THE CBAPSOID CKABS OP AMEBICA. 



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First leg unusually short and slender, not 

 reaching beyond end of merus of second; 

 merus with two anterior crests, dactylus very 

 slender, strongly curved; second and third 

 legs over twice as long as width of carapace, 

 merus joints narrowing in distal half, four 

 prominent, longitudinal crests, anterior distal 

 end forming a right or slightly obtuse angle; 

 anterior lobes on carpus obsolete, propodus 

 enlarging little distally, dactylus with sinu- 

 ous posterior margin. 



Measurements. Male holotype, greatest 

 length of carapace 8.5, width of same 12.2, 

 length of second leg 25.5 mm. 



Range. Lower California to Ecuador; 52 

 to 71 fathoms. 



Material examined See table. 



Remarks. There is no Atlantic prototype 

 of this species known. 



CYMOPOLIA CURSOR A. Milne Edwards. 



Plate 52, figs. 1 and 2. 



Cymopolia cursor A. MILNE EDWARDS, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zoul., vol. 8, 1SSO, p. 20 (type-locali- 

 ties, Sand Key, Havnne, St. Kilts, Domi- 

 nique, Barbades, 138-245 fathoms). SMITH, 

 Troc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. G, 1SS3, p. 21. 



Cymopolia dilatata A. MILNE EDWARDS, BulL 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 8, 18SO, p. 2S (type- 

 locality, St. Kitts, 208 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 0496, M. C. Z.). 



Palicus cursor RATHBUN, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 11, 1897, p. 95. A. MILNE 

 EDWARDS and BOUVIEB, Mem. Mus. Couip. 

 Zool., vol. 27, 1902, p. G4, pi. 12, figs. G-i3 

 (not 14), 1 (female, Barbados, 204 [209J 

 fathoms, Blake station 274, selected as 

 type; Cat No. 6495, M.C.Z.). 



Diagnosis. Three lateral teeth. Second 

 leg about three times as long as width of 

 carapace. Suborbital lobes visible from 

 above, inner one very narrow. 



Description. Carapace broad, very con- 

 vex, ornamented with about 13 large round 



1 At the bottom of pi. 12, for G-14, read 6-13 ; la expla- 

 nation of pi. 12, for fig. 12, 13, 14, read fig. 11, 12. 13, 

 respectively. 



