2 University of Michigan 



July i8, 25, August II, 21. The bodies of all these specimens 

 are slightly granular, but in other respects agree with DoUfus' 

 description. 



Cubaris gaigei, new species. 



Description : Body capable of being rolled into a ball ; 

 dorsal surface spiny; color slaty brown, with an irregular, 

 lighter, median stripe and two light spots at the bases of the 

 uropoda. 



Fig. I. Cubaris gaigei. a, tip of second antenna; b, dorsal view of 

 body; c, ventral view of epimera of first two thoracic segments; p, 

 telson and uropoda. 



Head wider than long; front slightly excavate in the mid- 

 dle, the antero-lateral angles produced and rounded ; eyes small, 

 oval, with about sixteen facets. Somewhat back from the an- 

 terior margin is a row of four small spines, two on either side 

 of the median line; behind these are two slightly larger spines, 

 and along the posterior margin are six longer and stouter 

 spines. First antenna small, 3-segmented ; second antenna with 

 a 2-segmented flagellum, the first segment one-third as long 

 as the second. 



