8S 



(m:ai?s of iwmilv aiaiid.k — hatiiiuin. 



sjiiiK' ;il till' Miitcio I'xloi nil! aii^lc, niul !i s])imil(' I'liitlicr hack on tlio 

 inai\ii"in. 'Vho larjicr six'ciiucii. a Icnialc, has slciulci' cliclipods; moi'iis 

 and t'aii'])ns spiniililVrons, as is also tlic nianus on tlie iii)i>cr inar.u'in 

 near tho carpus. Ambulatory U\n'S slender; mcral joints spinnlous 

 above, dactyli si)innlons bcncalli. 



licng'tli, includin.u" rostrum, S; width 1..") millimeters. The smaller 

 si)ecimen is only 5 millimeters lonji'. 



I.at. 24*^ r>H' ir>" N., lono-. 1 15^ r^V \V.,;W» (athoms, temiHMaiure ('.4.3c, 

 coralline; station UKSU, U.S. Fish Commission steamer .l/Zxr/yo.svs', 18S1) 

 (I7;i80). 



Naxia lobillarcli Micrs. 



Proc Zcnil. Soc. liondoii, ]). 3M, pi. xx, lij^;. 1, 1SS2; ('h;i]leiigor Koitt., Zoiil., 

 XVII, i))). CO. ((1, ISSO; rocock. Ami. Miii;-. K-.vi Hist. (»'.), w p. 7!t. 1S90. 



Mauritius; 11. .\. Ward; (»iie female (ir»;>l(!). This species has been 

 taken, al .'><> tatlKuns. oil' Mauritius. 



Scyia acutifrons PaiLV. 



Amer. .»our. Sci. (2), xi, p. L>G!», 18r>l ; Cnist. IT. S. Kxpl. Expcd., i, p. 05, jil. it, 11^. 

 2, lS't'2. Stiiiipsoii, .lour. Boston Soc. Nut. Hist., vi, ]). !;"», isr>7; Lockiusrton, 

 Proc. Cnl. Aoatl. Sci.. vit, ]». (>!), lS7(i. MiiMS, .lour. Linn. Soc. London, xi\', ji. 

 OG:?. 1S7!); Challcnixci- Kept.. Zo.iL. xvi. p. (i2. 18815. Smitli, Kept. (JooL Survey 

 Canada tor lS7S-'7!t, i>. IMO 15 ( ISSO). 



A lar^e series of specimens s<'rves to confirm Prof. Rmitli's supjKtsi- 

 tion that Dana's description was based on immature iiulividuals. In 

 larjie nuiles the carapace is very nodulous, the rostrum wide, and the 

 (•helipeds strongly developed, in femah's the reuious are much less 

 elevated, the "astric reoion evenly rounded, without tubercles. 



KKCOKK <•!' SIMUIMKNS KX.\M1M'.I>. 



Kadiali. Aliiska ; !V. (!. \V. Harlonl (llSOn. 

 Victoria. 15. ('. ; !>r. V. V. Xowconilte (l"'^-*-^^- 

 rorlOreliard, I'ujjot Sound; O. 15. .lolinson (lIDGi;). 

 ruget Sound; D. S. .Jordan (HOD!)). 



Monterey, Cal.; 1>. S. .Jordan (l(>L'!»n; Dr. Canlicld (IMIIM. 

 Southern California; W. 11. Dall (l(i'_'!H)). 



I'^roni Vancouver Island to Santa Barbara, Cal.; 1'. S. I'isli ('onnuission steanuT 

 .llhah-oKs, 1888- 18!H): 



Cat. No. 



ir>:i44 

 IU343 

 16020 

 155i:i 

 16341 



io:u-J 



Station. 



2881 

 •J87n 

 •-'S74 



:n-'4 



2!>(il 

 '2969 



Loug. W, 



rj.'i 48 00 



rJ5 w.i 00 



l\H ,">7 00 

 Vi-2 04 00 



110 40 ao 



110 :i7 15 



Bottom 



FaUi. 



Temp, 



,V2. S 

 fiO. 3 



.'io. ■^ 

 52. :i 



58.0 



l-'ollow ini; oiil the suu'ijcst ion of Mr. Miers, I ha\e placet! Sci/ra 

 nmhonatu StiiUpson aiiion.u' tlu' Inarhida'. 



