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CUBARIS GIGAS Miers. 



Cubans ffigas MIERS, Proc. Zool. Sor. London, 1877, p. 666, pi. LXVIIT, fir. l. 

 Armadillo </i</ax Brm>K-Lr.\i>, Crust. Isop. Terrestria, 1885, p. 40. 

 Citbaris yigax RICHARDSON, .Proc. U. S. Nat, Mas., XXIII, 1901, p. 572. 



Locality. -Nicaragua, near San Juan. 



"Convex oblong-oval, nearly smooth, surface only ven r minutely 

 granulated, and with only very obscure indications of larger tubercles 

 on each side of the middle line. Head transverse, with the anterior 

 margin straight, reflexed at a right angle (as seen in a lateral view) 

 with the upper surface of the head, and (as seen in a dorsal view) also 

 forming a right angle with the lateral margins; antero-lateral lobes 

 wanting. First segment of the body very concave on the sides, with 



FIG. 691. CUBARIS GIGAS (AFTER MIERS i. . ABDOMEN WITH UROPODA' (UPPER SIDE). 1>, HEAD 



(UNDERSIDE) SHOWING ANTENN.K. f. LATERAL VIEW. 1J-. (/. HEAD AND FIRST TTORACIC SE(i- 

 MENT (UPPER SIDE). ' 



the lateral margins strongly reflexed; all the segments distinctly flexed 

 backward on the sides, with the posterior margins angulate-excavate. 

 Terminal segment of the tail about as broad as long, with the sides 

 excavated; upper surface flat, with a shallow depression on each side, 

 and a small median pit near the base. Antennae with the flagellum 

 much shorter than the last joint of the peduncle, w r ith the first joint 

 the shortest. Basal joint of the uropoda (viewed from above) oblong, 

 terminal (apparent lateral) joint quite minute. Colour light gray. 

 Length 10i lines." MIERS/' 



CUBARIS AFFINIS (Dana). 



Rpherilloaffims'Dwx, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sri. Phila., VII, 1854-55, p. 176. STIMP- 



SON, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., VI, 1857, p. 505. 



ArmculiUo affinis BuDDE-LrxD, Crust. Isop. Terres-tria, 1885, p. 39. 

 Oubaris affinis RICHARDSON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1901, p. 865. 



Locality. California. 



Body superficially smooth and uniform; antennae very finely rather 

 scabrous, the last two articles together (the sixth and seventh) scarcely 



Proc. Zool. Sor. London, 1877, p. 666. 



