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nerne mindre forlængede end hos foregaaende Art.
Gang-fødderne overordentlig spinkle, 5 Gauge længere end
Legemet; Tarsalleddet stærkt forlænget og tyndt:
Fodleddet, forholdsvis kort, ofte neppe halvt saa langt som
Tarsalleddet, ret. Inderkanten bevæbnet med 7—8 forlængede
Torner; Endekloen kort og stærk, neppe halvt saa lang
som Fodleddet: Bikløerne ualmindelig forlængede, omtrent
- 3 saa lange som Endekloen. Farven gulhvid med brede
orangefarvede Tværbaand. Legemets Længde SI’/._,""";
Spandvidde 95""".
Bemærkninger. Som ovenfor bemærket, kan jeg ikke
være enig med Wilson og flere senere Forskere, naar de
anser denne Form kun som en Varietet af N. grossijjes.
Wilson selv har neppe engang havt for sig den rette
Kroyerske Art. og at senere Forskere uden videre har
adopteret denne Forfatters Opfatning, maa bero paa en
mindre indgaaende Undersøgelse af de her omhandlede
Former. Som af ovenstaaende Diagnose vil sees, viser nemlig
nærværende Art. foruden i Længdeforholdet af Halsen og
de 2 ydre Fodled, ogsaa vel udprægede Forskjelhgheder i
Saxlemmernes og F’ølernes Bygning, hvilket synes at maatte
sætte dens specitiske Forskjel fra N. grossipes udenfor al
Tvivl. Den af Hoek fra Challenger Expeditionen beskrevne
Form, der paa Planeheu er benævnt N. armatum, synes
mig, ialfald at dømme efter Følernes Udseende, ubetinget
at maatte henføres til nærværende Art. og ikke, som Hoek
i Texten anfører, til iV. grossipes.
Beskrivelse. Legemets Længde hos de storste af
mig undersøgte Exemplarer gaar op til 91/2""", med en
Spandvidde af 95""", og denne Art opnaar saaledes en meget
anselig Størrelse.
Legemsformen er (se PI. VI. Fig. 3), som ogsaa af
Krøyer fremstillet, særdeles spinkel, og navnlig udmærker
Fødderne sig ved sin ualmindelige Længde og Tyndhed.
Selve Kroppen (Fig. 3 a. 3 b) er af smal cylindrisk Form.
med Sidefortsatserne stærkt forlængede og skilte ved meget
brede Mellemrum; de udgaar her fra den bagre Del af de
respective Sementer, medens deres Basis hos foregaaende
Art indtager, ialfald paa de 2 midterste Segmenter, omtrent
Midten af Sidefladerne. Hovedsegmentet er af betydelig
Længde, vel saa langt, som de 3 følgende Segmenter
tilsammen. og udmærket ved den særdeles smale og forlængede
Hals, der er dobbelt saa lang som Pandedelen; denne sidste
er derimod her kjendelig mindre end hos N. grossipes.
Øieknuden er (se Fig. 3 a) paa Grund af Halsens
betydelige Længde her mere end 3 Gange længere tjernet
fra Panderanden end fra Hovedsegmentets bagre Kand
Den er stærkt ophøiet, lige opadrettet, og gaar i Enden ud
i en skarp konisk Spids (Fig. 3 c). Lindserne er vel
udviklede og forholder sig som hos foregaaende Art.
terminal part shorter than the latter joint, marginal spines less
elongated than in the preceding species. Ambulatory legs
remarkably slender, from!1,- to 5 times longer than the body;
tarsal joint greatly prolonged and slender; propodal joint
relatively short, often hardly half as long as tarsal joint,
straight, inner edge armed with 7—8 elongated spines;
terminal claw short and powerful, scarcely half as long as
the propodal joint; auxiliary claws uncommonly elongated,
about ’jt as long as the terminal claw. Colour yellowish
white, with broad, orange-coloured transversal bands.
Length of body 91/a""", extent 95""".
Remarks. As stated above, I do not agree with
Wilson and several other later naturalists in regarding this form
as only a variety of N. grossipes. Indeed, Wilson himself
has hardly had before liim the true Kröyer species, and
that later naturalists should so readily have adopted Mr.
Wilson’s view, must, I think, arise from a less thorough
examination of the forms treated of here. As will appear
from the above diagnosis, the present species exhibits, not
only in the longitudinal relations of the neck and the 2 outer
leg-joints, hut also in the structure of the chelifori and
palpi, well marked differences, which would seem to place
its specific distinction from N. grossipes beyond all doubt.
The fonn described by Hoek from the Calleuger Expedition,
designated N. armatnvi in the plate, should. 1 think, to
judge from the appearance of the palpi, unquestionably be
referred to the present species, and not, as Hoek in the
text says, to N. grossipes.
Description. The length of the body in the largest
specimens I have examined reaches 9l/ä""", the extent
95""", and this species attains, therefore, a very
considerable size.
The body (see Pl. VI, flg. 3) is, as represented
too. by Kröyer, exceedingly slender, and the legs are, in
particular, distinguished by their remarkable length and
slininess. The trunk itself (fig. 3 a, 3 b) is narrow
cylindrical in form, with the lateral processes exceedingly
elongated and marked off by very broad interspaces: they
issue, in this animal, Irom the posterior part of the
respective segments, whereas their base in the preceding species
occupies, at least on the 2 medial segments, about the
middle ol’ the lateral surfaces. The cephalic segment is of
considerable length, quite as long as the 3 succeeding
segments taken together, and characterised by the exceedingly
slender and elongated neck, which is double the length of
the frontal part; the latter, on the other hand, is
appreciably smaller than in N. grossipes.
The oculiferous tubercle (see flg. 3 a), is here, owing
to the considerable length of the neck, more than 3 times as
far from the frontal margin as from the posterior edge of
the cephalic segment. It is exceedingly protuberant, directed
straight upwards, and runs out at the end to a sharp
conical point (fig. 3 c). The lenses are well developed and,
otherwise, are as in the preceding species.
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