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lated. The anterior border of the merus and carpus of the ambulatory 
appendages is spinose. The general color in life is red. In the alcoholic 
specimens the color is retained in the chel and particularly in the rostrum. 
Dimensions of largest specimen (male). Length, 91 mm.; length of carapace, 
including rostrum, 43 mm. ; breadth of carapace, 34 mm.; length of cheliped, 
211 mm., merus, 90 mm., carpus, 15 mm., basal part of chela, 56 mm., 
dactylus, 42 mm. 
Station 3367. 100 fathoms. 13 males, 18 females (7 ovig.). 
“08918, 112 e 15 males, 19 females (14 ovig.). 
« 3379. 52 “ 1 young. 
Cede SU 1 young. 
In M. iris A. M. Edw., the sete are iridescent, as in this species, but the 
rostrum lacks the lateral spines and the supra-ocular spines are much longer, 
reaching beyond the eyes ; from M. irrasa A. M. Edw., our species differs in 
the shape of the hand, in the relatively shorter median rostral spine provided 
with lateral spines, etc. 
Munida propinqua, sp. nov. 
The carapace of this species is rather flat ; the rostral spines are scabrous, 
the lateral reaching to a point beyond the eyes; there is a prominent spine on 
the gastric area behind each lateral rostral spine, another on each side behind 
and external to these, and a pair of very small ones on the median line at the 
hase of the rostrum; besides these there are about four small spines on the 
anterior half of the carapace. The anterior lateral angle of the carapace is 
truncated, the lateral border seven-spined. The pleure of the abdomen are 
rounded, short, and broad ; the second abdominal segment is furnished with a 
transverse row of about eight spines, the rest of the segments being destitute of 
spines ; the terga of the second to the fourth segments are very smooth behind 
the central transverse fosse, The first joint of the antenna is armed with a 
long spine, the second joint with one on each side. There is a minute spine at 
the antero-inferior angle of the carapace. The chelipeds are robust, setose, 
and spiny ; merus spiny on upper and inner parts ; carpus spiny on all sides ; 
The hand is furnished with two rows of spines on the lower side, another along 
the middle of the'outer face, and three irregular series along the upper side ; 
both the fingers are spinulose. Ambulatory limbs setose, spinose along the 
superior and inferior edges. In small specimens the lateral spines of the 
rostrum may be shorter than the eyestalks. 
Length, 84 mm.; carapace (including the rostrum), 45.5 ram. ; breadth, 
26 mm. ; length of cheliped, 96 mm. 
Station 3384. 458 fathoms. 11 males, 6 females (1 ovig.). 
Hise 8304, OLLE, e 1 male. 
“ 3404, 385 “ 1 male juv. 
This species resembles M. miles A. M. Edw., but the carapace of M. pro- 
pinqua is flatter, the cardiac area is more distinctly circumscribed by a furrow, 
