48 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



The first pair of legs of the male is twice as long 

 as the postorbital portion of the carapace. 



There are curved hairs on the rostrum, on the 

 prominent parts of the carapace, and on the legs. 



The carapace is greenish above, with two white tri- 

 angular patches ; it is dark above the base of the 

 legs. 



Range. — Guadaloupe, Key West., 



Family II. Maiidae. 



Maiida^ . . . Miers. 



Eyes retractile within the orbits, which are distinctly 

 defined, but often more or less incomplete below, or 

 marked with open fissures in their upper and lower 

 margins. 



Basal antennal joint always more or less enlarged. 



Subfamily I. Maiinae. 

 Subfamily II. Schizophrysinae. 



Synopsis of the Sub- 

 families. 



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A. Carapace subtriangular. Rostrum 

 well developed. First pair of legs, in the Maiinu. 

 male, enlarged ; fingers not excavated at j\/{ 

 tips. — {Maiincv) J 



B. Carapace broadly triangular, or oval, <f 

 or nearly circular. Rostrum short or want- 

 ing First pair of legs, in the male, small, 

 slender ; the fingers usually excavated at 

 \\^s.—{Schisopaiysin(e.) Schhophrysincc. 



