tAA CRUSTACEA. 



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larger. Tarsi of third pair long. On the surface of the moveable 



finger there is a row of minute tubercles. 



Bernhardus pubescens. 



B. hirsutiusculo affirm. Frons medio subacutus. Carapax longior, 

 fere nudus, regione anticd non transversa. Oculorum pedunculi longi, 

 rnargine carapacis antico non breviores, basi antennarum externarum 

 parce longiores, aciculo multo longiores; corma non obliqxm; squama 

 basalis subovata, apice rotundata. Flagellum antennarum exter- 

 narum nudiusculum. Pedes antici valde incequi, angusti, carpo 

 manuque pubescentes, scabriculi, non sparsim granulosi, carpo ad 

 marginem superiorem subtilissime spinuloso, manu oblongd (duplo 

 longiore quam latiore) vix breviore vel latiore quam carpus, marginibus 

 symmetricis. Pedes 4 sequentes puhescentes, non spinulosi. 



Near B. hirsutiusculus. Front subacute at middle. Carapax longer, 

 naked, anterior region not transverse. Peduncles of eyes long, not 

 shorter than anterior margin of carapax, slightly longer than the 

 base of the outer antennae, and much longer than the acicle ; cornea 

 not oblique ; basal scale subovate, rounded at apex. Flagellum of 

 outer antennae nearly naked. Anterior feet very unequal, narrow, 

 carpus and hand pubescent, minute scabrous, and not scattered 

 granulous, carpus minute spinulous near upper margin, hand oblong 

 (twice longer than broad), hardly shorter or wider than carpus, the 

 margins symmetrical. Four following feet pubescent, not spinulous. 



Plate 27, fig. 4 a, part of animal, enlarged four diameters; b, c, 

 right and left hands. 



Loc. ? — Collected by officers of the ship Relief? The shells in 



which the species occur, are found, according to Dr. A. A. Gould, on 

 the coast of the United States, one species as far north as Massa- 

 chusetts, and also in the West Indies ; another not farther north than 

 Carolina. The species may be from Florida, but if collected by the 

 ship Relief (Exp. Exp.), it is probably from Brazil. 



Length, one inch. Near each margin of the hand there is a row of 

 acute granules ; the hairs are fine and rather long. The tarsi are 



