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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



In the male of this species the second joint of the Brat antenna- is relatively somewhat longer 

 than in the female; the seo md gnathopods are stouter, the ischium lias a prominent anterior lobe, the 

 hand is oblong with a large pointed process above the middle, the proximal portion of the palm is 

 nearly straight and dentate, with a deep sinus between it and the pointed process. 



Stenothoe cypris Holmes, new species. 



Eyes round; antenna- of subequal length and about one-third the length of body; peduncle of 

 first pair with lirst joint very stout and nearly as long as the next, two; third joint a little over half as 



long as si nd; flagellum subequal to peduncle and composed of six to eight joints; peduncle of second 



antennae more slender and much longer than that of first, the last two joints of subequal length; 



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Stenothoi cypris. The antennae and perasopoda are drawn io a different seal.- from the uthur party. Wooda Hole, Mass. 



flagellum shorter than peduncle and composed of about six joints. No mandibular palp; inner plate 

 of first maxillae small, outer armed with five mostly pectinated spines on distal margin and having 

 numerous short seta- on inner side; palp one-jointed, incurved, with about five spines at distal end; 

 outer plate of second maxillae much longer than inner and furnished with six seta- on rounded distal 

 margin; inner plate of maxillipeds very small and rounded; miter plate represented In a small process 

 on inner angle of ischium; first gnathopods simple; propodus tapering distally; coxal plate well 

 developed; second gnathopods larger than first; coxal plate fairly large: basal joint benl forward and 

 armed with several slender spines on anterior margin and a very few on posterior one; carpus pro- 

 duced behind into a long, distally rounded lobe, which bears a few very stout pectinate seta-; hand 

 oblong, \\ idest mar distal end; palm oblique with a stout spine near its distal end; coxal plate of first 

 peraeopods small, that of second enormous, broaderthan deep, more or less ovate in outline, and 

 equal in length to about six segments of body; first uropods with peduncle longer than the subequal 



