. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 604 BULLETIN 54, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. PHILOSCIA CULEBRiE Moore. PhUoscia culebrn' Moore, Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, XX, Pt. 2, 1902, p. 176, pi. XI, figs. 13-17. Locality.—Culebra, Porto Rico, from drift on shore. "Bod}" elongate-oval, about 2,5 times as long as broad; head about twice as broad as long, front somewhat recurved between sides and middle, producing the appearance of a small lobe in front of each e^^e, sides and posterior margin rounded; first seg- ment of thorax longest, its anterior and posterior margins
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 604 BULLETIN 54, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. PHILOSCIA CULEBRiE Moore. PhUoscia culebrn' Moore, Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, XX, Pt. 2, 1902, p. 176, pi. XI, figs. 13-17. Locality.—Culebra, Porto Rico, from drift on shore. "Bod}" elongate-oval, about 2,5 times as long as broad; head about twice as broad as long, front somewhat recurved between sides and middle, producing the appearance of a small lobe in front of each e^^e, sides and posterior margin rounded; first seg- ment of thorax longest, its anterior and posterior margins strongl}" curved, anterior angle rounded and projecting somewhat beyond sides of head; next six segments subequal in length, sec- ond, third, and fourth widest, the last three successivel}" narrower; posterior angles of last four segments produced, successively increasing in length, that of last reaching almost to posterior border of third abdominal segment; abdomen almost as long as last three segments of thorax, gradually decreas- ing in width posteriorly; segments sub- equal in length, the sides of the first more or less concealed by the lateral angle of the last thoracic segment; telson short, hardly longer than other segments, produced to a blunt point in median line posteriori}". "Eyes moderate (for the genus); first antenna' minute, second antennae when laid against sides of body extend- ing to about end of second thoracic segment, spinulose; peduncle, five- jointed; first joint, short; second and third, equal; fourth, longer; fifth, long- est, equal to third and fourth com- bined; flagellum three-jointed, about equal to last joint of peduncle. Man- dible with narrow four or five dentate ti]), at the base of which are two plumulose seta?, and lower down a biush of fine setie; no palp. First maxilhi? with inner plate furnished with several small spines; outer plate with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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