1 1 



mm M l^lM 



niform, broadest above, dark-red ; epiraerals rather large ; especially the fourth 

 pair; hands as in L. furina, grandimamis, etc. ; cosje with wide expansions, some- 

 what produced interiorly ; caudal stylets nearly smooth, sharp, much elongated, 

 last pair much exceeding the first, and v/ith large peduncles. Color pale orange. 

 Length i inch. 

 Sab. Japan. 



75. Allop.ghestes eubricornis. Smooth, compressed ; eyes suboval, black, 

 widening below; inferior antennae two-thirds the length of the body, with 25- 

 articulate flagella, articluatioas nearly as broad as long, with few short hairs ; 

 superior antennte two thirds as long as the inferior ones, flagella 13-articulate ; 

 large hands of male nearly smooth belovs- ; hands of female slender, with fingers 

 of one-fourth their length ; posterior pair of caudal stylets conicaL Color pale 

 olive ; antennae always red. Length f inch. 



JIab. Ousima, Boninsima. 



16. Allorchestes PENiciLLiT4. "Penultimate article and first four segments 

 of the inferior antennas furnished with spreading pencils or plumes of long seias ; 

 first pair of caudal stylets with a long curved spine, arising near the bases of 

 the rami and nearly equalling them in length ; epimerals, le^s, etc., of mediuoi 

 size, as in the preceding species. Color greenish. Length i inch. 



JIab. Ousima. 



11. Allobchestes japonica. Smooth posteriorly ; inferior anteonse stout, 

 one-fourth as long as the body, and twice as long as the superior ones ; flagella 

 of both with twelve oblong articulations, with extremely short, numerous setae. 

 Head rather small ; eyes large, black, very broad oval, closely approaching each 

 other above; large hands of male notched below ; posterior pair of caudal sty- 

 lets very minute ; a prominent contraction at the fourth abdominal segment 

 above. Color olive ; epimerals and legs shaded with red. Length | inch. 



Hab. Japan. 



78. Orchestia POLLiciFERA. 3Iale with stout inferior antenna?, the flagella of 

 which form, one third their length ; first pair of legs small, chelate, with the 

 penult and antepenult articles produced below into thumb-like processes ; 2nd 

 pair with ovate hands of moderate size. Female with slender inferior antennae, 

 flagella 12-articulate ; superior ones as long as the first two joints of the others ; 

 legs of the first pair simple ; second pair with small hands, having a minute la- 

 teral finger. Color pale brownish ; eyes rather small, round, black. Caudal 

 stylets short, rami sub-conical. Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Hab. Loo Choo. 



79. CoROPniuM coNTRACTUM. Auteunas equal in length, which is one-fourth 

 that of the body; superior ones with 4-articulate flagella ; inferior ones very 

 thick, with minute terminal articles; posterior pair of legs rather long, with long 

 plumose setje along the edges of the coxfs. Color yellowish, eyes black. Length 

 -|- inch. 



Hab. Japan. 



80. Caprella luctator. Smooth, rather slender ; first article of superior an- 

 tennas thickened, one-third as long as the second, which equals the third ; tia- 

 gellum 16-articulate; hands of the second pair large, tridentate below, teeth 

 unequal ; posterior legs robust, with large unidentate hands. Length 1 inch. 



Hab. Janegasima. 



81. Caprella gracilis. Slender, smooth, with a slender curved rostrum ; 

 second article of superior antennae as long as the first and third together ; poste- 

 rior legs very slender, the seventh pair twice as long as the fifth. Length J 

 inch. 



Hab. Japan. 



