Thomson. — On New Zealand Crustacea Anomura. 179 



6. Eupagurus traversi, Filhol. Plate XXI., figs. 1-3. 



1885. Eupoijarus traversi, Filhol, Miss, de File Campbell, 

 p. 422, pi. 1., figs. 5 and 6. 



Front of carapace produced into an acute point on the 

 median line, lateral angles not so well defined. Back of cara- 

 pace almost destitute of hairs. 



Ocular peduncles rather less than width of front of cara- 

 pace, slender; basal scale rather slightly developed, produced 

 on the inner side into a small ciliated spine. 



Antennules with the peduncles reaching only a very short 

 way beyond the eye-stalks. 



Antennae having the peduncles reaching slightly beyond 

 the ocular peduncles ; basal joint with a minute spine on the 

 inside, and having the outer spine reaching half-way to the 

 extremity of the eye-stalks, acicle barely reaching to the ex- 

 tremity of the eye-stalks ; flagellum not reaching to end of 

 the right chelipede, joints coloured red and white in alternate 

 groups. 



Chelipedes very unequal. 



Eight chelipede with the meros rounded and smooth above, 

 with a single spine on the distal end of the upper margin, and 

 a fringe of small spines on the lower distal border ; carpos 

 short, narrow, but widening distally, upper and outer surface 

 with a very few spines buried among long hairs ; propodos 

 slightly wider than carpos, with six rows of spinose tubercles 

 on the outer face buried among long hairs, inner face rugose, 

 almost free from hairs ; fingers with very strong teeth on their 

 opposed surfaces. 



Left chelipede narrow and much compressed ; meros and 

 carpos very hairy, each with two closely approximated rows 

 of tubercles on the upper margin ; fingers curved, with strong 

 terminal teeth. 



Ambulatory feet rather hairy, especially towards the ex- 

 tremities ; second pair with a single spine at the extremity of 

 the upper edge of the carpos ; dactyli ending in very acute 

 dark-coloured claws. 



Size: Length of body, 27 mm.; length of carapace, 6mm.; 

 length of ocular peduncle, 4 mm. ; length of right chelipede, 

 15 mm. ; length of left chelipede, 12 mm. ; length of 3rd leg, 

 19 mm. 



Distribution. — Confined to New Zealand. 



Habitat. — Cook Strait (Filhol), Kenepuru Sound (J. Mc- 

 Mahon), Lyttelton, Dunedin, Stewart Island (Filhol). 



Filhol states that " the ophthalmic segment is almost com- 

 pletely hidden under the anterior margin of the carapace," 

 and states that this character, inter alia, serves to distinguish 

 the species from E. echvarc'si and E. nova-zealandia. In 



