REPORT ON THE ANOMURA. G3 



recently been taken in deep water by the " IVavailleur." The spines on the carpal and 

 propodal joints of the second pair of ambulatory limbs are almost obsolete, though -well- 

 marked on those of the first pair, and the dactylus of the right chelipede has the tip folded 

 under that of the immobile finger. In other respects the two examples agree closely 

 with the recently published description of Sars. In British specimens { — Pagunis 

 tricavinatus, Norman) the central carina on the larger hand is more strongly marked. 



St. Vincent Harbour, Cape Verdes, 7 to 20 fathoms, July 1873. A specimen in a 

 &\\&\\. oi Pisania lineata, Gn\e\., is referred somewhat doubtfully to the above species. 

 The larger chela is wanting, and the smaller has the central carina less strongly 

 developed than usual ; the ojjhthalmic scales are also proportionately larger. 



EupagiiTUS excavatus is a Mediterranean and North Atlantic species ; the variety 

 ranges as far north as the Norwegian seas and appears to be most prevalent in moderatelj' 

 deep water. 



Eupagurus lacertosus, n. sp. (PL VI. fig. 7). 



Characters. — The anterior portion of the carapace is smooth and moderately convex, 

 the lateral border is also convex, the median frontal process prominent and acute, the 

 lateral projections less strongly marked, but each tipped by a small spine ; the posterior 

 portion is entirely membranous, and raised somewhat above the level of the anterior part. 



The ocular peduncles are moderately slender, with the cornciB but slightly dilated, and 

 a few indistinct piliferous lines are seen on the upper surface ; the ophthalmic scales 

 have their apices slender and acute, with a faint inward inclination. The antenna! 

 peduncles exceed the eye-stalks by almost the whole length of the ultimate joint ; the 

 acicle is long and slender, with a slight double curve, and the inner border is pubescent, it 

 extends to the middle of the terminal joint ; the second joint has a well-marked external 

 prolongation extending to the middle of the penultimate joint, and its inner border is 

 spinulous, an acute spinule is also present in a corresponding position on the inner 

 margin of the joint ; the under surface of the third joint is densely pubescent. The 

 second joint of the antennular peduncle has its distal end situated nearly opposite the 

 end of the eye-stalk. 



The right chelipede is considerably larger than the left, both are of large size as 

 compared with the trunk, and the surface is granular and spiny. The right chelipede has 

 the merus somewhat trigonal, the upper border with two or three spinules and a few 

 hairs, the antero-external border is armed with a series of acute spines, and the lower 

 surface is tubercular, the outer surface is slightly granular, and the superior and distal 

 border bears two spinules situated close together ; the upper surface of the carpus is 

 covered with tubercular spines (with the exception of an elongated strip near the inner 

 margin), the outer surface slopes abruptly and is granular, the inner border gives rise 



