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surface of the cephalosome is sculptured in a peculiar way, but only differing in the 
minutest detail from that of the type species, G. antarcticus; two flattened patches 
occur behind the crescentic depressions of the anterior margin ; immediately behind 
these is a transverse band more coarsely knobbed and posteriorly divided into four 
distinct tubercles, the outer ones being at least half as large again as the inner 
ones. This entire sculptured area is separated off from the “ lateral plate,” where the 
eyes are situated, by a conspicuous dermal fold, which reaches to about the centre of 
the level of the eyes. 
The mesosonre comprises the normal seven segments, and of these the fourth is 
the largest; the differences between any of them are, however, not great. All of 
them show a mid-dorsal longitudinal ridge more or less strongly developed. The 
sculpturing comprises a roughly triangular patch, its apex directed to the middle line. 
These patches are comparatively smooth on the third and fourth segments, but 
increase in roughness anteriorly as w T ell as posteriorly. 
The first segment, arches forwards to partially enclose the cephalosome, a smooth 
dermal ridge runs round this segment and forms its anterior margin to a certain 
extent, but in front of it for a short distance either side the middle line is a thin band 
of irregular sculpturing. The three posterior segments are curved backwards, the 
curvature increasing progressively to the last which, with its epimera, completely 
hides the lateral margins of the two first segments of the metasome. 
The epimera are large, smooth, the first three having their angles rounded; the 
posterior angle of the fourth is pointed. The epimera of three posterior segments are 
conspicuously separated from the segment bearing them ; they become narrower, 
longer, and more acute from first to last. 
In appearance the cephalosome and metasome are exactly like those of 
G. antarcticus Eights, the only difference being one of proportion. 
The metasome comprises four free segments, visible dorsally, and a fifth, fused 
with the urosome, and this last is the longest; of the other four, the two middle 
ones are subequal in length, as are the first and fourth, w T hich are a little shorter. The 
last segment of the mesosome conceals the lateral margins of the first, and its epimera 
hide, but not altogether, the diminutive epimera of the second segment; the epimera 
of the other two segments progressively increase, the last being large and directed 
backwards. The urosome has the fifth segment fused with it, and this irregularly 
tuberculated, and has a prominent mid-dorsal ridge; the urosome itself is long, 
comparatively slender, having a sinuous tapering margin and terminating in a strong 
and rather lengthy spine, the end of a well-developed median ridge. 
AAntrally the fourth to sixth segments of the mesosome are conspicuously grooved 
in the middle line, and traces of such a character occur on all. 
The oostegites are five pairs, and occur on the first segment to the fifth. In the 
largest female, which is the specimen examined in detail, they are not fully developed, 
and are strong ovoid structures which do not reach anywhere near the mid-ventral line. 
