;)8 Clx'AUS OF FA!\1ILY MAIID.K KA'PllHUN. 



tiibcrnncos on llii' .i;iMiitaK mid tltrcc on each Inancliial rc\i;ion. Sur- 

 face pubescent, tlieinofc proniincul ])orti(>ns often surmounted by a 

 few i-urled setu'. Tlie antero lateral margin is swollen, but -without 

 teetli, e\<'opt that innnediately behind the postorbital tootli, and a 

 small conical one at tiie lateral extremity of the branchial region. The 

 (•lie)op(»da of the adult male are robust; the merus toothed alonj;- tlu' 

 aiiiiles; the hainl smooth, somewhat c()mi)ressed, and surinounted 

 above by a. rid jic Tosterior four pairs of feet pubescent, the merus 

 with a small tooth atthesununit undone ortwo uearthebase. Leujith 

 of carajiax, OA; width, 0..')S inch. 



Several speeiujeus were taken in the liarbor of Porto Praya, Cape 

 de Yerde Islands. They were drediied ou a nuUipore botbnn at the 

 depth of 20 fathoms.* 



Micippa spiiiosa Stiii>i)8(>ii.t 



Body depressed; proportions of the caraj)a.\, ])readth to length, as 

 1 to l.;>-; u])per surface uneven, crowdedly tubcrculated and setose. 

 S])ines of the back few iu number, but lonj;- and slender, witb blunt 

 extrennties. There are three spines ou the median line, two of which 

 are on the liastrie region, and one, the largest of all, on the cardiac, 

 A large spine ou each side on the branchial region, between which and 

 the postorbital tooth on the latei'al nuirgin, there are nine s})ines, 

 irregular iu size and distance. Tosterior margin s])innlose, three or 

 four s])iiu's near the middle being larger than the others. Rostrum 

 incHiu'd at an angle of 45° ami bent at its extrennty into the vertical 

 plane; it is dilated at the extremity, the corners being broadly rounded 

 and minutely crenulated; at tlu> nuddle there are two diverging teeth. 

 Ocular i)eduncles rather short, in length little nK)re than twice their 

 dianu'ter. Orbit with tw^o tissures above, the inner one closed, the 

 outer open, separating the postorbital tooth. The pterygostomian (re- 

 gions) are full convex, tnbercnlated, ami not setose. The third Joint of 

 the outer maxillii)eds is greatly e\i)andt'd at its antero-exterior angle; 

 the second Joint is marked with a longitudinal furrow near its outer 

 margin. The basal Joint of the outer antenna' is very broad, its ante- 

 rior tooth short, with nearly smooth margin; second Joint oblong, com- 

 ])ressed, with the margin ciliated with long hairs. Chelopoda e(]nal 

 ling tlu' carapax in length, smooth and glossy, fawn eolored, with white 

 bases; carpus and hand minutely and obsoletely granulated; lingers 

 \> ith black tips. Ambulatory feet compressed, thickly hairy, the nunus 

 w ith a suuill terminal spine above, (^olor of the body pale reddish, 

 rendered indistinct by an accuuudatiou of sordes retained by the seta*. 



■".v. Miliu> l".(l wards (Nouv. Anh. Miis. d' Hist. Nat., iv, p. ^l, \A. \vi, liir. 1. 

 1S(W) rcju'cSiMits tills spotics witli st>voral \nuM|ual latoral teeth, ami the aiulmlatory 

 lejjs rennlarly tuherenlose. — M. J. K. 



t See paj!;e 5L'.— M. J. K. 



