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. 



Coxiw 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 2| the length of the carapace and slightly 

 more than half that of the third pair of ambulatory legs. Th(! 

 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 r(.)unded 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 



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The most striking differences between the young and adult 

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

 (juadrilateral 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 



