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The chelipeds are slender; the spines on the merus are distantly 

 placed in three princii)al rows; there is a very large spine at the inner 

 angle of the t-arpu.s; many smaller ones are arranged in three rows. 

 The palm has a single row of spines on the superior margin; the 

 lingers are short. Color very light, with br'Hiant opalescent reflections. 



Length of a female from the margin behind the eyes to the end of 

 the telson, 2U mm.; length of chelipeds, 27 mm. 



Locality. — Alhatrcm station 2781 in 3-i8 fathoms and 27S5 in -i-iQ 

 fathoms, off Patagonia. 



Type.—Ciit. No. 20558. U.S.N.M. 



MUNIDOPSIS TENUIROSTRIS, new species. 



The length of the rostrum from base to tip is equal to one-half the 

 width of the carapace at the antero-lateral angles; the distance 

 between the lateral points is 

 two-lifths of the length of 

 the base. The carapace is 

 hairy and devoid of spines; 

 the anterior half of the lat- 

 eral margin is straight in the 

 male and a little arcuate in 

 the female; the margin be- 

 tween the spine above the 

 antenna^ and the base of the 

 rostrum is transverse; the 

 antero-lateral and other 

 spines of the margin are 

 subequal. 



The inferior margin of 

 the merus of the maxillipeds 

 is armed with tAvo slender 

 spines and one very short 

 conical one. There are two 

 rows of spines on the merus 

 of the chelipeds, with two 

 large spines between them; 

 the hands are flattened and 

 a little elongated. 



Length of the carapace 

 from the margin behind the 



eye to the middle of the posterior margin is 11 nun.: breadth of cara- 

 pace, \) mm. ; length of cheliped, 32 mm. 



Local (ty. — Albatross station 2-115, 440 fathoms, off' the coast of 

 Georgia. 



Type.— Cat No. 20560, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 32.— MUNIDOPSIS teniirostris, x 



