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Size. — Length, ^^^ inch. 



Remarks. — A comparison of this species with the descriptions of Gonodactylus folinii 

 which are given by A. Milne-Edwards ' and Miers ^ would at first sight seem to indicate 

 that they are the same as this species, as there is a very close general resemblance, as 

 well as an almost perfect agreement in size, and Milne-Edwards' single specimen was 

 obtained at St. Vincent, the place where the Challenger specimen was collected. 

 Neither of these authors notices the bifurcation of the antero-lateral spines of the 

 rostrum, the elongation of the carapace or the spines at its antero-lateral angles, but as 

 these points might easily have been overlooked on account of the great minuteness of 

 the specimens, I was at first incUned to believe that they are the same, but careful 

 examination of Milne-Edwards' figures brings out so many important points of difi"erence 

 that I am forced to conclude that there are at St. Vincent two closely related species of 

 this minute type, or else that the figures which are given by MUue-Edwards are so 

 inaccurate as to be of no value. Which of these alteruutives is the true one can be 

 decided only by renewed examination, and as our specimen differs very essentially from 

 1 Nouv. Arch. Mvs. Hist. Nat., t. iv. p. 65. ^ _4„„ and Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 5, vol. v. p. 123. 



