256 pnoCEKDlNGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



Measurements. — Length of .specimen from the base of the free part 

 of the rostrum to the end of the telson 30 nmi. ; length of the cheliped 

 40 mm. ; pahii 10 mm. ; fingers, 8 mm. 



Locality. — Alhatross station 2788, off Port Otway, Patagonia, in 1,050 

 fathoms. 



Ti/j><.—C\it. No. 20.583, U.S.N.M. 



MUNIDA DEBILIS, new species. 



The carapace is broad in front; the spines of the antero-lateral 

 angles are longer than the free portion of the supraocular spines. 



Fig. 7.— Munida debius, x 4. 



There is a row of eight spines on the front of the gastric area and a 

 spine at the extremities of the first continuous ciliated line. Between 

 this line and the gastric row is a ciliated line interrupted at the median 

 line by a semicircle of the same character. 



