16 B. IV. Kunkel, 



than anterior; wrist triangular, about as broad as long, provided 

 with spines on distal margin and posterior apex ; hand oval with 

 distal portion more slender than basal portion and with palm long 

 and oblique, very finely serrate and furnished with long slender 

 spines and 4 prehensile spines , finger moderate with concave margin 

 serrate. 



Second gnathopods with moderate epimeron which is higher 

 than long with small tooth on postero-ventral angle ; second joint 

 long and slender ; third joint cup-shaped and wider distally than 

 proximally ; fourth joint much wider distally than proximall}' with 

 posterior distal angle acute, articulating with wrist b}' anterior margin ; 

 wrist triangular and broader than long, provided with a few spines 

 on posterior apex ; hand oval, about twice as long as broad with 

 palm long and oblique and bearing near middle a triangular process, 

 also provided with spines and setae and 2 prehensile spines ; finger 

 long and slender. 



Pereiopods with epimera large, that of fourth being largest; 

 pereiopods slender, provided with unguiform dactyls and without 

 spinning glands. 



Uropods, 3 pairs ; first extending beyond second which in turn 

 extends beyond the third pair ; first and second biraraous, third with 

 single ramus; rami styliform, subequal, and somewhat shorter than 

 peduncle ; rami of terminal uropods stouter than others. 



Telson entire, triangular, longer than wide with lateral margins 

 slightly convex and provided with 4 stout spines on each side. 



There was a single male specimen in the collection which measured 

 about 3 mm. in length. 



The species has been recorded from the North Atlantic and North 

 Sea and from the Adriatic at a depth of from 19 to 47 fathoms. 



Stenothoe valida Dana, 1853. 



1853. Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped. vol. 13 II, p. 924, pi. 63, fig. 1. 



Eyes small, compound, reniform, situated between first and second 

 antennae. 



First antennae moderately long and slender with fiagellum about 

 twice as long as peduncle; first and second joints of peduncle 

 cylindrical and subequal in length and each about as long as head, 

 third joint less than ^j^ as long as second ; fiagellum made up of about 

 20 segments which are short proximally but become longer and more 

 slender distally. Second antennae shorter than first in female (fiagel- 

 lum broken off in single male specimen at hand) with gland cone 

 small and inconspicuous, third joint cylindrical and slightly longer 



