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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



with several fascicles of strong spines which are relatively larger than those of deniata; median spine 

 of terminal cluster not unusually large; telson with tip of lobes triangular, acute; a few spines around 

 tip and en distal part of inner margin. 



General color of the body and appendages grayish, the color not confined to pigment cefls, but 

 scattered in the form of minute pigment granules in the cells below the integument; body anil lege 

 crossed by bands of a somewhat darker color; a red spot above on anterior portion of head; eyes 

 black, with a slight tinge of red. 



Length, 10 mm. 



New Jersey to Cape Cod (Smith); Woods Hole, under rocks near the breakwater. 



Melita parvimana Holmes, new species 



Eyes oblong; lateral angles of head rounded; first antenna? much longer than second, first and 

 second joints of peduncle of subequal length, each about twice the length of third; flagellum about 

 twice the length of peduncle; secondary flagellum not longer than last joint of peduncle and 

 consisting of two joints; second antenna' with last joint of peduncle about three-fourths the length 

 of preceding one; flagellum shorter than peduncle and consisting of six segments; last two joints of 



Mi lita parvimana. Newport, R. I. Only the proximal portion of the first antenna is shown. 



peduncle and first few joints of flagellum carrying large clavate appendages (olfactory clubs?) near 

 upper margin, outer surface of these clubs very regularly annulated; first three coxal plates much 

 deeper than wide and setose on the lower margin; fourth pair nearly as wide as deep; first gnathopods 

 rather short and stout ; carpus as wide as long, its rounded posterior lobe an nee 1 with about seven long 

 selose spines; hand broad, subquadrate; palm oblique and armed with numerous short, stout, notched 

 spines; posterior margin nearly straight and furnished with numerous setose spines; second gnathopods 

 longer but not much stouter than first; carpus somewhat longer than wide; hand oblong, slightly 

 widening distally; palm very oblique, armed with numerous stout notched spines; first and second 

 perceopods slender, merus much longer than carpus; dactyl nearly two-thirds the length of propodus 

 and furnished with one or more seta' near distal end of lower margin; the three posterior perseopods 

 long and slender; carpus longer than merus but shorter than propodus; dactyls slender, nearly straight 

 and over half the length of propodi; lower margin with one or more setse near distal end; posterior 

 margin of basal joint of last perseopods more coarsely serrated than in preceding ones, especially 

 toward the lower side; abdomen smooth above and devoid of teeth or spines on posterior margins of 

 segments; postero-lateral angles of first three segments produced into an acute tooth: a few spines near 

 lower margins of second and third segment-; posterior uropods rather small; inner ramus minute and 



