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erated posterior to the cardiac area, oblique prolongation from lateral 

 angles wanting. Granules of carapace beadlike and regularly placed 

 posteriorly, becoming sharper, more crowded, and irregularly placed 

 toward the frontal and lateral margins. Front narrow, about one third 

 carapace width, thickened, bilobed, granulate. Orbits subcircular, su- 

 perior fissures obliterated, a notch at external angle. Of the anterolateral 

 teeth, only the first two in addition to the exorbital are distinct and 

 tuberculate, the remainder of the margin consisting of single, sharpened 

 granules, alternately large and small. Greatest width of carapace slightly 

 in advance of lateral angle. Postfrontal, protogastric, gastric, and he- 

 patic regions coarsely tuberculate, sparsely hairy, raised, and separated 

 by deep, naked sulci, giving the anterior portion of the carapace a de- 

 cidedly areolate appearance. Cardiac, intestinal, and postbranchial regions 

 low, confluent, and paved with beaded granules ; a straight row of minute 

 granules above the posterior margin. 



Antennular fossae large, antennules folding obliquely above the broad 

 septum. Antennae short, basal article all but concealed by prominent 

 inner suborbital tooth, second article barely touching front. Epistome 

 sinuous. Endostomial crest emarginate. Anteroexternal angle of merus 

 of outer maxilliped produced acutely, inner angle sharpened, a promi- 

 nent notch for the insertion of the large, somewhat compressed, hairy 

 palpus. (See pi. 23, fig. 4.) 



Chelipeds massive, merus totally concealed in dorsal view, carpus 

 slightly exceeding manus in displacement, roughly tuberculate and hairy, 

 a prominent median depression near its distal extremity. Manus with 

 three large, compressed, sharpened teeth forming the superior crest; 

 lower half of palm with a dense covering of plumose hairs through which 

 granules arranged in rows are discernible. Fingers Pilumnus-like, stout, 

 tips crossing; pollex greatly shortened, two flattened teeth near tip; 

 dactyl correspondingly deflexed, channeled, tip pointed, a superior tu- 

 bercle at base. 



Abdomen of male with seven free segmicnts. (See pi. 23, fig. 3.) 



Walking legs finely pubescent; meri with superior margins sharp 

 granulate; carpus with a double row of granules, widening distally; 

 propodus widest; dactylus with a fine, yellow, pointed nail. 



Color in life: Carapace dull ochraceous buff with varicolored gran- 

 ules, most chrome orange, some carmine red, and others bright cadmium 

 orange. Ground color of chelae reed yellow with granular spines scarlet 

 red. Fingers sayal brown. Merus of ambulatory legs yellowish cream buff 



