490 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



hairs. The colour is red, with the tips of the fingers 

 green. 



Range. — West Indies, Barbados, Hayti, Brazil. 



3. Brachycarpus. 

 Brachy carpus .... Spence Bate. 



Resembles Palconon ; the outer canthus of the orbit 

 is defined, the first antennal tooth being distinct from it; 

 there is no second antennal tooth, but there i,s one on the 

 hepatic region which, instead of being a little under the 

 same horizontal line with the first, is some distance below 

 this line and posterior to it. The external maxillipedes 

 are unguiculate. The first pair of legs has the fifth joint 

 long and cylindrical, and the hand short. The second 

 pair has the fifth joint shorter than the fourth, triangulate, 

 with the hand long and cylindrical. 



Range. — North Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans. 



I. Brachycarpus savignyi. 



Brachycarpus savignyi . . . Spence Bate. 



Rostrum horizontal ; seven teeth above and three 

 below. Except for the tooth on the lateral margin and 

 the one behind and below it on the hepatic region, the 

 carapace is smooth. The fingers of the large hands have 

 a thick fringe of stout hairs on their inner margin. The 

 fixed finger has two strong teeth ; the movable finger is 

 a little longer than its companion, and both end in a sharp 

 point. The three posterior pairs of legs are robust, and 

 not very long. The fourth joint is longer than the third, 

 and the fifth is one-third shorter than the third, and over- 

 laps the sixth on the anterior surface. The sixth joint is 

 a third longer than the fifth, and furnished with two or 



