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nearly the same length, but the third is much shorter 

 and slighter, and the flagellum is not more than twice 

 the length of the last joint of the peduncle. The in- 

 ferior antennae are but little longer than the superior ; 

 the joints of the peduncle are more nearly equal in 

 length, but the last is more slender than the preceding ; 

 the flagellum is but little longer than the last joint of 

 peduncle. The mandibles appear to be very strong, — 

 they are exceedingly hollowed ; the incisive margin is 

 smooth, and has the extremities rounded ; within there 

 is a second plate, but of much smaller dimensions ; 

 nearer the head- stands a very large molar tubercle. 

 The appendage to the mandible is three-jointed, the 

 second, longer than either of the others, is triangular 

 in its diameter, and strongly curved. The foot-jaws are 

 shoi't and strong, — the third joint is furnished with a 

 large squamous plate, the outer margin of which is 

 rounded, and the inner straight, fringed with spines and 

 small hairs alternately, and increasing in length ; the 

 fifth joint is broad, longer than the fourth or sixth, 

 which last is ovate, and supports a strong finger. The 

 first pair of arms are subchelate, — they are not very 

 long, and have the wrist as long as the hand ; the infero- 

 anterior angle is anteriorl}' produced into a rounded lobe, 

 the inferior margin of which is fringed with a few hairs ; 

 the hand is elongate-ovate, the palm occupies nearly the 

 whole length of the inferior margin, and is imperfectly 

 defined by a small tooth, and fringed with a series of 

 equidistant cilia of equal length ; the finger appears to 

 be scarcely as long as the palm, — the whole organ is but 

 ineflficient in its prehensile powers. The second pair of 

 arms are about the same size as the first, but they ap- 

 pear to possess no prehensile capability; the hand is 

 longer than the wrist, and dilated on the superior mar- 



