400 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



I. Abdomen simply bent. 

 A. Eyes tiormal : — 



I. Galathea. 



Galathea Fabricius, Latreille, H. Milne 



Edwards, De Haan, Dana, 

 Bell, Stimpson, Heller, Has- 

 well, Henderson, A. Milne 

 Edwards and Bouvier, Des- 

 marest. 



Galatea Leach. 



Rostrum flattened and of moderate breadth, with the 

 margins usually spinous. Carapace with pubescent trans- 

 verse striae ; the surface usually unarmed, with the excep- 

 tion of the anterior gastric area ; the cardiac area not 

 prominent. Abdominal segments unarmed. 



Range. — Tropical and cool seas ; in shallow and deep 

 water. 



I. Galathea agassizii. 



Galathea agassizii . . A. Milne Edwards, A. Milne 



Edwards and Bouvier. 



The transversal striae of the carapace are few, finely 

 granular, and hairy. The rostrum exceeds by about a 

 fourth of its length the ocular peduncles ; it is triangular, 

 and its edges are unarmed ; there is a very small spine 

 on each side at its base. The sides have about six small 

 spines. The first pair of legs, strong, has some long hairs. 

 The fourth and fifth joint spiny ; the hand slightly so 

 upon its superior and inferior border ; that of the left side 

 is generally stronger than the other, and the fixed finger 

 is slightly bowed in such a way that the fingers only 

 touch at their tips when closed. The walking legs are 



