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DEC A POD A. 



ANOMOUKA. 



VAG\3B.U)M. 



PAGUIUD/E. 



SMOOTH HERMIT CRAB. 



Pagurus lams. Thompson. 



Specific Character. — Carapace with the anterior margin raised ; eye-stalks short 

 and thick, reaching to the middle of the third joint of the internal antenna; ; 

 hand minutely granulated, polished, with two obsolete teeth at the base towards 

 the inner side, and a minute tubercle at the outer. 



Pagurus IcBvis, 



Thompson, 1. c. 



The carapace of this pretty species is smooth and po- 

 lished, somewhat heart-shaped ; the anterior margin waved, 

 and slightly raised. The external antenna? are of mo- 

 derate length, the basal tooth short, pyriform, acute ; the 

 palp doubly curved, nearly as long as the basal portion 

 of the antennae, slightly denticulated. The eye-stalks, 

 short, thick, extending a little beyond the middle of the 

 third joint of the internal antenna>, which are slender. 

 The right anterior foot very much larger than the left ; 

 the wrist rather roughly granulated, denticulated along 

 the inner margin, wliich terminates in a tooth, contiguous 

 to which is a smuoth obtuse tubercle ; the hand broadlv 



