1900.] FEOM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 797 



Tribe Flabellipera. 



Family Cxmothoidje. 



Subfamily Cirolaninjb. 



Genus Cieolana Leacb, 1818. 



2. Cieolana latisttlis Dana, 1852. 



Cirolana latistylis, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, ii. p. 772, 

 pi. Ii. fig. 6 (1852) ; Whitelegge, Mem. Austral. Mus. iii. 2, p. 149 

 (1897). 



Funafuti ; three examples found on weed in tbe lagoon, one 

 dredged in the lagoon in 15-25 fathoms of water. 



Order ANISOPODA. 



Family Tanaie-jE. 

 Genus Leptochelia Dana, 1849. 



3. Leptochelia sp. (Plate LI. figs. 2-2 c.) 



The collection contains seven female specimens of a Leptochelia 

 near to, and perhaps identical with, L. minuta Daua, which was 

 described from the male only. There are, however, well-marked 

 differences between the present specimens and Dana's, besides 

 that of the chelae, which is known to be a sexual one. Of these 

 differences the most prominent are those affecting the uropods. 

 The following is a description of the animals : — 



Head large, equal to the three succeeding segments. 



First antenna? not longer than the head, of four simple joints. 



Second antennas of five joints and a minute end-joint ; the second 

 joint bearing on the inside a spine which is two-thirds the length 

 of the much narrower third joint. 



Chelipeds fairly strong, outreaching the head by the hand and 

 wrist, about half the total length of the body ; the hand as long 

 as the wrist but rather narrower. 



First walhing-leg with the dactyle very long, longer than the 

 preceding joint. The remaining dactyles not so long. 



Uropods with the inner branch five-jointed, the outer one- 

 jointed. 



Colour in spirit, white. 



Length of the longest specimen, 3*5 mm. 



