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CAlil, lidVALl.lU.S, AMIMIIlMiUA 11 Y]'K1!IJ1;KA. 



VIBILIIJ.K 



10. VIBILIA EDWARDSI, SPKNCl- r.ATi:, 1sk2. 



Vibilia Edivard.ii, SfKNi^R Jl'\'i'E. 

 Fiicsiinile from Si'. IIate. Ciiliil. Ampli, (.'rust. Brit. Miisemn, pl. 49 (is;. 6. 



Diaufii. Cajiut nou rostratum, segmeutis diiobii.* priinis pereii paullo loiigiu.*. OcuVi niodici. Flagel- 

 lum antennaruni priini paris aute triiucatuni, capite paullo lougius. Pedes pereii qiiinti ac 

 sexti parilim valde clongati, pedibus tertii ac quarti pariiiin plus quani duplo lougiores. 

 Tibiaj peduiu tertii ac quarti pariiim nou tumida\ Femora peduni quinti ac sexti pariuni 

 lata, ovata; metacarpi artiuulos duo prascedeutes lougitudine fere iequantes. Dactylus septinii 

 paris metacarpum lougitudine uHpiaus. Segmentum secitndum ac tertium uri libera, non 

 coalita. Auguli postici segmenti ultimi nou producti. Pedunculi jL)é'<./t??M m?i ramis longiores. 

 Telson lauceolatum, dimidiuni pednuculi ultimi paris pedum uri longitudiue asquans. 



Tli(.' head is uot rostrate, a little longer thau the first two pereioual seguieuts. The ci/es are 

 / luiddle-sized. The ilagellum of the first pair ofof/^c^o/aMs anteriorly truncated, a little longer 

 tlu>n the head. The pereiopoda of the fifth and sixtli pairs are very elougated, niore than 

 twice lougei' than the third and fourth pairs. The tiliia; of the third and fourth pairs 

 are not tumid. The feuiora of the fifth and sixth pairs are broad, ovate; the metacarpi 

 are almost as long as the two pi-eceding joints together. The dactyhis of the seventh pair 

 is as long as the inetacarpus. Tlie second and tliird ttral segments are free, uot coalesced. 

 The hinder coruers of tiie last ural segment are not produced. The peduncles of the 

 itropoda are longer than the rami. The telson is lanceolate, as long as half the peduncle 

 of the last pair of uropoda. 



Coloiir. y 



Length. 19 nmi. 



Hab. »Near the Po-\vel Islands». (Sfence Bate.) 



Syn. 1862. Vibilia Edn-ardsi, «PENCE BATE. Ciital. Ampli. Crust. Brit. Museum, p. 300. 



J 1) » « H. SrREETS. 1877. »Contributious to tlie \atural history of the 



Hawaiiaii and Fanuing- Islands and lower Ca- 

 lifornia». Bull. U. S. National Museum. 1877. 



N:o 7, p. 128. 



From the description of Spence Bate I give the tbllowing details: 



The eyes are long-ovate. 



The Jirst pair of antenna; are stout, the second and third joints of the flagelluni are 

 smaller than the tirst. The flagelluni is flattened, tlie up])er margin thick, fringed with 



