494 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



spicuous granules nearly in the center and bottom of the two longi- 

 tudinal depressions. The extremity of the abdomen is formed by a 

 decurved spine; the upper surface of the spine is concave; on either 

 side of the base of the terminal spine is a lateral triangular spine; 

 these lateral spines do not in any measure curve forward, as is the 

 case with E. frag His. 



On the median line of the ventral surface of the thorax there is a 

 sharp, curved spine on the first segment, prominent longitudinal 



FIG. 548. EURYCOPE CARIBBEA. 



ridges on the second, third, and fourth segments, and a spiny tubercle 

 followed by four longitudinal ridges. The ridges are separated by 

 transverse grooves on the coalesced fifth, sixth, and seventh segments. 

 Type. Cat. No. 23911, U.S.N.M." 



"This description ia from Doctor Benedict's manuscript. 



