CRUSTACEA — WHITELEGGE. 



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lon<; iis l)road, their apices carry a few simple acute setae ; the 

 odd lobe is proportionately broad, and iias a few marginal 

 liairs and many stoutish pectinated setie at the obli(jue distal 

 extremity. 



Maxillipedes slender, th« basal portion about equal in length 

 but slightly narrower than the distal lobe ; the latter has a 

 strongly recurved inner margin, 

 which bears about the middle a 

 single curved blunt seta ; the apex 

 of the lobe carries eight stout pec- 

 tinated setiB, of which three are on 



Maxillipede. 

 Fig. 23e. 



First and Fifth Legs. 

 Fig. 20/ 



the recurved portion of the distal margin ; basal joint of palp 

 short ; second to fourth joints with a long superior seta tipped 

 lobe ; fifth joint cylindrical, surmounted with setee, longer than 

 the fourth, and about two-thirds as long as the second. 



First pair of legs stout, shorter than those succeeding ; basos 

 joint as long as the two following joints combined ; ischium 

 longer than the merus, the superior border angulated above the 

 middle. Merus broader than long, with three stout spines on 

 the inferior border. Carpus very short, equal in length and 

 breadth, with two spines on the lower border. Propodus nearly 

 twice as long as broad, and almost equal in length to the ischium ; 

 upper border evenly curved, lower with three spines. Dactylus 

 slightly curved, shorter than its supporting joint, with a short 

 subterminal spine, and one or two seise. 



