NO. 1311. 



SOME KEW DEEP SEA CRUSTACEANS— BENEDICT. 



287 



the hair on the chelipeds unci ambulatorv logs is lonu^. Imt not at all 

 dense. There are no spines on the carapace. 



The inferior margin of the merus of the niaxillipeds is ai'incd with 

 two short, sliarp-i)ointed teeth. The spines on the nierus of the cheli- 

 peds vary in nunil)er. in most specimens there are fonr or five on the 

 inner surface. There is but a single true spine on the carpus, situated 

 at the inner angle. The hands are smooth; the pahns arc rather 

 broad. The ambulatory feet ai'e ahnost unarmed; the terminal spines 

 of the meral and ear})al joints are the most conspicuous. 



Fig. 30. — Munidopsis modi:"..^, x 3. 



Length of the carapace from the front behind the eyes, 8.5 nmi.; 

 breadth of carapace, T mm. ; length from the tip of the rostrum to 

 the end of the telson, 22 mm. ; length of chelipeds, 22 mm. 



Locality. — Allatroxs station 2818, 892 fathoms, ofi' Galapagos Islands. 



Type.— Cat. No. 20558, U.S.N.M. 



A number of specimens, one small female with eggs. 



MUNIDOPSIS OPALESCENS, new species. 



The rostrum is sharp pointed, triangular in section, armed on the 

 sides with three or four spines irregularly placed. 'I'he carapace is 

 subquadrangular in shape; the antero-lateral angles are armed with a 



