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The leug-th of the bod}^ from the front to the end of the toLson is 

 lU mm. ; length of the chelipeds, 24 mm. ; length of the palm, 5 mm. ; 

 length of the fingers, 4.3 mm. 



Locality.— O'^ Habana, Alhdrcm station 2343, 279 fathoms. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 9524, U.S.N.M. 



MUNIDA MEXICANA, new species 



Fig. 13. — Munid.\ mexicana, x 31. 



The carapace is widest at about the beginning of the posterior third; 

 from the widest point it tapers forward to a rather narrow front. 

 The ciliated lines are miusuallv distant; the cilia are short. 



