2 first joints ol 
peduncle slender and elongate; flagellum longer than peduncle, 
composed of close upon 24 articulations, secondary flagellum 
small, tri-artieulate. Second pair of antenna? scarcely half as 
1mm as 1st, First pair of legs feeble in structure, with a 
small well-nigh quadrate hand; 2nd i>ixir very powerfully de- 
veloped, with hand exceedingly large and obliquely truncate 
at extremity, lower corner somewhat projecting and armed 
with a spine, posterior margin beset with bunches ol short 
bristles. The 3 posterior pairs of legs considerably elon- 
te with basal joint lamelliform-dilated. Last pair of 
caudal stylets greatly elongated, with inner branch rudi- 
mentary, outer very large, conical, and beset with scattered 
marginal spines. Telson short, cleft to the base. Colour 
a uniform white. Length 26”””. 
Findested. Stat. 353. 
Locality. — Stat. 353. 
Bemserkninger. Fra de avrige Arter af Sltegten er 
di'iine strax kjendelig ved den totale Mangel af 0ine samt 
'•'d Bagkropssegmenternes eiendommelige Beviebning. 
Remarks. — From the other species of the genus, 
this form may be readily distinguished by the total absence 
of eves as also by the peculiar armature of the abdominal 
segments. ^ 
