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Characters. — Rostrum more than one-third the length of the remainder of 

 carapace, very narrow, deflexed. Eight foot of second pair missing. Merus of 

 left foot short and stout, carpus cup-shaped, palm and fiugers subequal in length, 

 palm two-thirds as broad as long, fingers gaping, prehensile edges denticulate, 

 fringed with long hair. Telson twice as long as sixth somite, with two pairs of 

 long lateral, appressed spines inserted on anterior half. 



Dimensions. — Type, female : length of carapace and rostrum 6.7 mm., of 

 rostrum 1.8 mm., of abdomen 9 mm. 



Type Locality. — Off Santa Cruz Island, California, 30 fathoms ("Albatross" 

 station 2945). 



Remarks. — This is the only Pontonia described from the west coast of North 

 America, the P. margarita of Smith being a Conchodytes (Eathbun). 



Genus Periclimenes Costa 



Eostrum long, compressed, usually dentate, in side view diminishing gradually 

 to a sharp point at the free end, not bent downward. Thicker .flagellum of 

 antennules long or moderate, bifid. Antennal scale long, usually narrow. Second 

 pair of legs long, slender, and equal. 



Periclimenes tenuipes (Holmes) 



Ancliista tenuipes Holmes, Oceas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., 7, 216, 1900. 

 Periclimenes tenuipes Eathbun, H. A. E., 10, 34, fig. 12,' 1904; Borradaile, 



Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), (2), 17, 368, 372, 1917. 

 Periclimenes holmesi Nobili, Ann. Mus. Univ. Napoli (N. S.), 2, no. 21, 5, 



1907; Borradaile, ibid., (2), 17, 376, 1917. 



Fig. 24. Periclimenes tenuipes, X 4; a, lateral view of carapace; t, foot of 

 second pair (from Eathbun, U. S. N. M.). 



Characters. — Eostrum about as long as the carapace, rather deep near the 

 middle, armed above with six or seven teeth, the last one or two on the carapace ; 

 lower side armed with three or four teeth ; the last dorsal spine is near the anterior 

 third of the carapace. A supraorbital, an antennal, and an hepatic spine present; 

 anterolateral angle of the carapace rounded and devoid of spines. Ocular peduncles 

 large and furnished with an ocellus between the cornea and the proximal part of 

 the stalk. Second pair of legs slender and greatly elongated, the carpus reaching 

 beyond the rostrum ; ischium, merus, and carpus of subequal length ; hand long, 

 very narrow, subcylindrical, exceeding the length of the carpus and merus com- 

 bined ; fingers slender, straight, about two-thirds as long as the palm ; tips hooked 

 and crossed when fingers are closed. Telson with two pairs of dorsal spinules. 



