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NO. 1311. SOME NEW DEEP SEA CRUSTACEANS— BENEDICT. 247 



e. Palm narrow. 



/. Spines of rostrum weak andrev:si, p. 300 



/. Spines of rostrum strong intermedia, p. 302 



d. Row of nine or ten spines on the palm of the hand orientalh, p. 302 



c. Two pairs of spines on the rostrum beyond the basal \>di\r .califormenshy p. 247 

 a. With more than two spines or spinules on the front of the gastric area or none. 

 I). With a row of spinules on the front of the gastric area. 



c. Rostrum entire lieyond the l)asal spines integra, p. 248 



c. Rostrum armed. 



d. lines on the carapace strong, elevated, few rostrata, p. 303 



d. Lines but little elevated, more numerous intermedia, p. 302 



b. Without a row of spinules on the front of the gastric area. 

 c. Spines on the rostrum weak or none. 



d. No spines on the rostrum beyond the basal pair agassizi, p. 300 



(/. With spines on the rostrum beyond the basal pair pauciUneata, p. 249 



c. Spines on the rostrum large dispersa and nexa, pp. 301, 302 



GALATHEA CALIFORNIENSIS, new species. 



The rostrum is more than twice as long as the eyes. It is armed 

 with two pairs of stout spines. The sides of the rostrum are parallel 



Fig. 1.— Galathea californien.sis, x J. 



between the spines. At the angle formed by the base of the rostrum 

 and the front there is a pair of small spines. The carapace lacks but 

 iittleof being as broad as long; the transverse ridges are elevated and 



