!22 1 iNKW (ii';Ni;i,'A ani> sim;('ii';s oi' ci.'Ar.s k'A'I"hiuin. 



jiii^i'lc slron^ly piodiiccd, uciitc. (Jliclipcd;; iiiiicli sluiiln tlciii lliriiin 

 biiliiloiy h'^s; iiiciiis 1 ii,i;()ii;il, curved ; hand Itroiid wild iiillalcd; (iii^^crs 

 no Itxi^cr I lian I lir palm, aiclicd. Tiic. aiiil»iilal«»iy Ici^s diiiiiiiisli rapidly 

 ill icii.iilli IVoiii tlic lii'st lollic loiiilli; IlK'y are sk-nder and .subcylindri 

 cal; da('l>li sliuil and curved. 



'I'liis _!i;('iiii.s is inlciinediatc )»el ween M<l<>i><>rh((jihis :\\\{\ Podochcla; it. 

 dil'lcrs I'loin the loniiei' in (lie i-elati\'e len_i;ili (tl' tlie aiiilfiilalnry le,i;s 

 and I heir da-elyls, in the ubseiie-eoC (lie loiii;- spine Irctiii (he nieialjoinls, 

 and in I he UkkhUm- hands and ai('iie(| dac(\ls ol' ( he ehelipeds; liuiii 

 the. hiMer in (lie iiioie, eleva.(ed eaiapace and h)nj;('i' rostrum. 



Eiicerus latinianiis 



Surl'aceltC carapace and h\<;s pubescent. On the j;a,s(.iie ioj;i()n there 

 are 1 \v(> small (iiber<'ies on tlie median line, the, uiitcrior the smaller; 

 the cardiac, n^jjion is armed with a. prominent, blunt, well-rounded 

 tubercle; tlicic is a. tubercle (»ii the first abdominal s(\ninent; on the 

 inarijin of the carapace there is a minute si>ine in trout <d" t he chcli- 

 peds, another on the hepatic rei;ioii, behind which there is a. third oil 

 (he ptery,u(>s|(»iniaii region. The rostrum is alxuit as loni; as the post- 

 I'roiital port i(»ii oi' I he carai)ace; it is (riaiiiiulate, acuminate, slight ly 

 i'urved u|»\\ard, hollowed underneath for its proximal half, tial leiied 

 al)o\e between the orbits. Orbital arcii IhicUened. Basal auteniial 

 |oinl with a bbiiit tooth at 1 li(> anicro cxlcrnal annle. ( 'lielijx'ds spinu- 

 lous ou the inner mar.uiii, i;raiiulatc beneath; iiierus with the outer 

 niar.iiin irreunlarly 1 ubcrculal*', and a spiii(> on the upper surface at the 

 distal end; car|»us one-spincd aboNc; (iiii;ers deiilale w it liiii, ,i;apin;;" 

 e.\c«'i>t at the tills. Ambulatory le^s iiairy , especially on the peiiulti- 

 iiiate Joints; dactyls slightly curved, spiiiiiloiis beneath. 



lienjj;th (»f carapace, including; rctsdnin L'd, wi<Illi IL' iiiilliineters. 



(■ollected by tlie V. S. Fish (lominission steaiiu>r Allxdross in the 

 (lull of ('alilbrnia, \\\ (^(uici'pcion r>a.> , Lower Calilbniia, March 1!>, 

 1SS<» (I7;{2r>); and oil Adair T.ay, Mexico, lal. .'.I ' IM' N., loiij:-. ll.'P WV 

 VV., 11 fathoms, sand, broken shells, i;ra\el, temperature (»7'^, .station 

 aim, IS8!) (IToLM). 



Podochela teiiuipes. 



Ibaiicliial regions llallened, hepatic moderately primiinent, the .yas- 

 lricrei;ioii rounded; cardiac prominence small, t iibercniale. b'ostruin 

 tiiick, trian.u'uhite, acute, 'riiere is a small postocular spine (»r tubercle. 

 The plery,i;(>sloiiiiaii ridi;(' is mod(Matcly dexcloped. 'The abdomen of 

 the male is com|>os«'d (d" six se;;ineiits, t he last (wo normal se.uincids 

 coalesi'cd; lirs( two s(\i;nieii(s visible from aboNc; (irst seji;meiit huij;"; 

 second very w ide; from it (he abdomen (apers lapidly (o (he las( se^y- 

 inent, which is lon,s>' and rounded ai (li(> <'x(r(Mni(y. The abdomen of 

 the female is pubescent, and Ills o\'cr the thin erect laminitbrin expan- 

 sion of (he sbMuii'ii. Uasal aidennal Joint with a blunt lon,!^itiidinal 

 ridge ou the posterior two-tUirds of its leugtli, which is a li(tle nearer 



