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joint of the external and internal antennse has spines, 

 and forms the orbit below. The first pair of legs 

 terminates in excavated points, and the fingers have 

 toothed margins. The abdomen of the female is slightly 

 wide and spiny. The lateral pincers of the sixth seg- 

 ment are very small. The epistomian point joins the 

 front. 



Range. — St. Vincent. 



Family II. Homolids. 



Honiolid(E . . . Henderson. 

 Homoliens ... H. Milne Edwards. 



Carapace quadrangular or subtriangular. Legs 

 flattened, or long, slender, and cylindrical ; the last 

 pair (sometimes the last two pairs) small and subdorsal 

 in position, prehensile. Ocular peduncle usually slender, 

 and of great length ; orbits scarcely represented. In- 

 ternal antennae not capable of retraction into special 

 fossse. 



Range. — West Indian Sea, East Coast of the United 

 States, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific and Australian Seas ; 

 in moderately deep water. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



A. Last two pairs of legs subdorsal in position, and 

 prehensile. 



a. The carapace is oval and elongated. — {Dicrano- 

 droinia.') 



b. The carapace wider behind than in front. — {Homo- 

 lodi-omia.) 



B. Last pair of legs subdorsal in position, and sub- 

 cheliform. 



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