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inner surface is hairy, and two acute spinules are seen on the anterior border ; the fino-ers 

 are almost straight, and more tlian lialf tlie length of the hand, with tlieir opposed edges 

 parallel and minutely serrated. The ambulatory limbs are smooth and moderately long, 

 the anterior border of all the joints is pubescent, and a small spine exists on the anterior 

 border and distal end of the carpi ; the dactyli are about equal in length to the propodi 

 and carpi taken together, each terminates in a yellow horny spine, and a tuft of cfirneous 

 hairs is present on the anterior surface near the apex. The last two pairs of legs are 

 moderately pubescent. 



The penultimate abdominal segment bears a T-shaped impression ; the terminal 

 segment is irregularly lobed. 



An adult female gives the following measurements: — Length of body 25 mm., of 

 right chelipede 30 mm., of left chelipede 22 mm., of third right leg 43 mm., of ocular 

 peduncle 4 mm. 



This species is allied to Parapagurus ahyssorum, from which it is distinguished by 

 the form and armature of the right chelipede, ophthalmic scales, and the dactyli of the 

 ambulatory legs, in addition to other less important distinctions. The form of the eye- 

 stalks, and the diminished length of the terminal antennular peduncular joint, separates 

 it from Parapagurus pilosimanus, S. I. Smith. 



Habitat. — Station 214, off the Mcangis Islands ; depth, 500 fathoms ; bottom, blue 

 mud. A female with ova, in a shell of Pleurotoma sp. 



Parapagurus latimanus, n. sp. (PI. X. fig. 2). 



Characters. — The anterior portion of the carapace is slightly convex, and rugose 

 towards the lateral margins, the three frontal projections are obtusely rounded and but 

 slightly marked ; the two cervical grooves form a rounded line separating the two por- 

 tions ; the posterior portion of the carapace is smooth and entirely membranous. 



The ocular peduncles are slender though dilated towards the base, with a few hairs on 

 their upper surface ; the ophthalmic scales are short, entire, and subacute. The antennal 

 peduncle exceeds the eye-stalk by more than half the length of its terminal joint, the 

 acicle is but slightly curved, extending almost to the end of the ultimate joint, and its 

 surface is pubescent, especially towards the apex which is provided with a tuft of hairs ; 

 the external prolongation of the second joint is well marked, and terminates in two 

 subacute teeth ; the ilagellum is of moderate length and slightly pubescent. The first 

 joint of the antennular peduncle has its distal end situated almost opposite the end 

 of the eye-stalk, the terminal joint slightly exceeds the total length of the antennal 

 peduncle. 



The disparity in size is very marked in the chelipedes ; the surface of both is pubescent, 

 and the larger is also granulated. The right chelipede has the merus with an oval 



