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between the two ; the opposed edges are finely dentate, and the dactylus bears in 

 addition three or four equidistant tubercular teeth of small size. The ambulatory limbs 

 are slender, and the meral, carpal, and propodal joints are squamosc, the two first 

 of these also with their margins spinose ; the dactyli are moderately long, and but 

 slightly curved. 



The eyes are similar to those of the last species, though separated by a wider interval. 

 The antennal spine is pubescent and extremely long, projecting for a considerable distance 

 in front of the eyes ; the anterior prolongation of the second joint is short, not exceeding 

 the joint itself in length ; the antennal flagellum is slender and of moderate length. 

 The ischium and merus of the external maxillipedes are squamose externall}', and in 

 other respects similar to those of Munida (jranulata, though the spine on the inner 

 margin of the merus is slightly larger than in the last species. 



The second, third, and fourth abdominal segments are armed as in Munida 

 granulata; the spines are, however, more strongly developed. The fifth and sixth 

 segments are glabrous externally, and crossed by curved concentric lines. 



This species is in many respects closely allied to the last ; it can, however, be at once 

 distinguished from Munida granulata, which is a smaller species, by the substitution of 

 sj)inules for granules on its carapace, the shorter chelipedes, the absence of a second 

 lengthy antennal prolongation, and the peculiar markings on the fifth and sixth 

 abdominal segments. 



Breadth of carapace (of an adult male) 14 mm., length of body 36 mm., of carapace 

 14 mm., of rostrum 3 mm., of chelipede 59 mm., of chela 24"5 mm., of first ambulatory 

 leg 44 mm. Female specimens appear to be very slightly inferior in size to males. 



Habitat. — Station 192, ofi' Little Ki Island; depth, 140 fathoms; bottom, blue 

 mud. Nine females, one with ova, and six males ; one specimen has a Sacculinid 

 attached to the abdomen. 



Munida 'proxima, Henderson (PI. XIII. fig. 2). 



Munida proxima, Henderson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. xvi. p. 410, 1885. 



Characters. — The rostrum is less than one-fourth the length of the carapace, and not 

 twice the length of the supraorbital spines, with its basal portion broad and the terminal 

 part slightly upturned ; the supraorbitals are horizontal in direction. The carapace is 

 slightly pubescent and covered everywhere with minute spinules, arising from short 

 transverse ridges on the posterior half, which do not, however, form strige passing 

 from side to side ; the gastric area is well defined, and its surface is clothed with small 

 though distinct scales which are slightly pubescent and give off a median spinule in 

 front, a pair of spines are placed behind the supraorbitals, but there is no trace of a 

 posterior median spine ; the cardiac area is distinctly triangular in outline and armcil 



