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third pair with rami rather broader and lamellar, tapering to acute 

 point, inner ramus larger than outer, provided with slender setae. 



Telson long and slender, twice as long as broad, cleft for ^/g of 

 its length, each lobe provided apically with single spine, extending 

 beyond peduncle of terminal uropod. 



Length 7 mm. This species was represented in the collection at 

 hand by several specimens some of which were found in dead coral 

 from Castle Harbor. 



Melita fresnelii (Audouin, 1876). 



1876. Gaimnants fresnelii. Audouin, Descr. Egypte, vol. I, iv, 



p. 93, Crust, pi. 11, fig. 3. 



1875. Melita fresnelii, Miers, Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 16, 



p. 75. 



Eyes compound, circular, deeply pigmented in alcoholic specimens. 



First antennae almost as long as body, longer than second an- 

 tennae ; peduncle more than half as long as flagellum, with first 

 joint cylindrical, second joint longer and more slender than first ; 

 third joint very short; flagellum slender and made up of about 40 

 elongated segments ; accessory flagellum made up of 5 segments. 

 Second antennae extending to about middle of first antennae with 

 peduncle somewhat longer than that of first; gland cone long and 

 slender, reaching nearly as far as end of third joint which is longer 

 than broad ; fourth joint very long and slender ; fifth subequal to 

 fourth in length ; flagellum rather long, made up of more than 14 

 segments. 



Mandibles strong with all parts well developed ; principal cutting 

 edge denticulated ; numerous spines on spine row ; molar tubercle 

 large and prominent; palp made up of 3 joints of which the first 

 joint is short, second one moderately long, but shorter than the 

 third and with setae along outer margin, third joint very slender, 

 provided with many long setae on inner margin and apex. Lower 

 lip with outer plates broad, rounded, and with anterior margin 

 entire, inner plates moderate, mandibular processes short. First 

 maxillae with inner plates slender and tapering, moderate, with 2 

 plumose spines on apex ; outer plates large and curved with usual 

 branched spines on oblique distal margin ; palp 2-jointed with second 

 joint broader apicall}^ and armed with spinelike teeth, apex of first 

 joint provided with fascicle of setae. Second maxillae with oval 

 plates, moderately broad ; outer plates with slender setae on rounded 

 apex ; inner plates with slender setae on apex and inner margin 

 and with an oblique row on outer surface. Maxillipeds with inner 



