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Show 1896.] TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD CRUSTACEANS. 393 flagellum three times shorter than the second. Pereion: first segment with a blunt antero-median tubercle; lateral edges raised; coxopodite distinct and divergent on the half hind part of the edge (underside). Coxopodite of the second segment forming a tooth-like processus. Pleon, telson : pleotelson as wide as long,, with a blunt double tubercle near its basis; sides curved ; apex nearly as wide as the basis ; endopodite reaching to two-thirds the length of the pleotelson; exopodite minute, placed near the middle of the internal edge of the basis. Colour : dark grey, with a light median line and light lineolae on the sides ; antennae whitish. Dimensions : 14 x 6 millim. Fig. 5. Hab. Becquia Island (June), ravine, damp ground, under rotting leaves ; Grenada ; Balthazar (windward), 250 feet, cocoa orchard, under rotting leaves. 6. A R M A D I L L O S I L Y A R U M , n. sp. Body convex, slightly tuberculated on the pereion. Cephalon : prosepistoma plain. Eyes large; about 20 ocelli. Pereion : first segment with a blunt, hardly perceptible antero-median tubercle; lateral edge forming a narrow raised border; coxopodite distinct on the entire length of the edge, and divergent on the half hind part. Coxopodite of the second segment forming a tooth-like, divergent processus. Pleon, telson : pleotelson wider than long, with a small, double, longitudinal ridge near the basis ; sides curved near the apex; apex one-fourth narrower than the basis, Uropoda |