SOUTHWELL ANOMURA 115 



Milne-Edwards gives the length as eight lines (^ in.). I am unable to 

 determine whether this measurement is simply that of the carapace or the whole 

 animal. 



The description of the Kutch specimen is as follows : 



Carapace slightly longer than broad, moderately flattened, and markedly tuber- 

 culated, with deep intervening sulci, the granular tubercles being largest towards 

 the anterior. Cervical grooves well marked and terminating behind each orbit. 

 Rostrum short, deflexed, and broadly triangular, its extremity being marked by 

 three Lirge tubercles, of which one is median and advanced, and the other pair 

 lateral. Lateral margins of the carapace entire and hairy. Outer orbital angle 

 projecting. Epibranchifil spines absent. Eyes large and protruding. Eye-peduncles 

 short ; antennules minute. Antennae pi-ojecting laterally, the first joint not extending 

 to the edge of the carapace, and having a crest on the distal anterior edge. Palp 

 of the third maxillipedc very long, hairy, and extending beyond the extremity 

 of the antennules. Chelipedes depressed, unequal, the right one being slightly the 

 larger, and twice as long as the carapace. 



Merus short, and roughly triangular, with a small tooth on it? internal distal 

 angle, and a few scattered granules on its dorsal and external face. Carpus two-thirds 

 as long as the carapace, and half as broad as long. Its dorsal surface is marked by 

 numbers of tubercles of unequal size and roughly arranged in three rows, separated by 

 two shallow furrows. A small spine occurs proximally on its internal edge and 

 another one on its distal external edge. Ventral surface smooth. Propodite narrow 

 proximally, widening distally, and wedge-shaped from side to side, with the narrow 

 end external ; its dorsal surface is marked by a number of tubercles of unequal size, 

 and roughly arranged in rows. A few short hairs occur on its external edge. Ventral 

 surface smooth. Fingers short, slightly curved, approximated when closed, and 

 tuberculated. A pad of short matted hairs occurs ventrally on their proximal ends. 

 The three succeeding pairs of thoracic feet equal, short, flattened, hairy along their 

 edges, and tuberculated along their dorsal surface. Merus very large, and almost as 

 long as the three succeeding joints, and three-fifths as broad as long. Carpus, 

 propodus and dactylus of each thoracic leg slender. 



Last (fourth) pair of thoracic legs very slender, and folded along the sides of the 

 body, abdomen flexed under the body and slightly hairy, the hairs arising from the 

 edges of the terga and from isolated dorsal areas. 



One female with eggs. 



Length of carapace, 10 mm. ; breadth of carapace, 9 mm. ; length of right 

 chelipede, 20 mm.; length of left chelipede, 18 mm. ; length of first thoracic leg, 

 12 mm. ; length of merus of first thoracic leg, 5 mm. 



Colour in formalin : milky white. 



Locality : South-west coast of Beyt Island. 



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