N0.1311. SOME NEW DEEP SEA CRUSTACEANS— BENEDICT. 291 



MUNIDOPSIS VERRILLI, new species. 



The rostrum is slender and triangular in cross section; the upper 

 margin runs hack as a carina to a point behind the spines of the gas- 

 tric region ; th(^ rostrum is slightly bent upward. The front from the 

 base of the rostrum to a point under the anterolatei-al spine is nearly 

 straight and is at an angle of about 45 degrees to the median line. The 

 eyestalks are armed with two spines, of which the inner is much the 

 longer. The carapace is iridescent; the short and rather elevated 

 ruo-te are hairy. The abdomen is unarmed. 



Fig. 34.— jNIunuxjpsis veiIRILLI, x 1|. 



The merus and carpus of the ambulatory legs are spiny. The merus 

 of the chelipeds is triangular in cross section; it has four spines on the 

 upper ridge and two on the inner; there are live or six spines on the 

 carpus, and two prominent spines on the crest of the palm: the pre- 

 hensile edges of the fingers are evenly dentate. 



This species is related to J/! hrevtnurna Henderson and to J/, clliata 

 Wood-Mason and to M. nitida Milne-Edwards. 



Taken by the Albatross at stations 2919 and 2!>28. oti' southern 

 California. 



Named for Prof. A. E. Verrill. 



Type.— 0,21. No. 20656, U.S.N.M. 



