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chial teeth , where it ends abruptly , there being still a 

 small rugosity between these teeth and the ends of the 

 ridge. That part of the carapace which lies before the 

 post- frontal ridge is but little lower than the rest of it ;front 

 measuring nearly one third of the greatest breadth of the 

 carapace , with the anterior margin widely but little emar- 

 ginate. Orbits nearly twice as broad as high , with the 

 upper margin sinuous and the under margin a little ar- 

 cuate; internal surface of the orbits at the external side 

 a little hairy. Terminal joint of the male abdomen trian- 

 gular, a little shorter than broad (at its base); penulti- 

 mate joint quadrangular, a little broader than long; ante- 

 penultimate joint nearly thrice as broad as long. Female 

 abdomen very large and broad , its base more than twice 

 as broad as it is long, with the tip rounded; penultimate 

 joint nearly thrice as broad as long , with the lateral mar- 

 gins scarcely arcuate ; the abdomina ot both sexes furnished 

 with scattered punctulations , like also the sternum of the 

 male; anterior part of the female sternum hairy, as far 

 as covered by the terminal joint of the abdomen. 



Chelipedes subequal; upper margin of the meropodites 

 acute with many transverse rugosities , external surface 

 rather convex and smooth, inner surface concave. Upper 

 surface of the carpopodite punctate, smooth, with a strong 

 spine at its internal angle; external surface of the hands 

 smooth, upper margin rounded, obsoletely granular ; under 

 margin a little granular at its base. External surface of 

 the immobile finger with a few longitudinal lines of fine 

 punctulations, upper surface of the mobile finger roun- 

 ded , minutely granulated and provided with five longitu- 

 dinal series of punctulations : the two fingers lying close 

 to each other, the tips crossing each other; internal mar- 

 gins armed with many rather small teeth , three or four 

 being a little larger than the others. Acute upper margins 

 of the strongly compressed meropodites of the ambulatory 

 legs a little granulated , without teeth or spines ; external 

 surface smooth , that of the posterior legs punctate ; under 

 Pfoto* from the Xjeyden AXuseuza, ^ol. III. 



