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ME. E J. MTEES'S EEVISION OF THE HIPPIDEA. 



minal joints of the second and third pairs of legs falcate, with 

 the distal as long as, and slenderer than the proximal half. Inner 

 ramus of the appendages of the penultimate segment longer than 

 the outer. Terminal segment elongated-lanceolate. Length of 

 carapace of largest specimen nearly 1 inch. 



Hah. Cuba {Saussure, Coll. Brit. Mas.) ; Barbadoes {JProf. 

 Gill, Coll. Brit. Mus.) ; Key Biscayne, Florida {G. Wurdemann) ; 

 St. Christopher's {Coll. Brit. Mus.) ; St. Vincent, Cape-Verdes 

 {GunningJiam, Coll. Brit. Mus.); Ascension Island {Coll. Brit. 

 Mus.) ; West Africa {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



There can be little doubt that the R. cuhensis of Saussure 

 and -5. larladensis of Stimpson are identical. Stimpson does not 

 indicate any distinct specific characters in his description of the 

 latter species ; and there are even specimens from Barbadoes in 

 the British-Museum collection, received from the Smithsonian 

 Institution, labelled B,. cuhensis. The specimens named by Dr. 

 Leach B. scutellatus, and mentioned by White in the ' List of 

 Crustacea ' (I. c), which in all probability were the-type specimens 

 of the Hippa scutellata of Fabricius, are the types of my description 

 of this species. It is to be observed, however, that Fabricius in his 

 short description says, manihus cJtelatis ; clielcd Iceves.'*^ It is 

 possible that Fabricius mistook the maxillipedes, which present 

 a subchelate appearance when applied to the buccal cavity, for 

 the anterior legs. His description as it stands would certainly 

 apply better to a species of Lepidops, to which it is considered to 

 belong both by the earlier authors and Dr. Stimpson. 



Eemipes steigillatus. pi. Y. figs. 3, 4. 



Remipes strigillatus, Stimpson, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, vii. 

 p. 241 (1862). 



Body much depressed, broad. Front very broad, with a very 

 slightly projecting median frontal lobe, anterior margin nearly 

 straight, entire, smooth. The obliquely striated area on the sides 

 of the carapace very broad in its posterior half, where it occupies 

 one fourth of the width of the carapace, striae sharp, minutely 

 setose, not interrupted, but extending quite to the margin. Eye- 

 peduncles short, reaching to the end of the penultimate joint of 

 the antennules. First pair of legs short, terminal joint slightly 

 compressed, with two strong oblique setose ridges on its extero- 

 inferior surface. Terminal joints of the second and third pairs 

 of legs short, broad, obtuse, and very slightly falcate. Inner 



