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DEC A POD A. 



BRACHYURA. 



LKUCOSJADV 



CRANCH^S EBALIA. 



Ehalia Crancliii. Leach. 



Upccijic Cliuruckr. — Carapace distinctly granulated, carinated ; with five tiiljer- 

 cles, two near together on the cardiac region, two distant on the branchial regions, 

 and one on the intestinal region ; latero-antorior margin nearly entire ; arm linear, 

 three times as long as it is broad. 



Ebulia Crancliii, Leach, Zool. Misc. III. p. 20. JMalac. Brit. t. xxv. 



f. 7— 11. Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust. II. p. 12!). 



The carapace in this species is moi-e regularly rhombic 

 than in either Eh. Pennantii or Bryerii. The surface is 

 distinctly granulated; there is an obtuse longitudinal carina 

 extending the whole length, and there are five distinct 

 tubercles, of which two are very near each other on the 

 cardiac region, one on each branchial, and a single one, 

 larger than the others, on the intestinal. The latero- 

 anterior margin is almost entire, having only a slight sinu- 

 ation ; the front is emarginate, as is also the posterior 

 angle. The anterior pair of legs are equal, robust, and iji 



