. d c. 6. Fig. 94. Halirages regis (Stebb.). a. Head, b, c, d. Side-plates 5-7 and 2nd joints of peraeopods 3-5 respectively. Peraeopod 3, 2nd joint comparatively narrow, oblong, hind margin straight. Peraeo- pod 4, 2nd joint also oblong but broader. Peraeopod 5,2nd joint oblong, but narrowing distally, hind margin distally concave. Postero-inferior corners in all three peraeopods quadrate. The colour is given as "white very heavily mottled with deep crimson". There is no question but that for the present these two forms should be kept separate. Stebbing (1914, p. 362) says that Mr V
. d c. 6. Fig. 94. Halirages regis (Stebb.). a. Head, b, c, d. Side-plates 5-7 and 2nd joints of peraeopods 3-5 respectively. Peraeopod 3, 2nd joint comparatively narrow, oblong, hind margin straight. Peraeo- pod 4, 2nd joint also oblong but broader. Peraeopod 5,2nd joint oblong, but narrowing distally, hind margin distally concave. Postero-inferior corners in all three peraeopods quadrate. The colour is given as "white very heavily mottled with deep crimson". There is no question but that for the present these two forms should be kept separate. Stebbing (1914, p. 362) says that Mr Vallentin "on March the sea teeming with it \huxleyanus\\ If a few hundreds of specimens could be captured and examined, the status of huxleyanus and regis might be satisfactorily determined. Distribution. Falkland Islands. Genus Stenopleura, Stebb. Stebbing, 1906, p. 302. Stenopleura atlantica, Stebb. Stebbing, 1888, p. 950, pi. lxxxiv. Stephensen, 1915, p. 45, fig. 27. Schellenberg, 1926, p. 353; 1926 b, p. 227.
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