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Head very large, bordered with a serrated crest around the
middle. First two pairs of pereiopoda cheliform. Second pair of
uropoda are totally wanting. The interior rami are coalesced
in both existing pairs of uropoda.

1. Thaumatops longipes, C. Bovallius, 1886.

Syn. 1886. Thaumatops longipes. C. Bovallius. L. c., p. 13, fig. 15—23.

It is easily recognised by the enormous length of the fifth
pair of pereiopoda and the strongly serrated metacarpus of the
seventh pair.

Lengtli 50—60 mm.

Hab. One specimen taken just at the Southern limit of the
arctic region, at Lat. 59° 38’ N.; Long. 5° 24’ W. The other
known specimen is taken off the western shore of the Australian
mainland. Indeed a wide distribution for the species. (D. M.)

The seventh family MilllOliecticlt©, C. Bovallius, 1885.

Head and a part or the whole of pereion developed into a
balloon-shaped globe. Ocelli dispersed on the sides of the head.
First pair of antennse straight; second pair small, four-jointed,
fixed at the inferior side of the head. Mandibles without palp.
Seventh pair of pereiopoda not transformed. Uropoda normal.

Genus 1. Mimonectes, C. Bovallius, 1885.

Syn. 1885. Mimonectes. C. Bovallius. »Mimonectes, a remarkable genus

of Amphipoda Hyperidea», p. 2.
Nova Acta Soc. Eeg. Scient. Upsal.
Ser. III, voi. 16.

First two pairs of pereiopoda simple, the carpi not
pro-duced. Pleon compressed, not infiated. Interior rami of
uropoda free. Telson distinet.

1. Mimonectes Steenstrupi, C. Bovallius, 1885.

Pl. 47, fig. 111—115.

Syn. 1885. Mimonectes Steenstrupii. C. Bovallius. L. c., p. 12, pl. 2,

fig. 13 and 14.

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