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spinous tubercles. Anterior legs (in the female) slender, smooth, 

 about equalling in length the post-frontal region of the carapace ; 

 fingers slender, sub-cylindrical, slightly curved, meeting only 

 towards their tips when closed. Ambulatory limbs stout, 

 decreasing in length posteriorly, each with a small tooth at the 

 extremity of the upper surface of the third joint. Body all 

 covered, with the exception of the anterior legs, with long soft 

 hair. Length fourteen lines ; breadth one inch. 



Gloucester Passage, Queensland; Port Denison ("W. A. IT., 

 II.M.S. "Alert"). 



40. Micippa superciliosa. 



Micippa superciliosa, Haswell. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. 

 iv., p. 116, pi. xxvi., fig. 2. 



Carapace granular, hepatic regions depressed. Rostrum nearly 

 vertically denexed, terminating in four teeth, the inner pair 

 triangular, sub-acute, separated by a wide interval, the outer 

 rather longer, directed forwards and outwards, acute, curved 

 backwards at the tips. A short triangular, prse-ocular tooth ; 

 upper orbital bord produced, almost tubular ; orbital fissures 

 shallow, the first narrow, the second open. Lateral borders 

 armed with six slender spines which increase in length posteriorly. 

 Anterior limbs (in male) as long as the body ; wrist and hand 

 covered with minute granules arranged for the most part in 

 irregular transverse rows ; hand somewhat dilated ; fingers smooth, 

 meeting only near their apex, leaving an oval interspace between 

 them at the base. Length seven lines ; breadth (exclusive of the 

 spines) half an inch. 



Darnley Island, Torres Straits (Macleay Museum). 



In the form of the orbits this species shows a transition 

 towards Criocarcinus. 



41. Micippa curtispina. A.M. 



Micippa curtispina, Ilaswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Vol. iv., 

 p. 446, pi. xxv., fig. 1. 



Carapace granular; gastric and anterior portion of cardiac 

 regions much elevated towards the middle line ; posterior portion 

 of the cardiac region with a low mammiform elevation bounded 

 behind by a narrow semi-circular groove ; hepatic regions much 



