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den bevsegelige Finger. Folerne. lige udstrakte, nsesten 5 
Gange laengere end Saxlemiuerne, ote Led kun lidet kortere 
end 3die, Endedelen ikke fuldt saa lang, dens 2det Led 
ltengst. De falske Fodder hos Hannon lamgere end Krop- 
pen, Endedelens lste Led nsesten saa langt som de ovrige 
tilsammen. Gangfodderne omtrent dobbelt saa lange som 
Legemet, tat besatte med korte Haar, Tarsalleddet meget 
kort, Fodleddet hos Hunnen linesert, med korte Torner i 
Inderkanten, hos Hannen brodere og mere sammentrykt 
samt bevmbnet med en Rad af 16—18 betydelig staerkere 
Torner, Endekloen hos Hunnen lmlvt saa lang som Fod- 
leddet, hos Hannen betydelig stprre. Legemets Laengde 
uden Snabelen 7”™; Spandvidde 32"™. 
Bemserkninger. Nservaerende Art maa, som den forst, 
opdagede, betragtes som Typen for Shegten. Den er vel 
adskilt fia de 3 af Hoek fra Challenger Expeditionen be- 
skrevne Former red de korte Sidefortsatser, Gieknudens 
Form og Stilling, den enorme Udvikling af Snabelen, de 
tret haarede Gangfpdder og Forholdet af disses 2 sidste 
Led. 
Beskrivelse. Formen er (se PI. XIV, Fig, 2) for- 
holdsvis meget spinkel, saavel hvad Kroppen som Lem- 
merne angaar. Selve Kroppen (Fig. 2 a, 2 b, 2 c) er af 
smal cylindrisk Form og, ovenfra eller nedenfra seet, naesten 
overalt af ens Brede. Seet Ira Siden (Fig. 2 c) riser den 
sig noget brodere paa Midten og mere eller mindre krum- 
met. Segmenterne er meget skarpt afsatte fra hinanden, 
og den bagre Rand paa de 3 forreste er tydeligt life vet 
oventil; umiddelbart foran Ran den bar ethvert af disse 
Segmenter et lige opadrettet tilspidset Fremspring. Side- 
fortsatserne er adskilte ved brede Mellemrum og ikke af 
nogen betydelig Lamgde, idet de neppe overgaar Legemets 
Brede. Enhver af dem liar oventil ved Enden et kort 
tandformigt Fremspring og er i Kanterne besatte med korte 
Haar. Selve Kroppen er derimod saagodtsom nogen, eller 
kun forsynet med yd erst smaa, mikroskopiske Torner. 
Hovedsegmentet er af betydelig Storrelse, adskilligt laengere 
end de 2 folgende Segmenter tilsammen, og har en tem- 
melig lang cylindrisk Hals, der ved Basis til liver Side 
viser en ganske svag Udbugtning til Faeste for de falske 
Fodder, hvorimod egentlige Halsfortsatser mangier. Pande- 
delen udvides ganske successivt mod Enden, som er tem- 
melig bred og tvsert afkuttet, Halesegmentet (Fig. 2 t), 
der som hos foregaaende Slsegt er tydeligt articuleret til 
sidste Kropssegment, er sser deles smalt, cylindriskt eller 
kun ganske svagt fortykket i sit ydre Parti, og noget 
nedadkrummet (se Fig. 2 c). Det er kun forsynet med 
meget smaa, spredte Haar og viser i Enden en tydelig 
spaltformig Analaabning. 
0ieknuden (se Fig. 2 a, 2 b) er, uligt hvad Tilfseldet 
er med de af Hoek beskrevne Arter, beliggende helt fortil 
developed individuals, perticularly small, triangular, with a 
short dentate nodule as a rudiment of the mobile finger. 
Palpi, straightly extended, almost 5 times longer than the 
chelifori, 5th joint only a little shorter than the 3rd, ter- 
minal part not quite so long, 2nd joint longest. False 
legs in male longer than the trunk, 1st joint of the 
terminal part almost as long as all the others together. 
Ambulatory legs about twice as long as the body, closely 
beset with short seta 1 , tarsal joint very short, propodal 
joint in female linear, with short spines on the inner 
margin, in the male broader and more compressed and 
armed with a series of 16 — 18 considerably stronger spines; 
terminal claw in female half the length of the propodal 
joint; in male considerably larger. Length of the body, 
exclusive of the proboscis, 7"™; extent 32"™. 
Remarks. The present species must, as the first 
discovered, be regarded as the type of the genus. It is 
well distinguished from the 3 forms from the Challenger 
Expedition described by Hoek, by the short lateral pro- 
cesses, the form and position of the ocular tubercle, the 
enormous development of the proboscis, the densely setous 
| ambulatory legs and the relations of their 2 terminal 
joints. 
Description. The form (see PI. XIV, fig. 2) is rel- 
atively very slender, both as regards the trunk and the limbs. 
The trunk itself (fig. 2 a, 2 1), 2 c) is narrow cylindric 
in form, and, viewed either superiorly or interiorly, it is 
almost everywhere uniform in breadth. Viewed laterally 
(fig. 2 c) it shows itself to be somewhat broader at the 
middle and more or less bent. The segments are very 
sharply defined from each other, and the posterior margin 
on the 3 foremost ones is distinctly raised above; immedi- 
ately in front of the margin each of those segments has 
a pointed prominence directed straight upwards. The 
lateral processes are separated by broad intervals and are 
not of any considerable length, as they scarcely exceed 
the breadth of the body. Each of them has above; 
at the extremity, a short dentiform prominence and is 
beset with short setm on the edges. The trunk itself is, 
on the other hand, almost quite bare, or only furnished 
with extremely minute microscopical spines. The cephalic 
segment is of considerable size, considerably longer than 
the 2 succeeding segments together, and lias a pretty long 
cylindrical neck which, at the base, on each side, shews 
a quite faint bulging for the attachment of the false legs, 
whereas real cervical processes are awanting. The frontal 
part is quite progressively expanded towards the extremity, 
which is pretty broad and abruptly truncated. The caudal 
segment (fig. 2 t), which, as in the preceding genus, is 
distinctly articulated to the last segment of the trunk, is 
particularly narrow, cylindrical, or only quite faintly tume- 
ficated in its exterior portion and somewhat bent down- 
wards (see fig. 2 c). It is only furnished with very small, 
scattered setae, and exhibits at the extremity a distinct 
fissured anal aperture. 
The ocular tubercle (see fig. 2 a, 2 b) is, unlike what 
: is the case in the species described by Hoek, situated quite 
