274 IiifJuin Deep-Sea Dredtjinfj. 



A single ovigerous female was taken on A[)iil 12, 1888, 

 7^ miles east of N. Cinque Island, Andaman Sea, in 490 

 fathoms. 



It carried twelve very large eggs, Avliich in spirit measure 

 no less than 3*8 x 2"7 milliu).] 



8f). Psaliilojius sj)inivenfris^ sp. n. 

 (PI. XIV. figs. 8-G«, 8; PI. XV. figs. 1-10.) 



(J $ . Slenderer. Two ]josterior thoracic and all the 

 abdominal sterna with an erect spine in the middle line. A 

 conical tubercle between the last sjnne of rhe dorsal ridge 

 and the posterior margin of the carapace. 



Colour in life deep-sea ])ink with white points. 



3Iii]e. Female, 

 iiiiliim. uiillim. 

 Total Ipiigth from apex of rostrum to tip 



of telson ill a straight line 10<5 l:?S'o 



Length of rostrum from .^upra-orbit.il 

 margin in a straight line (tip gone in 



male) 40 ol --j 



Length of carapace from supra-orbital to 



posterior margin 20 25 



Length of abdumen from middle of an- 

 terior mariJ:in of first tei-Lmm to tip of 



telson ...". ". -17 -'.Q 



Length of telson 1 o 18 



Length of anteunal scale 10 l!' 



Width of ., „ 3-;J o 



Length of autennulary llagella 37 ^') 



An adult male and female, with one young specimen, weie 

 obtained at Station 116, 405 fathoms. 



A small pair, in which the rostrum is much larger in the 

 female than in the male, have come to light in the sorting of 

 ])ast seasons' collections. They were taken 8 miles S.K. of 

 Cinque Island, Andaman Sea, in 500 fathoms. 



Colour in life " more of a boiled lobster tint " [/. e. than 

 other Crustaceans obtained at the same time and described in 

 the same notes as pink and blood-red], "deepest on the 

 spines" {G. M. Giles). 



EXPLAXATIOX UF THi: PI-ATLS. 



Pl.ATK XIV. 



J-Vi/. 1. l\itlidojn» JIi(.r!ii/i\ 2, fi'oi" the left side. Xat. >ize. 



l-'i(/. 2. The caudal swimmeret of the same, from above. Xat. .«-i/e. 



i-V//. ,'). Tsa/i(/(ij)i(i< .yiiiiivcHtrit', $. IVduncle of the left anteniuile, from 



above. X 4. 

 J-'fi/. 4. Left antenual ."^cale of the same, iVoiii above. Xat. ^i/e. 



