





HYPERIDEA. ^QOl 





Subfamily PHRONIMDsLE. 





Genus PHRONIMA. 



Phronima atlantica, Guerin. 

 Atlantic, latitude 7° or 8° north, and longitude about 24° west. 



The figure of Guerin represents our specimens correctly in most 

 respects. The moveable finger of the large hand has a low tooth on 

 its inner side, one-third of the distance from its base to its apex j and 

 the immoveable finger is longer, with a prominent angle near the 

 articulation with the moveable finger. 



Guerin, Iconogr. Crust., pi. 25, f. 41, and Magasin ZooL, 1836, pi. 8, f. 1. 



Subfamily PHROSININJE. 

 Genus ANCHYLOMERA, Edw. 



Anchylomera purpurea. 



Antennae 4 corpore longiores. Manus tertia quartaque subtriangulatw, 

 digito immobili tertice brevissimo, acuto, quartce elongato et tenui, 

 digitis mobilibus (ungue excluso) palmd paulo longioribus, ungue 

 longiusculo. Pedes quinti maximi; coxa oblongd pentagond, versus 

 extremitatem angusthre (articulum sequentem parce super ante), integrd, 

 marginibus paulo excavatd; manu oblongd triangulatd, intus dentatd, 

 digito (ungue excluso) manu parce longiore, ungue longo. Pedes Qti 

 longi, articulo 4:to elongate^ subcylindrico ; coxd apice acuta et angulo 

 basali postico rotundatd. Pedes septimi debiles, coxd parce longiore 

 quam pars reliqua. Lamellae caudales lath elliptical, nudo3. 



Four antennae about as long as body. Hands of third and fourth 

 pairs subtriangular, third with an acute point as an immoveable 



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