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Description of Lucifer Typus. m. Edw.? 



By Walter ^Faxon, Museum of Comp. Zoology of 

 Harvard College. 



During the early part of August a few speci- 

 mens of the genus Lucifer were taken at night 

 with the hand net, at the surface of the water, 

 in the vicinity of Fort Wool, by Mr. August 

 Schmidt. 



As far as I know, this is the first record of the 

 occurrence of this interesting genus on our shores. 

 Messrs. Smith and Harger took a few specimens 

 (species undescribed and undetermined) east of 

 George's Bank, Lat. 41° 25' JN\, Long. 65° 5' to 30' 

 W., (Note 1.) The described species have come 

 from various points in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, 

 Pacific and Indian Oceans. 



Description. 



Antennary segment twice as long as the cara- 

 pace. A small spine (Figure 1, s',) projects from 

 its anterior margin at the base of the eye-stalks. 

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