lOO CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



of third; flagellum longer than peduncle; accessory flagellum 

 three- jointed and not longer than last peduncular joint. Second 

 antenna? shorter than first with last joint of peduncle nearly as 

 long as preceding; flagellum shorter than peduncle, joints fur- 

 nished with whorls of long setae. 



First four coxal plates deeper than their segments ; first three 

 oblong. 



First gnathopods quite similar in the two sexes; carpus 

 longer and broader than propodus which is oblong, palm about 

 one-third the length of the nearly transverse distal margin of 

 the propodus ; dactyl short, very much curved and thick at the 

 base, articulated at middle of distal margin. Second gnathopods 

 in male with large oval propodus having palm evenly convex 

 and about as long as posterior margin with which it forms an 

 almost continuous curve; propodus in female similar to that of 

 male but smaller. Last three pereiopods with basal joints large, 

 oblong, armed with short spines in front and serrated behind. 

 Posterior margins of abdominal segments not dentate or pro- 

 duced ; fifth segment with several spines on posterior margin on 

 either side of mid-dorsal line. 



Terminal uropods long; inner ramus minute, situated in a 

 sinus of peduncle; outer ramus similar to that of M. dentata 

 but armed on either side with more fascicles of longer spines than 

 in that species. 



Telson with tip of lobes triangular, acute; with a few spines 

 around tip and on distal part of inner margin. 



Color dark greenish slate. 



Length lo mm. 



Distribution: New Jersey to Cape Cod (Smith), Woods 

 Hole, Massachusetts; New Haven (Smith), Noank Harbor, 

 Connecticut. 



The species is found under stones and among sea weed near 

 low-water mark. 



Melita parvimana Holmes. 



1903. Melita parvimana, Holmes, Amer., Naturalist, vol. 37, 

 p. 279. 



1905. Melita parvimana. Holmes, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 

 vol. 24, p. 506. 



This species may be distinguished from other species of Melita 

 by the fact that the carpus of the first gnathopods is as broad as 



