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The examination of the type of P. villosa , 
from Australia, by Dr. Keith Sheard and of 
Schellenberg’s material, from South America, 
by the writer revealed several important differ- 
ences in the South American species. The 
Parharpinia villosa of Schellenberg differs from 
the holotype by: (1) article 5 of gnathopod 
1 shorter than 6, as opposed to longer than 6 
in P. villosa; (2) article 6 of gnathopod 1 with 
parallel margins, as opposed to rounded in P. 
villosa; (3) article 4 of peraeopod 3 is only two 
thirds as wide as article 2 while it is fully as 
wide as article 2 in P. villosa; (4) article 2 of 
peraeopod 5 has the posterior edge with 
sparse and poorly setose serrations while in 
P. villosa it has numerous fine crenulations 
with long setae; (5) the peduncle of uropod 
1 has numerous spines of strikingly different 
sizes on the inner and outer margins, as op- 
posed to sparse similar spines on both mar- 
gins in P. villosa; (6) the inner ramus of uro- 
pod 2 bears spines but lacks them in P. 
villosa. 
Statistical analysis of large collections may 
show these differences to be of subspecific 
value only; in any case the South American 
specimens need nomenclatural segregation. 
This is provided by K. H. Barnard’s name, 
P. sinuata , which by its description, figures, 
size, and geographic location is shown to be 
conspecific with Schellenberg’s material. 
Paraphoxus tattersalli , new species 
Pontharpinia villosa , Tatters all, 1922: 4 (not 
Has well, 1879^). 
The clear figures published by Tattersall 
show striking divergence from the type of P. 
villosa which was examined by Dr. Sheard. 
Some of the many differences of P. tattersalli 
are: (1) gnathopods 1 and 2 differ in size 
greatly, while in P. villosa they are similar in 
size; (2) the short fifth articles of the gnatho- 
pods; (3) the very narrow plate of article 2 
of peraeopod 5 compared with the very broad 
one in P. villosa: (4) article 4 of peraeopod 3 
is half as wide as article 2, while in P. villosa 
it is fully as wide as article 2. 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XII, April, 1958 
Paraphoxus stebhingi, new species 
Pontharpinia pinguis, Stebbing, 1897: 33; Steb- 
bing, 1906: 146 (in part); Stebbing, 1910: 
635 (In part) (not Hasweil, 1879^). 
Stebbing’s clear description and figures re- 
veal several differences from the type of P. 
pinguis (Hasweil) , which was examined for the 
writer by Dr. Sheard. Paraphoxus stebhingi 
differs from P. pinguis by: (1) a minute cusp 
on the posteroventral corner of the third 
pleonal epimera, as opposed to a long, up- 
turned cusp in P. pinguis , overlooked by 'Has- 
well in his description of the species; (2) the 
very elongated fifth articles of the gnatho- 
pods; (3) the narrow sixth articles of the 
gnathopods as opposed to the broad articles 
in Haswell’s original drawing of P. pinguis 
(the sixth articles are missing on the type 
specimen of P. pinguis ) . 
Heterophoxus oculatus (Holmes), 
new combination, new synonymy 
Harpinia oculata Holmes, 1908: 521. 
Harpinia affmis Holmes, 1908: 523. 
Heterophoxus pennatus Shoemaker, 1925: 22. 
The types of H. oculata and H. affinis in the 
U. S. National Museum were examined and 
found to be conspecific with H. pennatus . The 
name oculatus was chosen from Holmes’ names 
on the bases of page priority, the better con- 
dition of the holotype, and the appropriate- 
ness of the name, referring to an animal with 
eyes. 
Heterophoxus ophthalmicus (Schellenberg), 
new combination 
Harpinia ophthalmica Schellenberg, 1925: 136. 
Schellenberg’s description is that of an 
heterophoxid, as shown by the presence of 
eyes, the ensiform process on the second an- 
tenna and the short fourth maxillipedal palp 
article bearing a long seta. However, on the 
basis of the description, the species cannot be 
differentiated from others in the genus Hetero- 
phoxus . 
