254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONA L MUSEUM. vQi-- xxvi . 



divei^butUttle, they eld^^i^dto^^^^neariy to the extremity of the | 

 ^^The eyes are large with a brown iris, which has small, but distinct 



''tIic c'U-inace is broadest at about the anterior third, the gastric 

 mir of spines are large, a pair of much smaller spines are intermediate, 

 ^' outside of the pair is a paired spine, 



equal to the intermediate spines in 

 size; outside of this are one or more 

 very small ones; at the extremities of ' 

 the first ciliated line are the only other « 

 ^%^^^^ spines on the surface of the carapace, 



FIG. 5.-MUNIDA cuEVATUEA, X 2. ^^ .^j^ ^j^^ cxception of two spinules 



behind the fork of the cervical suture. The ciliated ridges are rather 

 coarse; between the ridges are lines having short cilia. 



The merus of the maxillipeds is armed with two well-separated 



spines. t ., i ^ 



The chelipeds are short and stout, the spines of the distal extremi- 

 ties of both merus and carpus are unusually large. The palms have 

 three rows of spines on the outer surface, there are no spines on the 

 margins of the fingers. The distal extremities of the merus of the 

 ambulatorv legs are very large. . - . 



The second segment of the abdonieu is armed with eight good-sized 



spines. . 



The length of the carapace from the base of the rostrum is 17 mm.: 

 length of rostrum 9 mm. ; length of chelipeds 40 mm. 



Locality.— Yyoxw Albatross station 3698, off Honshu Island, Japaii,i| 

 153 fathoms. 



Type.— OAt. No. ^5466, U.S.N.M. 



MUNIDA CURVIPES, new species. 



The carapace is broadest in the middle; it is crossed by numerousj 



stride which are stronglv setose. The gastric region is armed with six! 



spines, those of the gastric pair are much the largest; two paired spines 



at the side make up the six; the one nearest the side is opposite th( 



second spine on the margin, or the one next behind the antero-latera 



spine. Between the gastric spines are three granules, one of whicl 



has a sharp point to be seen only with a lens. Three spiny granules 



are situated close to and behind the gastric pair. The greater part o 



the rostrum is unfortunately lost; the supraocular spines reach th< 



end of the cornea. The peduncle of the antennte is armed as in Mimid^ 



spinosa Henderson, with the exception of the terminal article wherd 



the spine is so small that it can not be made out except under a lens 



The eyes are much smaller than in many species of the genus. Th( 



merus of the maxillipeds is armed with two long spinesj the margii 



