76 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. 



Dimensions of largest specimen (male) : length, 91 mm. ; length of cara- 

 pace, including rostruui, 43 mm. ; breadth of carapace, 34 mm. ; length of 

 cheliped, 211 mm.; meriis, 90 mm., carpus, 15 mm., basal part of chela, 

 56 mm., dactylus, 42 mm. 



Station 3367. 100 fathoms. 13 males, 18 fem. (7 ovig.). 

 " 3378. 112 " 15 males, 19 fem. (14 ovig.). 



" 3379. 52 " 1 young. 



" 3427. 80 " 1 



In M. iris A. M. Edw., the set* are iridescent, as in this species, but the 

 rostrum lacks the lateral spines, and the supraocular spines are much longer, 

 reaching beyond the eyes. From M. irrasa A. M. Edw., which is also an irides- 

 cent species, M. rcfidgcns differs in the shape of the hand, in the relatively 

 shorter median rostral spine, which is provided with lateral spines, etc 



Munida propinqua Fax. 

 Plate XVIIL, Fig. J, 1\ 



Bull. Miis. Comp. Zool., XXIV. 178, 1S93. 



The carapace of this species is rather flat ; the rostral spines are sca- 

 brous, the supraocular reaching to a point beyond the eyes ; there is a pi'omi- 

 ineut spine on the gastric area behind each supraocular spine, another on 

 each side behind and external to these, and a pair of very small ones on the 

 median line at the base 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 pleurse 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 seg- 

 ments being destitute of spines ; the terga of the second to the fourth seg- 

 ments are very smooth behind the central transverse fossae. The first joint 

 of the antenna is armed with a long spine, the second joint vpith 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, spiny along the superior and inferior edges. 



In small specimens the supraocular spines may be shorter than the eye- 

 stalks. 



