9 .g CRUSTACEA. 



margin of the buccal area, like the Eriphige, as a termination of the effe- 

 rent canal. They are rather broader species, with a less abrupt front, 

 though otherwise closely related. Eudora of De Haan (Faun. Japon., 

 p. 22), corresponds in part to this genus, as remarked upon on pages 

 72 and 145. 



Ruppellia annulipes ? Edwards. 



Plate 14, fig. 4 a, animal, natural size ; b, under view ; c, extremity 

 of abdomen of female. 



From Charlotte's Island, Kingsmill Group, North Pacific; also Ta- 

 hiti, Society Islands. 



The specimens have five anterolateral teeth, besides the orbital 

 margin ; they are low and obtuse, but have not a crest, as mentioned 

 by Edwards in his description of the annulipes. The first tooth be- 

 longs properly to the orbital border, although a little distant, and the 

 series is therefore D, D', E, N, T, S. Areolets 1 M and 2 M are united, 

 and anteriorly are prominent, though hardly limited behind. The 

 anterolateral region is neatly subdivided into three areolets, the ante- 

 rior 1 L, the next corresponding to 2L, 3 L, and the posterior to 5L. 

 6 L is not distinct, neither are any of the posterior areolets. The 

 surface is not shining, and under a lens appears granulous. The legs 

 are naked throughout, excepting a few very short hairs on the under 

 side of the tarsus. The hand under a lens appears faint granulous; 

 or this is at least true of the smaller hand. The fingers are slender 

 and not at all channeled. The outer maxillipeds have the anterior 

 margin concave opposite the efferent branchial aperture. 



The colour of the carapax varies from sienna to dirty brown, or 

 consists of the former clouded with brown. The posterior eight legs 

 are yellowish, banded with purple. The hand is dotted above with 

 brownish purple. 



Genus EMPHIA. 



In the Eriphia3 the posterior regions are nut subdivided, and part or 

 all of the anterolateral areolets are wanting. The pramiedial and 



