I70 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



I. Domecia hispida. 



Domecia hispida ... A. Milne Edwards, Souleyet, 



Stimpson, Dana, Desbonne 

 and Schramm. 



Nelcus acantliopJiorus . Desbonne and Schramm. 



Eupiluuuiiis zvcbsteri . Kingsley. 



The same as the genus. The colour is yellow-red ; 

 the spines are black, as well as the end of the legs. 



Range. — Guadaloupe, St. Thomas, Cuba, Florida, 

 Sandwich Isles, Cape Verde, Senegal. 



Family II. Portunidae. 



Portunida; Miers. 



Poj'tuniens Milne Edwards. 



Porttinidce and Platyonychidcc . Dana. 



Carapace never very convex, hexagonal. Fifth pair of 

 legs used for swimming, the last joint being ovate, ex- 

 panded, and lamellate. 



Group Portuninae. 



Portnnince Miers. 



Portuniens noniinux . A Milne Edwards. 



Carapace moderately transverse ; usually widest at the 

 last antero-lateral marginal spine. Front horizontal, not 

 spatuliform. Orbits and eye - peduncles of moderate 

 length ; the spine or tooth at the exterior angle of the 

 orbit does not project laterally beyond the antero-lateral 

 marginal teeth ; of these, more than one (usually five to 

 nine) are developed. 



