352 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



as long as broad at base, with their outer margin 

 straight. The lobe at the proximal end of the last 

 joint of the third pair of legs is prominent, triangular, 

 and acute, but not narrow at base. 



The terminal segment of abdomen in the male is 

 scarcely longer than broad ; broadest in the middle, 

 nearly straight at its proximal extremity ; that of the 

 female is longer than broad, oblong-ovate. 

 Length about one and one-third inches. 

 Range. — West Indies, St. Kitts, Cayenne, Brazil, 



2. Lepidops. 



Lepidops . . , , Miers, 

 Lepidopa .... Stimpson. 



Eye-peduncles lamellate, compressed, almost squami- 

 form ; cornea not visible. Internal antennae long. Ex- 

 ternal antennae with a very small accessory joint ; 

 flagellum very short. The external maxillipedes have 

 their fourth joint produced at its antero-external angle 

 into a lobe that reaches beyond the distal extremity of 

 the penultimate joint. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. No noteworthy teeth or spines on anterior margin 

 of carapace. — (Z. sciitellata.) 



B. Anterior margin of carapace tridentate. — {L. 

 ventista.) 



I. Lepidops scutellata. 



Lepidops scutellata . . . Miers. 



Lepidopa scutellata ... Stimpson. 



Albunea scutellata . . . Desmarest, Gibbes, Dana. 



Carapace scarcely emarginate, and without any 

 noteworthy teeth or spines on its anterior margin. 



