. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 288 Annals of the South African Museum. Up to 12 x 4-5 mm. (<$). Slaty-grey, head and peraeon obscurely marked with more or less longitudinal light yellowish spots, postero- lateral angles of peraeon segments and the peduncle of uropod yellow, legs and 1st and 2nd joints (or lst-3rd) of antennae pale yellow, outer branches of pleopods grey, outer ramus of uropod grey or pale yellow, eyes black. In some examples the whole of the peraeon is orange- yellow, and all gradations between the extreme colo
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 288 Annals of the South African Museum. Up to 12 x 4-5 mm. (<$). Slaty-grey, head and peraeon obscurely marked with more or less longitudinal light yellowish spots, postero- lateral angles of peraeon segments and the peduncle of uropod yellow, legs and 1st and 2nd joints (or lst-3rd) of antennae pale yellow, outer branches of pleopods grey, outer ramus of uropod grey or pale yellow, eyes black. In some examples the whole of the peraeon is orange- yellow, and all gradations between the extreme colorations may Fig. 33.—Rhyscotus bicolor Brnrd. a, b, Frontal and lateral views of head ; c, distal joints peraeopod 1 <$, with spine further enlarged ; d, apex of outer lobe of maxilla 1 ; e, maxilla 2 ; /, inner plate and palp of maxilliped ; g, penis and pleopod 1 $, with surface sculpturing of penis further enlarged; h, pleopod 2 (J ; it j, 3rd and 5th pleopods ; Tc, dorsal view of uropod, with cross-section of peduncle ; I, outer view of peduncle of uropod. Localities.—Ovamboland: Ongandjera and Kunene River (). Kaokoveld: Warmbad and Zesfontein (); Kaoko Otavi and neighbourhood (K. H. B.). Damaraland : Belina, near Outjo (K. H. B.). Angola : Vila da Ponte, Kubango River (Brian). The species is common in the north-west of the Kaokoveld and Ovamboland regions of South West Africa, the most southerly and easterly locality being Outjo. Its nearest relative seems to be globiceps B-L. from Loango in the French Congo (fig. 39). Of the numerous (nearly 100) specimens from the above localities all are males. Not being aware at the time of collection (Ovamboland, 1923 ; Kaokoveld, 1926) that the members of this genus exhibited protandry, I made no special examination of the specimens or search. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illus
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