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each lobe is a short curvod spine directed forwards (an ima^^inary line joining these two 

 sjiines marks the junction of tlie vertical rostrum with the horizontal apex). The anterior 

 orbital fissure is linear and twice as deep as the wider posterior fissure. On the posterior 

 margin of the carapace are three perfectly hemispherical smooth tubei-cles exactly 

 resembling pearls set in the margin, and slightly smaller than the ocular cornea; ; a 

 finely crenulated line separates the median from the lateral pearl on each side. The 

 basal antennal joint has two or three short spines in front of the orbit, and the second 

 peduncular joint is not specially dilated ; the tlagellum carries a few short hairs. 



The chelipedes in the male are finely granulated on the upper and lower surfaces of 

 the merus, the whole of the carpus, and the inner surface of the hand and fingers ; on the 

 inner surface of the hand the granules become subspinulose, while the outer surface of 

 the hand and fingers is smooth. The opposing edges of the fingers are finely crenulated, 

 and there is a slight basal hiatus between them; the finger-tips are dark in coloui-. 

 The ambulatory legs are very hairy, with the moral joints enlarged and fiattcned distally, 

 and a slight lobe occurs on the posterior distal margin of these joints. 



The male carapace is 15 mm. long and 12 mm. broad, the chelipedes 20 mm. long, and 

 the second ambulatory leg 17 mm. long ; the carapace of the larger female is only 9 mm. 

 long. 



This small species is distinguished by its three pearl-like tul)ercles, the form of the 

 front and of the aml)ulatory legs, &c. M. cnrtisplna, Haswell, has a similarly deflexed 

 rostrum, but it terminates in four rounded lobes, and tliere are other points of diiference. 



Genus Tylocarcinus, Miers. 



25. Tyiocarcinus Stvx (Herbst). 



Micropkrys Stijx (Herbst), A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arcb. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. viii. p. 247, pi. xi 

 fig. 4 (1873), ubi synon. 



Rameswaram, Tuticorin, and Muttuwartu Par {Thurston). Common on the reef at 

 Eameswaram {J. B. H.). 



The general colour of this species is yellowish, with red mottlings on the gastric and 

 branchial regions of the carapace, and along the upper surface of the legs ; smaller red 

 spots and lines are found on the chelipedes. 



Distribution. From the Red Sea to the Pacific. 



Genus L.\mbkt\s, Leach. 



26. Lambrtjs longimakis (Linn.). 



L. lonyimanus (Linn.), Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, t. i. p. 3.54 (1834) ; Micrs, Ann. Mag. Nat, 

 Hist. ser. 5, vol. iv. p. 20 (1879). 



Ceylon {Ealy) ; Gulf of Martaban (Ocites) ; Madras (J. R. H.). 



A male from Madras has the carapace 25-5 mm. long and 27"5 mm. broad, the right 

 chelipede 102 mm. long. 



Distribution. Mauritius, Mergui, Malay Archipelago, N. and N.E. Australia. 



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