NO. 1311. 



SOME NEW DEEP SEA CRUSTACEANS— BENEDICT. 



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areolation in the fork of the g-roove is armed with five or six spiimh's. 

 There are also several spimdes on the anterior border of the branchial 

 reg-ion. The posterior l)order of the carapace is unarmed. 



The rostrum is shMider and elongated, ecjualing in length the width 

 of the carapace; the supraocular spines are shoi't, not reaching the 

 distal extremity' of the cornea. The inferior l)ordcr of the lucrus of 

 maxillipeds is armed with three slender s[)ines graded in size, the 

 proximal being the longest. 



Fig. V2. — :Mun'ida media, >: 4. 



The e3^es are large with spreading cornea. 



The chelipeds are long, slender, and subcylindrical; the imn-us and 

 carpus are armed with slender spines, the palm with spinules. 



The merus of the am))ulator3' logs has a row of spines on the upper 

 margin; in line with these there are five or six on the carpus; the U)wer 

 margin of the propodiis has a row of seven spinules. 



The second segment of the abdomen has a row of eight small spines 

 and the third segment a single pair. The other segments are smooth. 



