334 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



fourth, not longer than the second and the third together, 

 has at its base a j^rominent tubercle ; the last is very 

 large. 



The hairs are short, stiff, and close. The colour is 

 red-brown. 



Range. — West Indies, Barbados. 



2. Dromidia. 

 Droviidia .... Stimpson, Henderson. 



Carapace pilose ; palate furnished with a slight eleva- 

 tion on each side. The sternal sulci in the female pro- 

 duced as far as the segment bearing the first pair of legs 

 approximated towards their termination, and passing 

 into a single tubercle. Appendages of the penultimate 

 abdominal segment minute, concealed. I-egs as in 

 Dj'omia. 



Range. — West Indies, Bahia, the Cape; in deep water. 



I. Dromidia antillensis. 



Dromidia antillensis . Stimpson, A. Milne Edwards, 



Henderson. 



Body covered with hair, with longer hairs on the 

 sides and feet. Carapace slightly longer than broad, 

 convex, smooth, or may have slight inequalities on the 

 posterior branchial and cardiac regions. Frontal region 

 longitudinally grooved along the middle. Front strongly 

 deflexed, and toothed with five projections, counting 

 the supraocular teeth ; teeth over the eyes short but 

 acute. External angle of the orbit prominent but obtuse. 

 Lateral margin of the carapace four-toothed, and deflexed 

 anteriorly towards the corners of the buccal area, where 



