. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . There was also ashrimp-like form with a pinkish back. The swimmerets wereornamented with very fine tufts of exceedingly delicate shrimp, Meiapeneus goodei, collected by the use of the elec-tric light, was colorless, as Avere indeed nearly all of these noc-turnal creatures that are attracted by artificial light, and hadrelatively enormous jet-black eyes. The squame of the antennawas a marvellous structur
. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . There was also ashrimp-like form with a pinkish back. The swimmerets wereornamented with very fine tufts of exceedingly delicate shrimp, Meiapeneus goodei, collected by the use of the elec-tric light, was colorless, as Avere indeed nearly all of these noc-turnal creatures that are attracted by artificial light, and hadrelatively enormous jet-black eyes. The squame of the antennawas a marvellous structure, very delicate, translucent, and witha comb-like fringe of perfectly parallel and extremely fine surface of the scale was beset with rigid, bristle-like hairs,hooked at their ends, and with small ring-like insertions. Thesewere doubtless sensory structures. Several forms related to the pistol crabs were , Crangon armillatus, was nearly two inches long, the cara-pace being ornamented with conspicuous red bands, while the Dr. Mary J. Rathbun has kindly identified most of the Crustacea mentionedbelow. Any mistakes are to be ascribed to the author. PLATE XLIII. 1. Branching cactus, ( • tni.^ m.^uUms (See page 22U) (Photograph by Wehiuuu) 2. Epiphytes, TUandsia (See iiage 222) (Photograph by AVehman) 3. Agave, Agave Americana (See page 319) PLATE XLTV
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