646 ViNNlE ReAM StOUT, 



curved and spiniilose along edge witli three long setae at apex. 

 Maxilla 1, inner plate small with two setae at apex, outer plate 

 with seven toothed spines; palp large. Maxilla 2, both plates api- 

 cally fringed, the fringe of the inner bordered by two plumose setae. 

 Maxillipeds, inner plate small, the outer longer and broader, fringed 

 with long setae; palp long, 4-jointed, the fourth with claw. 



Gnathopod 1 of the male very small, slender; fifth Joint very 

 setose, as wide and almost as long as the sixth; sixth with oblique, 

 spinöse palm; flnger small, moderately long. Gnathopod 1 of the 

 female similar to the male but smaller. Gnathopod 2 of the male 

 longer than 1; fourth Joint ratlier long, slightly produced behind 

 with seta at apex ; fifth Joint setose behind, shorter behind than 

 in front, as wide but much shorter than the sixth; sixth Joint long 

 and powerful, palm long, not clearly defined, exceedingly oblique, 

 with Short transverse process near flnger hinge, and small, thumb- 

 like process a little lower; hand setose below the palm; finger 

 powerful, curved. Gnathopod 2 of the female similar to the male, 

 though much smaller, except for the sixth and seventh joints; palm 

 oblique, slightly setose; finger not very strong. Pereiopod 1 slender, 

 second Joint not produced, the dactyl large with claw and seta at 

 claw's base. Pereiopod 2 similar to 1 but smaller. Pereiopod 3 

 rather small, stout, the second Joint broadly expanded down behind 

 to distal end of third, the dactyl smaller than in 1 and 2. Pereiopod 

 4 longer, the second Joint longer in proportion, the fourth Joint 

 produced proximally behind and distally in front. Pereiopod 5 a 

 little longer than 4, the second Joint slightly wider, dactyl with 

 abrupt narrowing. Uropod 1 with the subequal rami shorter than 

 peduncle. Uropod 2 short, the rami and peduncle nearly equal in 

 length, the outer ramus much longer than the inner. Uropod 3, 

 outer ramus as long as peduncle, broad, thick, and very spinöse; 

 inner ramus narrower and shorter with two or three spines at apex. 

 Telson small, partly cleft, with several spines in each incurved apex, 



Color, pale grayish lavender with the appendages a little darker, 

 and the flagella of the antennae with two rings of white and dark 

 violet. 



L. 3 — 4 mm. 



From tufts of coralline algae between tides. Laguna Beach, 

 Calif. 



