34 B. IV. Kimkel, 



anterior and posterior margins each with 6 fascicles of setae ; finger 

 strongly serrate and provided with 2 fascicles of setae near middle 

 of outer convex margin. 



Pereiopods with moderate epimera and with normal dactyls and 

 no spinning glands. 



Abdominal segments with ventral margins of anterior 3 prolonged 

 posteriorly, first 2 to form simple triangular processes, third with ventral 

 margin very much longer to form a slender process posteriorly; 

 dorsal portion of posterior margins of abdominal segments deeply 

 serrated to form 5 to 7 acutely pointed teeth. 



Uropods, 3 pairs, biramous ; first pair extending slightly beyond 

 second, rami styliform, inner one longer than outer, peduncle slender, 

 cylindrical, about as long as inner ramus, rami provided with spines 

 on inner margin and apex ; second pair similar in form to first but 

 shorter ; terminal uropods extending considerably beyond others, 

 inner ramus rudimentary, outer ramus long and slender, more or 

 less flat, about twice as long as peduncle, provided with fascicles 

 of setae on outer and inner margins and apically. 



Telson triangular, slender, lamellar, cleft -'/i to base with lobes 

 rather dehiscent, provided with several sharp spines on outer margin 

 and at apex, somewhat longer than broad. 



Length 6 mm. Numerous specimens were at hand which were 

 found at Flatts Village, in sand from low water to 12 feet; in 

 Castle Harbor, among dead corals ; and in Harrington Sound. 



The species has been found on the coast of Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 

 at Singapore at a depth of 9 feet, and according to Haswell it is 

 very common at Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



Melita planaterga sp. nov. 



Eyes round, small, compound, deeply pigmented, situated well 

 ventrally between first and second antennae. 



First antennae long and slender, about -^/j as long as body ; ped- 

 uncle as long as flagellum ; first joint of peduncle stout, more or 

 less fusiform, second joint cylindrical and somewhat longer and more 

 slender than first; third joint short, not more than ^3 as long as 

 second; principal flagellum made up of about 18 slender segments; 

 accessory flagellum short, 2-jointed. Second antennae somewhat 

 shorter than first, but peduncle longer than that of first, wich fla- 

 gellum made up of al^out 7 segments and about as long as last 

 2 joints of peduncle, third joint of peduncle about as long as broad, 

 fourth and fifth .sub-(|u:il in length, gland cone rather long and 

 slender. 



