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the posterior border of the propodite, and a comb of articulating spines along 

 the posterior border of the dactylus — the last joint being but half the length of 

 the last but one. The dorsal fourth pair of legs are far slenderer than the others 

 and do not reach the end of the merus of the preceding pair : their propodite 

 is triangular, owing to the expansion of its posterior border, and opposes a 

 sharply-serrated edge to the less strongly toothed posterior border of the short 

 dactylus — the parts being cheliform rather than subcheliform. 



The body and appendages are coated with very short distant bristles which 

 do not conceal the surface : there are some longer and thicker bristles along the 

 edges of the cheUpeds, and a very few scattered hairs along the edges of the 

 legs. 



Three young females from off the Travancore coast, 430 fms. 



The carapace of these is about 13 mUlim. long, and about 9 millim. in 

 greatest breadth. 



Paromolopsis, "Wood-Mason. 

 Eesembles Eomola but differs in the following important particulars : — 



The carapace is "more brachyurous : " it is urn-shaped and (Ze^jresserf, its 

 sides being far from vertical and being overhung by the sharply defined lateral 

 borders. The hepatic region is elongate and advanced, so that the hepatic spine 

 is on a level with the spines of the anterior border, and helps to form a very 

 decided " orbit." The buccal cavern is scarcely broader in front than behind. 



In other respects it agrees with Homola and more particularly with the 

 subsrenus Hoviolax. 



The brancliial formula is the same as that of Homola. 



Paro^nolopsis boast, Wood-Mason. 



Paromolopsis boast, Wood-Mason, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. March 1891, p. 268 and fig. 5. 



Every exposed surface of the body and appendages, excepting only the 

 flagella of the antennae, is covered with an even, velvet-like, tomentum. 



Carapace ending in a short triangular rostrum with an upturned tip, its 

 greatest breadth, which is across the middle of the branchial regions, is equal to 

 its length without the rostrum. Unlike the species of Homola, the lateral border 

 is well-defined throughout, is carinated, is co-extensive with the length of the 

 carapace, and ends in a large triangular hepatic spine the tip of which is on a 

 level with the tips of the spines of the anterior border : these are four in 

 number, one on either side of the rostrum and one at either outer orbital angle. 



There is an antennal spine and spinule, there are some definitely-placed 

 nodular swellings on the well defined gastric region, and the surface of the 

 denuded carapace is granular, but there are no spines other than those mentioned. 



