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numerous rows of sharp granules and the long seta.e fringing the upper border of the pahn 

 continued to the tip of the finger, cutting margin flattened in its proximal portion and accom- 

 panied at the outer side by a long prominent keel, similar to that of the immovable finger, 

 distal part of cutting margin with four teeth, alternating with those of the other finger, and 

 diminishing in size towards tip of finger; base of fingers gaping, the gap being filled 

 with four bunches of stiff hairs, one being placed on the palm, one on the fixed finger, 

 and the two remaining ones on the other finger. 



The walking legs are slender, but not very long, the penultimate pair being not yet twice 

 as long as the carapace. The meropodites are four times as long as broad, and finely 

 ere nu late along both margins; anterior margin of carpo- and propodite 

 armed in the sa me way. Dactyli longer than propodites; conical, nearly straight, armed 

 along both margins with largely-separated spines. 



The abdomen of the cf (fig. 2 c) is much narrower than that of any other species of 

 Litocheira : though the first and third segment e.xactly reach as far outward as to touch the 

 coxopodites of the last pair of legs, the fourth, fifth and sixth segment do not 

 taper at all, their lateral margins being parallel, these segments are subequal in length 

 and the length is about half the breadth in each case; the terminal segment is broader than 

 long and broader than the preceding segment, its outline is about three-quarters of that of a 

 circle. The abdomen of the 9 is likewise narrow, though of course broader than in the cf ; it 

 narrows very gradually from the third segment to the terminal one, which latter is semi-elliptical 

 and twice as long as the preceding. The eggs are comparatively few in number and rather 

 large, their diameter varying from 0.35 to 0.4 mm. 



Dimensions in mm. : 



Breadth of fronto-orbital border 



Breadth of front 



Greatcst breadth of carapace 



Length of carapace 



Base of abdomen 



Length of meropodite 



Breadth of meropodite 



Length of carpopodite along anterior margin \ of penultimate pair of legs 



Length of propodite along anterior margin 



Length of dactylus 



Horizontal length of chela 



Height of palm . , 

 N" I and 



5 with eggs 

 4.6 

 2.4 

 5.85 

 4.8 



are from Stat. 51, n° 2 (the cf here figured) and 4 are from Stat. 260. 



6. Litocheira siibintegra (Lanchester). PI. 16, Fig. i. 



1888. Carcinoplax Integer de Man nee Miers. Journ. Linn. Soc. London, v. 22, p. 93. 



1900. Litochira integra'i Alcock. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, v. 69, prt. 2, p. 314. 



1900. Carcinoplax subinteger Lanchester. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900, p. 750, pi. 46, f. 9. 



Stat. 153. o°3'.8N., I30°24'.3E. Near north-west point of Waigeu Island. Depth 141 m. i cf. 



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