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gence, but here again Kemp's remarks, cited under the generic heading 

 above (p. 208), are in a measure applicable. These "convergent" speci- 

 mens do differ in the relative perpendicular distance between the parallels 

 formed by the major axes of the submedian and intermediate teeth ex- 

 tended. 



The major (longitudinal) axis of the intermediate tooth in the Pacific 

 type telson, if extended, runs very close to that of the submedian spine, 

 and is removed from it usually by not more than the vi^idth of its crest or 

 carina at the level of the lobule. In the Atlantic type of telson the perpen- 

 dicular distance between the lines extending the axes of the submedian 

 and intermediate teeth is about as great as half the width of the entire 

 submedian tooth, crest included, at the level of the posterior margin of the 

 intermediate lobule, or more. 



The relation that the Pacific type telson bears to the Atlantic type is 

 very like that borne to G. demani by its variety spinosus in which the 

 intermediate teeth of the telson are rudimentary as compared with those 

 of the species proper. 



Gonodactylus stanschi, new species 



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Fig. 30. Gonodactylus stanschi, female holotype, from Tangola- 

 Tangola, Mexico (Hancock Exped. Sta. 261-34, March 1, 1934). 

 a. telson ; b. rostral plate and ocular scales. 



Distribution: From the Gulf of California, Angel de la Guardia 

 Island, to Tangola-Tangola Bay, Mexico, including Isabel and Tres 

 Marias Islands. 



The existence of this species was first brought to my attention in 1926 

 by specimens collected that year by Dr. Carlos Stansch, inspector in the 



