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Fig. 3.— CuBANARius 



JAPOXICUS, LEFT 

 CHELIPED, X IS. 



margin with 2 distal spines, 2 smaller subterminal spines. The carpus 

 is longer than broad, has 2 dorsal rows of spines; anterior margin 

 spinose; outer face with a short row of spines at the upper distal end. 

 The propodus is spinose above, the spines arranged in about seven 

 uneven rows; the palm widens considerably distally: 

 its inner margin is little more than half as long as the 

 dactylus; tbe lingers have each about 3 rows of spines 

 a])ove, their margins meet when closed, the tips cross. 

 The spines have corneous tips. The cheliped is also 

 beset with bunches of hair arising near the bases of 

 the spines. 



The right cheliped reaches just to 

 end of palm of left one; the merus 

 falls short of the end of the eyes. 

 The spines are smaller and are less 

 definitel}" arranged in rows, the palm 

 widens very little toward its distal 

 end, the dactylus is li times longer 

 than inner margin of palm. 



The first ambulatory leg extends 

 beyond left cheliped by half the length of dactylus; fig. 4.— clibanakh s 



,*,,,,, 1 1 "^ • i. i. •^ \ JAPOXICUS, RIGHT 



both hrst and second pairs are stout, pilose above, cheliped, x i?. 

 dactylus longer than propodus. The lower margin of 

 the merus and the upper margin of the carpus of the first pair have a 

 row of spines; dact^li of l)oth pairs armed on inner face with several 

 rows of dark spines. These legs are not striated, and in alcohol show 



no transA^erse bands of color. 

 Dimensiotis. — Length of 

 body 58 mm. ; length of ceph- 

 alothorax 26.2 mm.; dis- 

 tance from tip of rostrum to 

 cervical suture 10 mm.; 

 width of anterior margin 11. 1 

 mm. ; length of ej^e-peduncles 

 1) mm. ; length of jiropodus of 

 Fig. 5.— clibanarius japoxicus, outer pace of first first ambulatory leg, right 



AMBULATORY LEG ON RIGHT SIDE, X IS. ^-^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ , J^^^^J^ ^^ . 



dactylus of same 13.4: mm.; length of propodus of second ambula- 

 tory leg, right side, 13.4 mm.; length of dactylus of same 15.6 mm. 



DIOGENES EDWARDSII (de Haan). 



Pagunis edioardsli dk Haax, Fauna Japon., Crust., 1849, p. 211, i>l. l, fig. 1. 

 Diogenes edwardsi Oetmann, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., VI, 1892, p. 295. 



Wakanoura, Kii (abundant), in shells of Cassis japomca Roe, EhuriKt 

 japonica Sowerby, PoUnices <7y/?/'^»Philippi, JRane7Iaa7Mvari'cosa/Roi\ 

 JVassa genimidata Lamarck, SipJionaUa signutn Roe and Turho japon - 

 icus Roe. 



