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The clK^lipeds are shorter than the body. The .second, third, and 

 fourth seonients of the abdomen are each armed with a single spine. 



Length of bod}- from the rostrum to the end of the telson, 58 mm. ; 

 length^'of carapace from behind the eyes, 24 mm.; breadth, 10.5 mm. 



Locality.— AXbatr(m. station 2629, 1,169 fathoms, off Bahama 

 Islands. 



Type.-'i^^i. No. 20562, U.S.N.M. 



Named for Dr. Theodore Gill, associate in zoology, U. 8. National 

 Museum. 



ri(. 27 — MlNIDOPSIS GILII, 1. 



MUNIDOPSIS HASTIFER, new species. 



The rostrum is rather broad, its sides are arcuate, the apex is acute, 

 and the margin is cut into small serrate teeth; a prominent carina runs 

 from the apex to the highest part of the gastric protuberance. The 

 sides and front meet in an obtuse angle which is armed at the apex 

 with a small spine. 



The front runs forward from the angle to a point almost under the 

 eye, then back around the eye to the rostrum, leaving the ej^e in a 

 semicircular orbit in which the eye moves slightly. 



The carapace is about one-sixth longer than broad, the areolations 

 are protuberant and curiously armed with compressed spines, many 



