4 gQ CRUSTACEA. 



Genus GALATHEA, Fahricius. 



Galathea LATIROSTRIS. 



Rostrum latum, latitudine ejus mediand non duplo longius, lateribus con- 

 vexis et cum dentibus tribus subovatis alioque dente obsolete- ornatis. La- 

 ter a carapacis obsolete" dentata; area mediana non circumscripta. 

 Oculi sat breves, apice pedunculi ciliati. Pedes primi lineares, manu 

 carpoque sparsim sjpimdosis et parce laxb setosis, manu non crassiore. 

 Pedes 6 sequentes subcequi, laxh setosi. Abdomen juxta artieidationem 

 basalem utrinque rotundatum. 



Beak broad, not twice as long as its breadth at middle, with three 

 subovate teeth on either side, and another obsolescent tooth. Sides 

 of carapax obsoletely dentate; no stomachal area. Eyes rather 

 short, ciliate at apex of peduncle. First feet linear, hand and 

 carpus sparsely spinulous and laxly and sparingly setose, hand not 

 stouter than carapax. Six following feet subequal, lax setose. 

 Abdomen near its base on either side, rounded. 



Feejees, Island of Yiti Lebu, among corals and in cavities of the 

 coral rock. 



Plate 30, fig. 8, animal, enlarged, but figure not complete in the 

 antennas. 



Length, one-third of an inch. Nearly colourless. Beak broad and 

 short, teeth prominent. Transverse scabrous hues of carapax nearly 

 straight transverse, but undulate, and many interrupted. Fifth pair 

 of legs, when folded up, much shorter than half the length of carapax. 



Galathea spinoso-rostris. 



Rostrum latum, triangulatum, parce oblongum, apice tenuiter acutum 

 et utrinque 4 dentibus spiniformibus tenuibus armatum, spinis posticis 

 parvulis, in super fide pone has spinas spinulis duabus instructum. 

 Pedes antici graciles, tenuiter spinosi. Area mediana nulla. Abdo- 

 men juxta basin utrinque rotundatum. 



