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Show 398 M. A. DOLLFUS ON WEST-INDIAN [Mar. 3, with a small shield-like convexity ; the prosepistoma is continuous with the forehead in the middle and separated fromit on both sides by a transverse, incomplete, preocular cut. Eyes moderate; ocelli about 12. Antennae short; flagellum small, first joint three times shorter than the second. Pereion : first segment with the antero-median tubercle hardly perceivable; coxopodites distinct on the entire length of the edge of the segment (upperside), forming a thick border, slightly crossed by the posterior angle of the segment. Coxopodite of the second segment hardly visible as a very small, dentiform processus before the leg. Pleon, telson : pleotelson flat, with curved sides and rounded apex. Uropoda : basis with a large, oblong processus, extending between the lateral part of the 5th segment of the pleon and the pleotelson ; endopodite reaching to two-thirds the length of the pleotelson ; exopodite minute, placed at the top of the basal processus. Colour : brownish, with small light lineolae on the pereion ; flagellum white; uropoda reddish. Dimensions : 6 x 2\ millim. Fig. 11. 11C lid (For lettering, see p. 389.) Hab. St. Vincent, sugar-cane field, under decaying cane-leaves, March. Leeward, lowland near sea, under stones, M a y ; under old boards, 250 feet, September; under rubbish, shady place, 500 feet. 12. MESARMADILLO REFLEXUS, n. sp. Body slightly granulated, very convex, and narrowed backward, the side parts of the pereion (segments 2-7) and of the pleon bending downwards. Cephalon: prosepistoma with a shield-like |