NO. 1311. 



SOME NEW DEEP SEA CRUSTACEANS— BENEDICT. 



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throughout the length of their prehensile edges. A striking char- 

 acter of this species is the shape of the hand, which is bent downward 

 from the base of the fingers. A row of from two to six spinuies 

 arms the second segment of the abdomen; in some specimens the 

 armature is wanting. 



Length of the abdomen, 9 mm.; length of chelipcds, 20 mm.; 

 length of palm, 5.5 mm.; length of fingers, 4 mm. 



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Fig. 4.— MUNIDA ANGULATA, X 4. 



LoeaUty.— Albatross stations 2370, 2372, 240(), 2411, 2413, m 25, 

 27, 26, 27, and 24 fathoms. 



Type.— C'At. No. 20532, U.S.N.M., station 2406. 



MUNIDA CURVATURA, new species. 



The rostrum is long, sharp, and a little compressed, })eginning at its 

 base it curves rapidly upward, so that at its tip its direction is 45 

 degrees from the line of the carapace. The supraocular spines 



