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Family Parapaguridae Smith 

 48. Parapagurus sp. 



{a) 2 Dredged, Jan. 22, 1890, Nassau, N.P. 

 Length of thorax 3 and 5 mm. respectively. 



I refer these imperfect, colorless specimens doubtfully to some 

 species of Parapagurus. 



LORICATA 



Family Palinuridae Bate 

 49. Palinurus argus (Latreille) 



Palinurus argus Latr., Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., II, p. 

 300, 1837. 



(a) I 1 New Providence, Jan. 27, 1890. Holes in sand 

 between tides, about 5-6 in. deep, "very shy." ^ 

 (6) I ? . Nassau, N.P., Jan., 1890. (Dry.) 

 Range : West Indies to Brazil. 

 Collected at Antilles, Cuba, Jamaica. 



STENOPIDEA 



Family Stenopidae Bate 

 50. Stenopus hispidus (Latreille.) (PI. XXIX, fig. i.) 



PalcBmon hispidus Olivier, EncycL, VIII, p. 666, 181 1. 

 Stenopus hispidus Latr., Regne animal de Cuvier, ed. 2, IV, 

 P- 93- 



Bate, Challenger, Macrura, p. 211, PI. XXX. 

 Herrick, The Life History of Stenopus, Nat. Acad, of Sciences, 

 Vol. V, p. 339. 



(a) 1 $ . Nassau, N.P., Jan. 22, 1890. "In life the antennae are 

 carried in front, not bent back." 



I note the characters of special importance in order to compare 

 this already described species of Stenopus with the two species follow- 

 ing. Rostrum with a median dorsal row of 6 spines bifurcated at 

 extremity, a lateral row of 3 or 4 spines on each side of rostrum ; no 

 ventral spines. Back of the sixth dorsal spine a double row. Rostrum 



^ This label is marked as doubtfully belonging to this specimen. 



