ZOOLOGY OF FERNANDO NOEONHA. 



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longer thau the autennular peduucle, shorter than the peduncle 

 of the antenna. Basal segment of antenna not provided with a 

 spine. 



Legs of first pair absent. 



Carpals of the second pair differing upon the two sides, on the 

 right side the fifth segment being longer than the second, and on 

 the left side shorter. In each case the first is the longest, and 

 the third and fourth the shortest. 



Carpus and meros of third and fourth pairs not produced 

 below into a tooth. 



Dactjli of third, fourth, and fifth pairs simple. 



Alpheus, sp. 



(Too mutilated for identification.) 



Carapace furnished in front with a short rostrum, w^hich does 

 not project as far as the middle of the first segment of tlie 

 peduncle of the antennula, and is separated by a depression on 

 each side from the ocular hoods. Each ocular hood furnished 

 with a spine. Antennular spine short, sharp, not reaching to 

 the front margin of the basal segment of the peduncle. Second 

 segment of the peduncle the longest, the first and third approxi- 

 mately equal in length. Antennal scale as long as antennal 

 peduncle, a little longer than antennular peduncle. Basal seg- 

 ment of antenna furnished with a long, sharp spine, which pro- 

 jects as far as the middle of the second segment of the antennular 

 peduncle. 



First and second pairs of legs absent. Carpus and meros of 

 third and fourth pairs not produced below in front into a strong 

 process. Dactyli of third, fourth, and fifth pairs bifid. 



[The Alphei were taken in numbers from the holes in which 

 they hid by breaking up the coral-reef — H. N. B.~\ 



Family Penjeid^. 



G-enus Stenopusculus, Bidders. 

 1880. Stenopusculus, Richters, Beitriige zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mau- 

 ritius und der Seychellen, von Mobiiis, Richters und v. Martens, p. 1 07. 



Stenopuscultjs spinosus, n. sp. 



? Syn. Stenopusculus crassim.anus, Richters, t. c. p. 168, pi. xviii. figs. 

 27-29. 



Upper portion of cephalothorax sparsely spined ; spines in 



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