NO. 1236. 



NEW HERMIT CRABS— BENEDICT. 



MIXTOPAGURUS GILLI, new species. 



The rostral projection of this .species is a broad, low, evenly rounded 

 lobe bordered by a narrow carina; the sinus behind the eye is shallow 

 and evenly curved; it ends, as is usual in the family, at the triangular 

 projection between the eye and antenna; these projections are a 



Fig. 7.— MIXTOPAGURUS gilli. x 1|. 



little in advance of the rostral lobe and terminate in a sharp point. 

 Close examination of the lobe shows it to be armed with a single very 

 small .spinule which does not deflect the bordering carina in the least. 

 The length of the eve laid off on the front reaches from the outer base 

 of one antenna to the outer base of the other. The peduncles are 

 cylindrical and slightly bow upward. From the middle they very 

 gradually increase in size to the not otherwise dilated cornea. The 



