354 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Eye-stalks less than half the length of the supraocular spines, 

 which do not conceal them from dorsal view ; eyes very large, 

 though comparatively smaller than those of the young specimen. 



CoxcB and ischia of all the pereiopoda with spiniform granules 

 below. Meri with spines on both mai'gins which are largest 

 behind, and each armed distally with a strong spine above ; their 

 hinder and lower surfaces bespread with spiniform granules. 



Chelipeds about 21 the length of the carapace and slightly 

 more than half that of the third pair of ambulatory legs. The 

 carpus is granular. Hand very large and swollen, only a little 

 deeper than thick and covered on both inner and outer faces with 

 very small rounded granules, the largest of which tend to form 

 rows. Fingers curved inwards, with widely spaced tufts of short 

 bristly hairs, the mobile finger with a large blunt tooth near the 

 base. 



Ambulatory legs of the first to third pairs with the carpus 

 almost smooth. The propodus is roughened with minute 

 forwardly-directed spines wliich are most numerous below. 

 Dactylus with five rows of spinules of which two are above, one 

 on each side and one below. 



Last pair of legs much shorter than the preceeding, a little 

 longer than the chelipeds. Propodus short and broad with four 

 slender spines placed close together on its hinder margin, into 

 which the very small dactylus closes. 



The ischium and merus of the maxilipeds are very k»ng and 

 narrow and coarsely granular. Their iinier margins thickly 

 clothed with long bristles. The following joints smooth and 

 cylindrical. Exopodite slender, its basal portion granular. 



All seven segments of the abdomen are distinct and faintly 

 granular, and completely covering the space between the bases of 

 the maxilipeds and legs. The middle line of segments 1-6 is 

 raised and on 1-4 bears a small spine. Segments 3, 4, and 6 have 

 also small spines on either side of the raised portion. 



Colour in general pink, the carapace becoming whitish on the 

 sides. Eyes orange above. Hands dark yellow, separated from the 

 black fingers by a white interspace. Distal end of the joints of 

 the ambulatory legs and the dactyli rose-colour, the latter with 

 rows of yellow spines. 



The most striking differences between the young and adult 

 specimens are, in terms of the latter, the broader and much less 

 quadrilateral form of the carapace, and the less prominent hepatic 

 regions ; the granulations and spines of both carapace and legs 

 though much stronger and more numerous, are not so long in 



