220 NKW GKNKHA AND SI'ICCIKS Oi' CU'AHS — liA'I'HBUN. 



Podochela ^Coiyihyiichus) lobifions. 



(';ir;il)a('r piihosct'iit. CiM^liiU* iti(>liil>or;iii((' iMoiniiiciit, simoundcd 

 by :i «1('«'|> sulcus; ,i;;islii(' r«\yi«)n slii^litly swollen; licpsilic pioniint'iuc. 

 widi ;i hiininnle, iiriiimliitc projection. Poslocniar l(>he lar^e lor the 

 jicnus, tliiu and rounded. lMeiyi;(»stoniian rid.i;c prominent, its lobe 

 showinj; iVoni above behind I lie hepatic lobe. l*ost(H*ulai', hepatic, and 

 snithcpatic lobes spinulous. Ifosdiini broad, (liin, not produced be 

 yond the antennular Ibssie, slijL^hlly notched in the niiddlc. 'V\\v ocu 

 lar i>edunclcs liav(^ a spinule abo\«', and tiaces of a. spinule on the an' 

 teiioi' and the i>osteiior poi ti(»ns of I he middle. Sternum deeply exca 

 \ateil in a transverse groove bet ween the <lielipeds, ami in two rounded 

 i;rooves in ad\ ance of t he chclipeds. IMale abdomen composed of six 



i;rooves 111 au\ ance <)i me ciiciipeus. iMaie aouomen composed oi six 

 se.i;inenls, the lirstof which is Icuii;- and bitulu'rculate on the median 

 line, liasal antennal Joint excecdinj;' the rostrum, stroii,<;l\- an.uled, 

 the anterior poitiou as dee-p as it is broad, the aiiteriiu' siiriace deeply 

 firooved for the insert ion of llu' llai^cllum, which is half as l<m,>; as the 

 carapace. INlerus joint of the external maxiilipeds bi(»ad, t runcate at 

 t he anterior ed.i;t', strouj^ly notciied at. the aiilero internal aiii^le, the 

 inner nmriiin ]»rominent. Chelipeds stout, one half ai^aiii as lonj;- as 

 the carapace, ]mbesceiit, spinulous; ischiuin and mcrus spinulous and 

 spinous below and on the inner surface, the spinesoii I he margins broad, 

 Hat, and <uiianient('d with s|>iiiiiles; carpus strongly spinous abovi'; 

 manus broad ami swollen, spinous on tlie margins, s]»ines of the inner 

 nnn-jiin in .urou])s; linucis widely pipinu for oim' half their length; a. 

 luomincnt tooth on the dactyl. Ambulatcuy lc_i;s very slender and 

 pnbesci'ul, the first pair more than three times the leniith of the cara- 

 pace; dactyls of tirst two pairs about (m«> third, ol last two paii's about 

 one-half the lenjitli of tlu' penultimate Joints; the dactyli of the last 

 three oairs are falciform. 



three pairs are falciform. 



Lenjith 12().r>, width IS millimeters. 



A single male si)ecinien was taken in the trawl by the Alhalross^oti 

 Abreojos Point, Lower California, in lat. li(>o ]H' 15" N., lon^-. 1 l.io 42' 

 15" W., 5S fathoms, j;ray sand, broken shells, temperature i'A'P, sta- 

 tion ;i044, 1881) (i7;i;n). 



Sublamil\ 1 N ACIIIN .-K. 

 (i.iiusERILEPTUS 



Carapace broadly I liaii.uular; rci^ions well delined, convex. There 

 is a postorbital and also a sujjraorbital spine. Iv(»strum slender anU 

 simple. Abdomen and sternum j^ranulate; abdomen six-sejiinentcd. 

 r.asal antennal Joint with a slender s])ine at the antero-extenuU anjilo. 

 Mcrus of external maxiilipeds with a prominent obtuse lobe on tho 

 inner marj^in. Chelii»eds very lonj;-, slender, subc> lin<Irical; tin<iers 

 short, arched. Ambulatmy legs very sli^iider, shorter (hau the chell. 

 l)eds; di^ctyls almost straight. 



