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carpus " is as long as the mevus and considerably shorter than 

 the palm," of which " the inner surface is crossed diagonally by 

 a strong ridge." In our specimens the carpus is much longer 

 than the merus and just as long as the palm, which has no 

 diagonal ridge crossing its inner surface, but only a swelling 

 which runs longitudinally towards the movable finger. Hen- 

 derson does not specify the relative lengths of merus, carpus and 

 palm, but his figure suggests that they agree with those in the 

 South African examples. 



Alcock says of the second and third peraeopods, " the dactyl i 

 are about twice as long as the two preceding joints combined," 

 but his figure shows that the words " about twice " should be 

 deleted. 



The larger South African specimen has a carapace fully 

 21 mm. long in the middle line, therefore very much longer 

 than Alcock's specimen with length of carapace nearly 8 mm., 

 or than Henderson's, measuring 21 mm. for the whole animal. 



Locality. S.E. of East London, lat, 33 3' 0" S., long. 

 27 57' 0" E. ; depth 32 fathoms, Sent by Dr. Gilchrist. 

 No. 47. 



EUPAGURUS SPINTJLENTUS, Henderson. 



1888. Eupagurus spinulentus, Henderson, Eep. Voy. Challenger, 



vol. 27, pt. 69, p. 68, pi. 7, figs. 3, 3 a. 



1905. Alcock, Indian Decap. Crust., pt. 2 



fasc. 1, p. 176. 



The specimens which I diffidently assign to this species agree 

 with Henderson's account of the eyes and the ophthalmic scales, 

 of the acicle, and in general of the limbs, although the furrows 

 and denticulation of the chelipeds are much more pronounced 

 than his figures would suggest. He says that " the terminal 

 segment is composed of four nearly equal and symmetrical 

 lobes." In our specimens it would rather be described as an 

 unlobed oblong. The carapace has on the antero- lateral margin 

 the minute denticle shown in Henderson's fig. 3 a. 



The only specimen having the right cheliped measured 

 30 mm. from front of carapace to the end of the telson, while 

 the right cheliped was 37'5 mm. long, 



Locality. Umroti River, N. by W. | W. 4 miles ; depth 

 27 fathoms. A 1504. 



