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verse, in the inner carpal spine being sharp instead of blunt, in the 

 absence of an outer spine from the carpus, and the much narrower 

 abdomen of the male. 



CARCINOPLAX VERDENSIS, new species. 



Type-locality. — Verde Island Passage: Sombrero Island, S. 80° E., 

 18.9 miles; lat. 13° 45' 05" N.; long. 120° 30' 30" E.; 394 fathoms; 

 gn. m., s.; temperature 43.7° F.; January 21, 1908; station 5119, 

 Albatross; one female ovig. 



Type.— Cat. No. 46167, U.S.N.M. 



Dimensions. — Female, length of carapace, 10.6 mm.; width of 

 carapace, exclusive of spines, 12.7 mm.; width, inclusive of spines, 

 13 mm. 



This species is narrower than C. longipes, the tooth next the orbit 

 is much smaller and is a little less advanced than the outer end of 

 the orbit, the next two antero-lateral projections are spines which 

 are stouter and a little flattened, approaching the form of teeth; the 

 postero-lateral margins are nearly straight and not very convergent; 

 the denticle above the arm-joint is smaller and blunt; the spine at 

 the inner angle of the wrist is larger, being strongly expanded on its 

 proximal margin; the larger palm is higher and the prehensile teeth 

 are lower; the fingers are very dark, nearly black; the legs are not 

 quite so long and slender, and their carpus-propodus is a little more 

 dilated. 



CARCINOPLAX SPECULARIS, new species. 



Type-locality. — Off southern Luzon: Sombrero Island, S. 7° W., 

 9.5 miles; lat. 13° 51' 30" N.; long. 120° 50' 30" E.; 159 fathoms; 

 dk. gn. m.; January 17, 1908; station 5113, Albatross; one male. 



Type.— Cat. No. 46164, U.S.N.M. 



Dimensions. — Type male, length of carapace, 16.9 mm.; width of 

 carapace, exclusive of teeth, 21 mm.; extreme width of carapace, 23 

 mm.; width between outer angles of orbits, 13.6 mm.; width of front, 

 6.7 mm. 



This species has a strong resemblance to C. longipes. 1 The cara- 

 pace is a little wider and appears wider than the measurements 

 indicate on account of the broad, antero-lateral teeth. The con- 

 spicuous pits of longipes are wanting. The first tooth is larger and 

 more advanced than in longipes, with extremity rounded and lies 

 close to, without embracing, the orbital margin; second and third 

 teeth spiniform but not slender, the second one strongly curved, 

 interspaces subequal. The edge of the front in front view is dis- 

 tinctly arcuate; in dorsal view faintly sinuous. The preorbital 

 margin is nearly longitudinal. Eyes larger than in longipes. 



1 Nectopanope longipes Wood-Mason, Anu. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 7, 1891, p. 2t>2. 



