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In its general characteristics this species conforms pretty exactly to Mier’s description 
of Squilla dubia of Milne-Ed wards ( Squilla rubrolineata, Dana and v. Martens), but it 
may readily be distinguished from this species, which is recorded only from the western 
shore of the Atlantic, by the absence of submedian carinse on most of the free somites, 
and by the absence of dentations between the submedian spines of the telson. 
Squilla fasciata, De Haan (PL III. figs. 4, 5 ; PL II. fig. 8). 
Squilla fasciata, De Haan, Fauna Japon., Crustacea, p. 224, p. 2, 2 i, tig. 4, 1849. 
Squilla fasciata , Miers, Squilliclse, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. v. p. 29, 1880. 
Diagnosis . — Six teeth on dactylus of raptorial claw. Dentations on inner edge 
undulating. Eyes directed forward, nearly cylindrical, with conical portion hardly 
wider than the base. Appendages of exposed thoracic limbs strap-shaped. Hind body 
gradually increasing in width from in front backwards to the fifth abdominal somite, 
which is equal in breadth to more than one-fourth of the total length. Inner spine of 
basal joint of sixth abdominal appendage longer than outer, with a rounded tooth on its 
outer and on its inner edge a series of acute dentations gradually increasing in length 
distally. Rostrum only a little longer than wide. Submedian dorsal carinse entirely 
absent in all the exposed somites of the hind body except the sixth abdominal. Sub- 
median spines of telson acute, with about eight intermediate acute dentations. Dorsal 
surface of telson with four or five sharply defined longitudinal carinse on each side of the 
median ridge. Paddle of exopodite of sixth abdominal appendage about half as long as 
second joint, and an acute spine on the dorsal surface of the basal joint of the appendage. 
Lateral edges of second thoracic somite acute, those of the third and fourth rounded. 
Special Description . — Rostrum only a little longer than wide, subtriangular, with a 
broadly rounded tip. Antero-lateral angles of carapace acute ; postero-lateral angles 
rounded ; anterior border nearly transverse ; posterior border deeply notched on middle 
line. No median carina on the rostrum or on the carapace, the gastric area of which is 
conspicuously convex. Lateral carinse of carapace very faintly indicated. No median 
dorsal tubercle on posterior edge of carapace. Length of rostrum Djou, and of the 
carapace Loum and of the two -fLVm of the total length. Hind body gradually and 
uniformly increasing in width from in front backwards to the fifth abdominal somite, 
which is one and one-half times as broad as the second thoracic somite. There are no 
submedian dorsal carinse on any of the exposed somites of the hind body except the 
sixth abdominal ; the second thoracic somite has no dorsal carinse. The third, fourth, and 
fifth have each a pair of lateral carinse, and the first five abdominal somites have each 
three pairs of lateral carinse, including the marginal ones ; all of which, except the inner 
onesjof the first abdominal somite, end in spines. The sixth abdominal somite has well- 
marked submedian carinse converging posteriorly, and two pairs of lateral ones, all six 
