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l)oda subc(iiial ; third and fourth paire suboqiial ; lil'th j)air short. 

 Ultimato pau- of ploopoda not reaching beyond the two preceding 

 pairs. Telson squamifonn, small.* 

 Length -^ths of an inch. 

 Hah. Java. 



Tlie figure and description of tliis species are taken from the speci- 

 men in the ]\Iuseum of tlie Jardin dos Plantes. 



3. Vibilia Peronii. 

 Yibilia Peronii, Edicards, Aim. des Sc. Nat. xx. p. 386. 



" Superior antennce formed of three joints, of which the first two 

 [peduncle] are very short, and the last [flagellum] very long, 

 consisting of a thick oval lamella, rounded at the apex, having the 

 inner margin hollowed, and furnished with some hairs and a few 

 spines. Inferior antennae cylindrical, and foimcd of several joints, 

 of which the distal are very small. Eyes large and oval. Basos 

 of each pair of poda except the last nearly cylindiical, but that 

 of the last pair of pereiopoda ilat and oval. 



" Length about 4 hues. 



" Hah. Seas of Asia." — M.-Edwards. 



4. Vibilia Jeangerardii. (Plate XLIX. fig. 9.) 

 Vibilia Jeangerardii, Lucas, Alyerie, f. 4. 



Cephalon nearly as long as broad ; dorsal sui-face anteriorly produced. 

 Eyes moderately large. Superior pair of antennae longer than the 

 cephalon ; first joint of the peduncle scarcely reaching beyond the 

 upper margin of the cephalon, second and third minute ; flagellum 

 long, broad, and obtusely pointed, increasing inferiorly in diameter 

 towards the apex. Inferior pair of antcnnte shorter than the su- 

 perior and slender. Second pair of gnathopoda having the meros 

 and caq)us infero-anteriorly produced. First two pairs of pereio- 

 poda subequal ; third and fourth pairs longer, subequal ; fifth pair 

 scarcely half the length of the preceding. Posterior pair of pleo- 

 poda reaching but little beyond the extremity of the antepenulti- 

 mate pair ; penultimate scarcely reaching beyond the extremity of 

 the peduncle of the ultimate pair. Telson squamifonn, half as 

 long as the peduncle of the last pair of pleopoda. 



Length | of an inch. 



Hah. Mediterranean (Lucas). 



The above description and figure are taken from the figure given 

 by !M. Lucas in the work cited. 



