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entirely wanting. Abdominal appendages of moderate length, 

 exopodite longer than endopodite, either foliaceous or slender. 

 In first pair no endopodite present, but in male replaced by a 

 ''petasma" or "andricum" which usually well pleated and some- 

 times convoluted. In second pair endopodite in male carries 

 little fleshy scale at its base. No podobranchige present on any 

 legs. Pleurobranchiae present on all, or all but last one or two 

 of last seven thoracic somites. 



Alcock restricts or indicates Pencuus caramote Risso as the type 

 of Penseus, ^ but this action is invalid as the only species included 

 in the original account by Fabricius are : monodon, monoceros 

 and planicornis. If no other action has been made the first species 

 (monodon) may be considered the type, as suggested by Steb- 

 bing. 



Penceus longirostris Lucas may be identical with Penceus 

 'iienibraiiacens Heller, and therefore Alcock's designation of the 

 latter as the type of Parapeiicuus is valid. 



Unless Penceus kroyeri Heller is identical with Xiphopeneus 

 harttii S. I. Smith, Alcock's designation is useless, as in any case 

 Xiphopeneus is monotypic. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Parallel grooves along each side of median keel usually persist nearly to 



hind end of carapace ; flagella of antennae long. brasiliensis 



aa. Parallel grooves along each side of median keel usually extend only to 



middle in length of carapace ; flagella of antennae usually short, setiferus 



Penaeus brasiliensis Latreille. 



Brazilian Prawn. 



Penceus brasiliensis Latreille, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., XXV, 1817, p. 156. 



Coasts of Brazil. 

 ■ Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 1871, p. 132. Somers Point, 



New Jersey. (Sing Sing, New York.) 

 S. I. Smith, Rep. U. S. F. Com., L 1871-72 (1873), P- 55i- Croton 



River at Sing Sing, N. Y., to Brazil. 



' Cat. Crust. Ind. Mus., 1901, p. 14. 



