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ADDENDUM 



While this paper was goino; thioujrh the press a specimen was 

 received which is apparently congeneric with Macrochelra kaeiiifferiy 

 the giant crab of Japan which inhabits deeper waters off shore, and is 

 jiot known in America. The species below is the second one to be 

 described in this genus. 



Family MAJIDAE 



Genus MACROCHEIRA de Haan 



Maerocheira de Haax. Fauna Japou. 18.39, pp. 79 and 88 ; type, M. Jcaemp- 

 feri (de Ilaan). 



Carapace subtriangular. Rostrum long, two divergent spines. 

 Preocular si)ine small. Basal antennal article not reaching front. 

 Merus of outer maxillipeds elongate, rounded at distal end. Legs 

 very long. 



Oligocene; Recent. 



MACROCHEIRA TEGLANDI, new species 



Description. — Carapace high in the middle, sloping down on the 

 sides and behind ; front deflexed, rostrum invisible. Carapace broad, 

 greatest width nearly equal to postfrontal length. Posterior two- 







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Fig. t). — MACKOcnEinA tf.glandi, female, holotype. a. dorsal view. b. ventral view, 



SHOWING CKELIPED. STERXUM, AND ABDOMEN 



thirds transversely broad-oval. Branchial regions nearW meeting on 

 median line, a deep and broad hollow being the inner angle of each. 

 Cardiac region urnshaped. Hepatic region short and high. Orbital 

 region half the carapace width; anterior margin of inner, upper 

 spine nearly transverse; outei" spine stout at base, remainder broken 



