118 S.J. Smith on new Crustacea from N. America. 
eter; disk at center 1°5 inches thick ; largest marginal lobes 
1:25 long ; smallest “75 ; actinal appendages 8 to 10 inches 
oe ; ovaries hang down 4 inches from disk ; tentacles 12 feet 
Haat ort Harbor, swimming near the surface at noon ; three 
specimens observed, one preserved i in the museum of Yale Col- 
lege. 
Edwardsia elegans Verrill, sp. nov. 
Body a, slender ; epidermis thick, light yellowish 
brown, with entangled mud, the upper edge slightly free and 
prominent. eaiiacles 16, slender, variously curved and en- 
twined, pale flesh-color, with a central longitudinal line of light 
orange-red ; naked part below the disk pale pink with longitu- 
dinal white ‘Hives corresponding with the internal lameile ; ; 
mouth light yellowish ; disk pale flesh-color 
Ea astport, Me., at low water under stones, rare ; also on In- 
dian Island, N. B. 
Edwardsia farinacea Verrill, sp. nov. 
Body small, changeable in form, not very slender, often swol- 
Jen in the middle or near the base, ‘tapering upwar 
firm, dark yellowish, covered with small, firmly nines grains 
of sand, the internal lamellze showing through faintly, but be- 
coming more distinct on the naked, transparent, protrud 
basal portion, which is marked by 12 corresponding whitish 
sulcations, meeting at the end and alternating with some finer 
lines, Upper part of column transparent and naked for about 
‘I2 inch? Tentacles 12, short, conical, in a single circle at the 
margin of the disk, not crowded, pale yellowish white, eaey”: 
with fine flake-white specks which become more crowded © 
the inner median line and at the tips. Disk small, ‘prot 
mouth largely dilatable, at times elevated on a con 
with 6 to 12 irregular lobes. Disk and naked space bale the 
tentacles pale yellowish white, finely speckled with oop 
the disk with faint whitish radiating lines. Length, *5 in 
greatest diameter, ‘15; diamete of disk, 12. 
South Bay, Lubec, ona oniady bottom in 8 fathoms, rare. 
No. U.—Deseriptions of a new genus and two new species 
laride and a new species of Aithra from North Aeneas ; by 
Sioney IL. Smira. 
Evibacus, gen. nov. 
Carapax very broad ; lateral border Pekelndedl incision at the 
cervical suture cl , and the margin behind it not inci 
Rostrum broader than long, at slightly bilobed. Eyes situ- 
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