

CRUSTACEA. 



Female:— Epimerals of moderate size. Fourth segment of abdomen 

 acute behind. Superior antennae twice longer than inferior, a little 

 shorter than the body, base shorter than flagellum, first joint the 

 longest, setae numerous, rather short; inferior pair slender, but little 

 longer than base of superior pair, base hardly longer than flagellum. 

 Hand of first and second pairs of feet small, oblong, above nearly 

 straight, narrowing to apex, hirsute below, finger of moderate length. 

 Third and fourth pairs of feet slender, hardly shorter than fifth. 

 Sixth and seventh subequal, longer than fifth, first joint very broad, 

 setae short, excepting the apical, which are long. Posterior stylets 

 hardly extending beyond second pair. 



Plate 66, fig. 4 a, animal, enlarged; b, portion of superior antennae; 

 c, leg of second pair; d, extremity of posterior pair. 



Shores of a small coral island, in the Balabac Passage, north of 

 Borneo. Collected, February 9, 1842. 



Length, four lines. Body moderately slender, naked. Base of infe- 

 rior antennae shorter than first two joints of superior pair. Setae of 

 flagellum of superior pair about as long as joints, those of the inferior 

 side a little the longest. Finger of four anterior feet about half as 

 long as hands, shutting against inferior margin. Basal joint of fifth 

 pair of legs nearly orbicular; setae of the six posterior legs numerous, 

 and rather long at apex of joints, especially at apex of joint preced- 

 ing claw ; setae of inner margin in short tufts of three or four to each, 

 not as long as diameter of joint. Caudal stylets rather long, all ex- 

 tend back the same distance. 



Genus MELITA {Leach.), D. 



Epimerce htce tiis multo breviores. Styli caudales postici ramo uno eloiv- 

 gato alteroqw perbrevi vel obsolete instructi. Antenwz superwres 

 scepius longiores, non appendiculatce. 



Epimerals of the fifth segment much shorter than those of the fourth. 

 Caudal stylets of third pair having one long branch, and another 

 very small or obsolete. Superior antennae usually the longer, not 

 appendiculate. 



