300 Oi'casioiKil !\i(^i'rs Hcniicc /'. Hisliof^ Mnscitiii 



The "ClialleiiLjcr" sjiccinicn was a female. Micrs states that 

 the (h'ied specimen in the I'riti^h Mnsenm i-~ a female. The 

 ijishop Mnsenm s])eeimen is a male. 



Fig'nre i. .C. represents the endopodite of the first al)(loniinal 

 appenda.Qe of a male Goiifldactyhis <:;iicriiiii. the ex])lanation of 

 which will make ])lain the main featnres of the accessory or^an 

 in this species. There will l)e seen, in addition to the parts of 

 tiie accessory orqan mentioned in the introdnction. a sHfJ"htly 

 elevated ridj^e extending;- across the endo])odite hetween the fixed 

 and niovahle limbs of the forceps and ap]M"oximately as long as 

 the latter. In this species the hooked fixed limb of the forceps is 

 very mnch shorter than the pnoval)le one. 



The color of the Ihshoj:) Mnseum specimen, after having 

 been preserved in alcohol for five years, is pale brown above with 

 the fifth, sixth, and seventh abdominal segments, the antennae, 

 attennules. and the raptorial liml)s very mnch lighter in color. 



Iloth White and Miers mention the marbled cok)r of the 

 dried specimen, and Miers adds that it is "light yellowish brown 

 varied with darker cok)nr." According to Rrooks the "Challenger" 

 s])ecimen. in alcohol, is marked with brown pigment, the carapace 

 having a broad, transverse, light band across it. 



The size of the specimen in the Bishop Mnseum collection 

 is 40 mm. from the tip of the rostrum to the extremity of the 

 telson, ne)t including the marginal spines of the latter. The 

 length of the British Museum specimen, as given by \\ bite aiid 

 ]Miers. is 2I2 inches. The "Challenger" specimen, according to 

 Brooks, is 1. 12 inches, from the tip of the rostrum to the ;ilstal 

 extremity of the telson. 



The Bishop Museum specimen was taken oh \\"aikiki, Hono- 

 lulu, at a depth of 50 fathoms, by 1). Kuhns during January. 

 1916. The British Museum specimen was taken at Matuka. Fiji 

 Islands. The "Challenger" specimen was C(~»llected at Honolulu. 



Gonodactylus chiragra (Fabricius). var. acutus Lanchester. 



CdiiOihntyliis (7;/r(;.i,w\/ ( ['"ahricius ), var. aciitus Lanchester, Fauna and 

 Geography of MahHve and Laccadive Archipelagoes, vol. i. p. 444, 

 PI. 23, 1903. 



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