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Ischium with a movable spine at the far end of the inner border, merus with 7 spines on the 

 inner border, of which the foremost at the thickened distal extremity is Ionger than the rest, 

 and with 5 on the lower; carpus more than half as long as the body and one-third Ionger 

 than the merus, unarmed; dactylus rudimentary, only one-third of the propodus, both joints 

 together l / 20 of the carpus (Fig. igd). 



Eggs small, 0,7 — 0,75 mm. long, 0,5 mm. broad. 



Measurements in millimeters. 



Length from tip of rostrum to tip of telson 

 Length of carapace, including rostrum . 

 Length of carapace without rostrum. . . 



Length of rostrum 



Height of carapace 



Width of carapace 



Length of eyestalk and eye 



Greatest diameter of eye 



Length of antennal scale . ....... 



Width of antennal scale 



Length of the leg of i st pair 



Length of merus 



Length of carpus 



Length of chela 



Length of dactylus 



Length of the leg of 2 n<1 pair 



Length of merus 



Length of carpus 



Length of chela 



Length of dactylus 



Length of the leg of 3 rd pair 



Length of merus 



Length of carpus 

 Length of propodus 

 Length of dactylus . . 

 Length of the leg of 4 th 



pair 



Length of merus 



Length of carpus 



Length of propodus .... 



Length of dactylus 



Length of the leg of 5 th pair . 



Length of merus 



Length of carpus 



Length of propodus .... 



Length of dactylus 



Length of 6* abdominal somite 

 Height of 6'h abdominal somite 

 Length of telson 



General distribution: The typical species is known from off Kandavu, Fiji Islands 

 (Bate); South of the Philippine Islands (Bate); Hawaiian Islands (M. J. Rathbun). When the 



