14 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



B. Rostrum rounded and hood-shaped. — {Subgenus 

 Co)yrhynch?(s.) 



c. The last joint but one of walking legs more or less 

 straight. 



4. Antero-external angle of fourth joint of external 

 maxillipedes sharp. — {P. reisii.) 



5. Antero-external angle of fourth joint of external 

 maxillipedes rounded. — {P. spatulifrons.) 



Subgenus Podochela. 

 Rostrum short, triangular. 



I. Podochela (Podochela) grossipes. 



Podochela grossipes Stimpson, A. Milne 



Edwards. 

 AcrorJiyuchus dep7'cssus .... A. Milne Edwards. 



Rostrum acute ; longer than broad ; setose. The fourth 

 joint of external maxillipedes oblong, much narrower 

 than the third, with the external angle rounded and the 

 inner incised ; incision broad and shallow. Pterygostomian 

 regions naked. 



Fingers, shorter than the palm, are slender, gaping, 

 and annulated with crimson near their tips. First pair 

 of walking legs with a single series of short tufts of curled 

 hair along the upper side ; last joint but one thick, with 

 a tooth on the inferior edge, against which the hook- 

 shaped last joint closes. The legs become progressively 

 shorter, with the last two joints of the two last pairs of 

 legs curved. 



Range. — St. Thomas, St. Lucia ; at moderate 

 depths. 



