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 Colours in spirit, pinkish white. Length of carapace 17-18 millim. 



4219 



Off Madras coast, 133 fath. 



Off Madras coast. 145-250 fath.«, 



Andaman Sea, 370-419 fath. _ _ ^"Investigator. 



-jQ Off Travancore coast, 224-284 fath. _ 



The species inhabits wide-mouthed shells of various kinds, which may be 

 either quite clean, or incrusted with Epizoanthus, Balanidce, and Capultis. 



8. Paguristes iNcoMiTATTis, n. sp. Plate III., f\a, 4. 



The carapace in front of the cervical groove is tomentose, the hairs 

 which are not long, being matted into little tufts with sand and mud. The 

 edges of the ophthalmic scales, of the antennal acicle and peduncle, and of the 

 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs, and the outer surfaces of the wrist, hand and finders 

 of the chelipeds are beset with long matted setse. 



Carapace elongate, its breadth across the branchial regions being about 

 five-eighths of its length. Rostrum broad, triangular, very short, hardly 

 reaching the base of the ophthalmic scales, and not nearly so prominent as 

 the antennal angles of the carapace, which though broad are acute. 



Eyestalks very slender, but considerably shorter than the front border 

 of the carapace and than the antennular peduncles. Ophthalmic scales 

 bifid at tip 



Antennal acicle narrow-foliaceous, not reaching half-way along the termi- 

 nal joint of the peduncle, fringed with very long setje, but not spinose : 

 antennal flagellum less than half as long as the carapace. 



Chelipeds subequal, their length more than half again as much as that 

 of the carapace, their sculpture is much disguised by the matted sets that 

 are attached to their edges and spines. When denuded a conspicuous row 

 of strong spines is found along the inner border of the carpus and propodite, 

 and running some way along the same border of the dactylus ; a second row 

 of much smaller spinules or granules runs along the outer surface of the 

 carpus and propodite ; and a third row of granules runs along the lower part 

 of the outer surface of the propodite, and is continued along the fixed finger: 

 there are also a few other granules on the outer surface of the propodite. 

 Before denudation, owing to the presence of matted setae on ail the promi- 

 nences of the carpus and propodite, the upper surface of these joints has 

 an excavated or honey-combed appearance. The fingers when closed leave 

 a gap at the base. 



