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with the upper surface canaliculate ; the upper lateral margin non- 

 carinate ; the lateral margins setose. 



The fourth pair of legs is weakly subchelate. The fifth pair of 

 legs is small, slender, weakly chelate. 



References: Pagurus dearmatus, Henderson, J. R., Rept. Voy. 

 H. M. S. "Challenger," Zool., Anomura, vol. XXVII, 1886, p. 

 58, pi. 6, fig. 5; Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. LXV, pt. 2, 

 1896, p. 518. — BORRADAILE, L. A., Faun, and Geogr. Maldive 

 and Laccadive Arch., vol. II, pt. 3, 1902, p. 832. — Alcock, A., 

 Catal. Indian Decap. Crust. Coll. Indian Mus., pt. II, Anomura, 

 fasc. I, 1905, p. 91, pi. 9, fig. 6. — Laurie, R. D., Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. Zool., ser. 2, vol. XIX, 1926, p. 158. 



Pagurus spinimanus H. M. Edwards 



Plate 7 



Type: Dr. Edwards' type was collected in the Seychelles 

 Islands and is deposited in the Paris Museum. 



Distribution : This species is found from the Seychelles east- 

 ward to the Paumotu Archipelago, having been reported from the 

 following localities: Seychelles (Edwards); Singapore (Ort- 

 mann) ; Sooloo Sea (Dana) ; Amboina, Moluccas (Zehntner) ; 

 Society Islands, Tahiti (Boone) ; Friendly Islands, Tongatabu 

 (Dana). 



Material examined : One large male, taken on Venus Point 

 reef, Tahiti, Society Islands, August 15, 1931, by the "Alva." 



Technical description : Carapace elongate, widest posterior- 

 ly, precervical region and cardiac area well calcified ; frontal mar- 

 gin truncate, rostrum absent : a median transverse groove behind 

 the rostrum is incised in the median line by a short groove and on 

 either side behind the antennal angle is confluent with an irregu- 

 lar longitudinal line that runs backward and converges posteriorly, 

 forming a wide V ; there is also an oblique suture in the median 

 lateral region. The lateral margins are heavily beset with setae, 

 as are also the antennal peduncles and ophthalmic scales. The post- 

 cervical region is semicalcified, widest posteriorly and with num- 

 erous tufts of setae along the frontal and anterior lateral areas. 

 The abdomen is well developed, the encasing integument tough; 

 the terga well delineated ; the second to fifth segments, inclusive, 



