I. 
Beskrivelse af nye eller mindre 
bekjendte Arter. 
Ordo IPocioph.th.alma.ia.. 
Subordo Brachyura. 
Tribus Oxyrhyncha. 
Fam. Majidse. 
Gen. Scyramatliia, Alph. Milne Edwards, 1880. 
Rapport sur l’Exploration seientifique du “Travailleur”. 
Slsegtscharacteristic. Rygskjoldet triangulsert, con- 
vext, oyentil forsynet med spredte stnmpe Forheininger samt 
til liver Side fortil ined en triaugulser Hepaticaltorn, bagtil 
med en koniskt tilspidset fra Gjelleregionen udgaaende 
Fortsats. Pan dehornet delt i to fra Roden af divcrgerende 
dolkformige (Irene. 0ienhulerne tydeligt begrsendsede, vendte 
til Sideme, og oventil forsynede med et dybt Indsnit og en 
tilspidset Praiocul arfortsats. 0inene smaa. retractile. 2det 
Par Foleres Basalled med den ydre Kant simpel, ikke 
tandet, den trie Del af Skaftet smalt cylindrisk, Svpben 
borsteformig. De ydre Kjaavefodders 4de Led (meros) meget 
bredt, fortil mesten lige afskaaret. Fangarmene forholdsvis 
smaa og svage, med smal Haand. Gangfpddeme temmelig 
forhengede, lste Par 1 angst, de 3 ovrige successivt kortere ; 
Endekloen svagt krummet, af ens Udseende paa alle. 
Almindelige Bemserkninger. Nmrvserende Sbegt er 
grundet paa den nedenfor npiere beskrevne Form, der fbrst 
er noteret som en Art af Skcgten Amathia Roux. Trods 
sin umiskjendelige habituelle Ligbed med Arterne af denne 
sidste Slsegt, vil dog en noiere Underspgelse snart lame, at 
den ikke er nogen aegte Amathia. Prof. Alph. Milne Ed- 
wards har fbrst i sin forelobige Rapport over den Franske 
1 . 
Description of new or imperfectly 
known Species. 
Ordo Podophthalmata. 
Subordo Brachyura. 
Tribus Oxyrhyncha. 
Fam. Majidae. 
Gen. Scy j * ni nath i u. Alph. Milne Edwards, 1880. 
Rapport sur l’Exploration scieutifique du “Travailleur”. 
Generic Character. — Carapax triangular, convex, 
furnished above with scattered obtuse protuberances, as 
also anteriorly, on either side, with a triangular hepatic 
spine, posteriorly with a conical acuminate process, issuing 
from the branchial region. Rostrum divided at the base 
into two diverging dagger-shaped branches. Orbita distinctly 
defined, turning sideways, and exhibiting above a deep 
incision, together with an acuminate preocular spine. Eyes 
small, retractile. Basal articulation of the 2nd pair of 
antennae with the. outer margin simple, not dentate; the 
free portion of the peduncle slender, cylindrical, flagellum 
setiform. Exterior maxillipeds having the 4th joint (meros) 
very broad, anteriorly well-nigh truncate. Chelipeds compa- 
ratively small and weak, with a slender hand. Ambulatory 
legs rather elongate, 1st pair longest, the 3 remaining pairs 
diminishing successively in length; terminal claw slightly 
bent, presenting the same appearance in all. 
General Remarks. — The present genus is based 
on the form minutely described below, and first noticed as 
a species of the genus Amathia Roux. Notwithstanding the 
undeniable resemblance shown in its habitus to the species 
of this genus, a closer examination will soon prove it to 
be no genuine form of Amathia. Prof. Alph. Milne Edwards, 
in his preliminary report of the Erencli Expedition in the 
