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enlarged, devoid of prominent ridge within, upper surface of dac- 

 tylus simply granulate, fingers almost meeting. 



Legs very broad; third pair twice as long as carapace, its merus 

 two and one-half times as long as Avide and its dactylus four-fifths as 

 long as the preceding joint. Propodites of first and second pairs 

 densely furry on anterior or lower surface, especially in male; car- 

 popodites and propodites of all the legs with hairy margins, a few 

 of the hairs long. 



Terminal segment of male abdomen longer than wide. 



Measurements. — Male (14870), length of carapace 29, width of 

 same 33.2 mm. 



Range. — Barbados. West Africa, from Senegal to Benguella ( Oso- 

 rio). 



Matenal examined. — 



Barbados; 1 large female (Paris Mus.). 



Senegal; M. Delambre; 1 large female cotype, Paris Mus.; 1 male 

 cotype, Cat. No. 20281, U.S.N.M. 



Kock Spring, Monrovia ; Apr., 1894; O. F. Cook and G. N. Collins; 

 12 males, 2 females (20572). 



Beyah River, Elmina, Ashantee; Nov. 27, 1889; W. H. Brown, 

 U. S. Eclipse Exped. to Africa; 2 males, 1 female (14870). 



Gabun; M. Duparquet; 1 small male, 1 large female (Paris Mus.). 



Subgenus Sesarma (=Episesarma de Man). 



Carapace with a lateral tooth behind the outer orbital tooth. 

 Manus without oblique, coarsely pectinated ridges on upper surface. 



SESARMA (SESARMA) VERLEYI Rathbnn. 



Plate 76. 



Sesarma {Sesarma) vcrlcyi Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, 1914, 

 p. 123, pi. 6 (type-locality, Mulgrave, Jamaica; holotype female, Cat. 

 No. 24940, U.S.N.M.). 



Diagnosis. — Carapace elongate, narrowed anteriorly. Merus of 

 third leg four times as long as wide. 



Description. — Carapace nearly nine-tenths as long as wide, strongly 

 narrowed anteriorly, convex fore and aft, regions and supra-frontal 

 lobes fairly well marked; of the latter the outer pair are narrower 

 than the inner pair and their anterior margin more strongly marked. 

 Anterior part of carapace granulous, postero-lateral area finely 

 striated. 



The front occupies a little more than half the fronto-orbital width, 

 lower margin forming two prominent lobes in dorsal view, sides 

 oblique, angles rounded off. 



