1898,] FROM THE SOUTH PACIEIC. 1005 



end o£ the merus of the first leg. The telson is shorter than 

 the uropods, and bears two long spines at the hind end. 



The points oi' diiference from Stimpson's description are : — 



(i) The presence of two spines below the rostrum, instead o£ 

 three. 



(2) The inner flagellum of the first antenna is probably longer 

 than the outer. 



The specimen is 11 mm. long and has a somewhat immature 

 appearance. It was taken among the seaweed of the reef at 

 Eunafuti. 



7. Peeiclimenes botumanus Borradaile, 1898. (Plate LXIIL 

 figs, o-bh.) 



Periclimenes rotumanus, Borradaile, Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) ii. 

 p. 383 (1898). 



The rostrum of this species is barely as long as the peduncle of 

 the first antenna, and almost straight, and bears six teeth above 

 and two below, the first of the former being situated on the 

 carapace and the second just above the orbit. The carapace has 

 the hepatic and antennal spines present. The thicker flagellum 

 of the first antenna is about as long as the peduncle, the iuner 

 being more than twice as long as the outer. The scale of the 

 second antenna is longer than the peduncle of the first, and the 

 flagellum is longer than the body. 



The third maxiiiiped reaches the end of the peduncle of the 

 first antenna. 



The merus of the second leg reaches the end of the first joint of 

 the antennular peduncle, and the whole limb the end of the 

 inner flagellum. The wrist bears a small spine above, and the 

 merus one below, at the distal end. The wrist, palm, and fingers 

 are subequal. The first legs nearly reach the end of the palm of 

 the second. Their wrist is longer than the hand, and slightly 

 longer than the merus. The fingers are about as long as the palm. 

 The third pair of legs is broken off. The fourth and fifth are 

 subequal and longer than the scale of the second antenna. 



The endopodite and exopodite of the uropod are equal and 

 outreach the telson. The latter is armed at the end with six spines, 

 of which the outermost are the smallest and the intermediate the 

 largest. 



The length of the single specimen is 11 mm. It was taken in 

 E/otuma. 



8. Peeiclimenes vitiensis Borradaile, 1878. (Plate LXIV. 

 figs. 6-66.) 



PericUmenes vitiensis, Borradaile, Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) ii. 

 p. 383 (1898). 



In this species the rostrum reaches almost to the end of the 

 thicker flagellum of the first antenna. It is bent upwards at the 

 free end and bears above six teeth, of which the first is situated 

 above the orbit, and below four. The carapace is armed with 



