. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 240 BULLETIN 54, UNITED 8TATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. MEINERTIA DEPLANATA (Bovallius). Ceratothoa depluvatu Bovallius, Bihanji; till K. 8v. Handl., X, No. 11, 1885, pp. 20-22. Locality.—Coast of Haiti, West Indies. "The form of the body is elongate, the anterior and posterior ends are only a little narrower than the middle, the anterior part is not yer}^ conyex; from the fourth segment of the pereion to the end of the urus the bod}" is quite flattened. The surface is smooth, without spots. "The head is broad, triangular,
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 240 BULLETIN 54, UNITED 8TATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. MEINERTIA DEPLANATA (Bovallius). Ceratothoa depluvatu Bovallius, Bihanji; till K. 8v. Handl., X, No. 11, 1885, pp. 20-22. Locality.—Coast of Haiti, West Indies. "The form of the body is elongate, the anterior and posterior ends are only a little narrower than the middle, the anterior part is not yer}^ conyex; from the fourth segment of the pereion to the end of the urus the bod}" is quite flattened. The surface is smooth, without spots. "The head is broad, triangular, with broadly rounded front, the sides rounded, not emarginate. The upper side is smooth, conyex. The eyes are mediocre, rhomboidal, surrounded by dark difl'use Fig. 246.—Meinertia deplanata (After Bovallu's). a. First leg. 6. Lateral view of female. c, Uropod. d. Seventh leg. c, view of female. /, Head with both antennjc. (Enlarged.) " The tirst paii- of antennae are nearly as long as the second, thick, not compressed, seyen-jointed; they reach quite to the anterior mar- gin of the lirst pereional segment. The flrst joint is the longest; it is as long as the two following together. The three last ones are small, tapering. "The second pair of antennte are but a little more slender than the tirst pair, eight-jointed; the first joint the longest; the four last ones small, tapering; the last yery minute. '"The pereion is smooth, the sides feebly rounded. The processes of the first segment are yery broad, short, bent downward; the first segment is shorter than the fifth, but as long as the second. The sixth. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Insti
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