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CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. 



[Bull. 



posed of a single joint one-half as long as fourth joint of 

 peduncle. 



Maxillipeds with Inarticulate palp. 



Fig. 71. Edotea montosa. 



Third and fourth thoracic segments longer and wider than 

 any of the others. Epimera firmly united with their respective 

 segments but demarcated by a slight linear depression, with 

 rounded margins. 



Legs all prehensile ; first pair much shorter than the other six. 



Abdomen composed of a single segment which represents two 

 coalesced as shown by lateral incisions at the base of the abdomen 

 and a slight depression extending inwards a short distance on 

 either side ; dorsal surface with a depression just behind the level 

 of the lateral incisions and another one near the extremity sepa- 

 rating off the small terminal point from the large median eleva- 

 tion; sides of abdomen converging to a triangular apex. 



Length 9 mm. 



Distribution : Block Island Sound ; Long Island Sound ; Vine- 

 yard Sound ; Eastport, Maine ; Georges Bank ; Stellwagens Bank ; 

 Casco Bay ; Bay of Fundy ; Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Grand Manan. 



The species occurs in mud and fine sand at depths of from 8 



