682 A. M Yerrill — Crustacea and Pycnogonida of the Bermudas. 



Achelia (?) gracilis, sp. nov. 



Plate LXX. Figure 10. 



A small, slender species, minutely spinulose, with very slender, 

 moderately long legs. Body rather narrow-elliptical, proboscis rather 



large, fusiform, tapering to a small, rounded 



distal end, its aperture with curved, chitin- 



ous hooks. Antennae short, almost rudimen- 



¥xg^Te4..-Achelia? gracilis; ^^^J' apparently 2-jointed and minutely 



part of leg, much enlarged, chelate. Eye-cone small, rather high and 



narrow, obtuse, oblong-conic with minute 



terminal papillae; eyes very small, brown. Abdomen small, slender, 



slightly fusiform and turned up ; bilobed at end. 



Legs slender, with a strong dactylus and accessory claws ; 3 basal 

 joints short ; 4th much longer, decidedly swollen ; 5th and 6th about 

 as long and much more slender. Accessory legs slender, apparently 

 12-3ointed, including a minute terminal joint with 2 claws; 11 joints 

 distinct. 



Palpi little longer than proboscis, not very slender, spinulose, 

 apparently 8-jointed or perhaps obscurely 9-jointed ; 2d and 4th joints 

 long ; 5th (6th ?) and last very short ; next to last a little longer, 

 rather thick (5th and 6th perhaps not distinct). 



Length of body and proboscis, 1.25°"". 



One specimen, Flatts Inlet, dredged in shallow water. 



This does not belong to restricted Achelia, on account of having 

 only 8 definite palpal joints (instead of 9), and apparently 12 in the 

 accessory legs (instead of 10) ; and in having the antennae obscurely 

 chelate. 



