72 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



in the same way in 1915. The species is dedicated to Dr. H. V. Wilson 

 of the University of North Carolina, for many years an investigator at the 

 Beaufort laboratory. 



Gnathophyllum modestum sp. nov. 



Holotype, $ , Cat. No. 49,650 U. S. Nat. Mus., U. S. Bur. Fisheries 

 S. S. Fish Hawk, about 20 miles S. W. of Beaufort, N. C, in about 15 

 fathoms, August, 1915. 



Rostrum reaching to distal end of basal article of antennule, obliquely 

 truncate and armed above with seven teeth ; suborbital spine acute. 

 Telson with the marginal spines at about the distal third, the tip almost 

 truncate and with six spines of which the median and longest pair is 

 about one-fifth as long as the telson. 



Color dark reddish brown, telson and tail fins white, legs and flagella 

 of antennae and antennules with purple bands. 



Only a single specimen, the type, has been obtained. It is probably 

 most closely related to G. panamense Faxon, which it resembles in the 

 length and armature of the rostrum and in the coloration. From G. 

 americanum Rathbun, it differs in coloration and in the much weaker 

 second pair of legs. From both it differs also in the position and size of 

 the lateral and terminal spines of the telson. 



Automate kingsleyi sp. nov. 



Holotype, 9, Cat. No. 49,637 U. S. Nat. Mus., Beaufort, N. C, col- 

 lected by O. W. Hyman, July 9, 1916. 



Cephalothorax about one-half as long as abdomen, subcylindrical and 

 deeply sinuate in front; rostrum small; eyestalks contiguous, broad at 

 base and with a well developed corneal surface. Scale of antennule 

 slightly exceeding the basal article of the peduncle. Scale of antenna 

 extending to the middle of the terminal article of the peduncle. 

 Third maxillipeds exceeding the antennal peduncles by less than the 

 length of their terminal articles. Chelipeds unequal and somewhat dis- 

 similar; the larger one, which is stouter and rougher than its mate, has 

 the fingers slightly gaping at the base, the thumb in line with the palm 

 and very broad at the base while the movable finger is much narrower 

 and rather strongly curved. Carpus short. Merus about as long as 

 movable finger of chela. Second pair of legs very slender and with the 

 carpus divided into 5 articles having the proportions of 1, 1£, |, f, f. 

 Telson armed above on each side with two spines one of which is at about 

 the middle of the length and the other is about half way between the 

 middle and the distal end. 



Length of type, 16 mm. ; cephalothorax, 4 mm. 



Only one specimen has been examined. The most remarkable charac- 

 ter noted is that the hands in this female specimen are as large and broad 

 as are those of the male of any other known species. The species is 

 dedicated to Dr. J. S. Kingsley, one of the early students of the crusta- 

 ceans of the Beaufort region. 



