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Pontellopsis villosa, Brady. | 
T'wo or three only of this rare species were found, and 
as was the case with the ‘‘Challenger’”’ specimens, all 
were females. 
Pontella strenua, Dana. 
P. iermiss Brady. 
P. kroyert, Brady. 
P. securifer, Brady. ) 
Only a few of each of these species were found, but they 
were generally distributed throughout the seasons of the 
year. 
P. plumata, Dana. 
Found in abundance. The sets of some specimens 
have a violet tinge, in that respect somewhat resembling 
Centropages violaceus. 
Pontella mediterranea, Claus (Pl. VIL., figs. 1 to 7). 
Length 1-10th of an inch. Cephalothorax elongated, 
ovate six jointed; posterior angles in the male terminated 
by minute spine; those in the female produced into 
rounded leafy expansions. Rostrum broad and furcate ; 
superior eye large, situated immediately above the rostrum ; 
inferior eyes, two in number, conspicuously placed imme- 
diately behind the base of the rostrum. Anterior antenns 
about as long as the cephalothorax, twenty-four jointed, 
clothed with short sete throughout entire length; three 
of the central joints of the right antenna in the male are 
very much swollen, the first bearing a strong spine; the 
three following are finely denticulated, the three terminal 
joints being of about equal length and are of uniform 
width. Posterior antennee (fig. 2) have long inner branch. 
Mandible (fig. 3) biting segment broad, and provided with 
large irregular teeth. Terminal spines of swimming feet 
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