340 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



The legs of the second and third pair are smooth, 

 cylindrical ; their last joint is very long and curved ; their 

 fourth joint has above at its extremity a small spine. 

 The pincer of the fourth and fifth pair is formed by a 

 small hooked finger opposing a dilatation of the preceding 

 articulation, ornamented with many spines. 



Range. — Nevis. 



3. Homola. 



Honiola . . . Leach, H. Milne Edwards, De Haan, 

 Dana, Heller, Henderson. 



Carapace quadrilateral, longer than broad, terminating 

 in front in a bi- or uni-dentate rostrum ; sides vertical. 

 Orbits only affording protection to the base of the eye- 

 stalks. Ocular peduncles composed of a long, slender 

 basal part, and a shorter but dilated corneal portion. 

 Internal antennae have the proximal joint of the peduncles 

 swollen, the second and third joint slender. Antennal 

 peduncle slender. First pair of legs of moderate size, 

 with slender fingers. Walking legs long and compressed ; 

 the last pair subdorsal in position, and subcheliform. 

 Abdomen composed of seven segments. 



Range. — West Indies to East Coast of United States, 

 Mediterranean Sea. 



I. Homola vigil. 



Homola vigil .... A. Milne Edwards. 



The rostral point not bifid ; the spines on the body 

 feeble. The legs are large at their extremities. 



The pincers of the male are short ; the walking legs 

 with the fourth joint armed above with a row of sharp 

 spines. The last joint but one of the legs of the last pair 

 is long. 



Range. — Guadeloupe, Martinique. 



