/\ v 
“\p. 275, (1865). 
16 STALK- AND SESSILE-EYED CRUSTACEA 
Actea, De Haan, Faun. Japon. Crust. i, p. 18, (1838); Dana, 
U.S. Explor. Exped. xiii, Crust. part i, p. 182, (1852); A. M. Edw. 
(part) Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1, p. 259, (1865). 
Carapace convex, more or less lobulate above, front not produced 
beyond the level of the orbits, with a median fissure. Antero-lateral 
margins regularly arcuate, longer than the posterolateral, crenate or 
lobate, rather than distinctly toothed. Basal jomt of the external 
antenne in contact with the lower surface of the front of the carapace, 
or inner supra-orbital angle. Orbits small. Third joint of the external 
maxillipeds with the front margin straight, entire. Anterior legs 
robust, fingers acute. Ambulatory legs not cristate above. Abdomen 
of $ five, of 9 seven-jointed. 
15. Actzea granulata. 
Cancer granulatus, Audouin, Explic. Planches in Savigny’s Egypt, 
Crust. pl. vi, fig. 2; De Haan, Faun. Japon. Crust., p. 47, (1835). 
Cancer savignyt, M. Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust. i, p. 378, (1834). 
Actea pura, Stimps. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. p. 82, (1858). 
Actea granulata, A. M. Edw. Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. i, 
Convex, lobulate anteriorly, the regions separated by deep grooves. 
Carapace and legs entirely covered with small punctulate tubercles. 
Latero-anterior margins very obscurely divided into four lobes. Latero- 
posterior margins very concave. Front deeply notched in the middle 
line, the two median lobes rather prominent. Anterior legs short, 
robust. Fingers short, brown, granulous at base. Ambulatory legs 
robust, compressed, tarsi spinulous. Colour reddish, with lighter 
patches. Length #in.; breadth lin. (A. M. E.). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This species has a very wide geographical distribution, it has been 
found in the Red Sea, at Mozambique, the Mauritius, Port Jackson, 
Hong-Kong, the Philippine Islands, Japan, &e. 
Sub-Family 2. CHLoropinx. 
Chlorodine, Dana, U.S. Explor, Exped. xiii, Crust. part i, p. 149, 
(1852). 
Anterior legs with the fingers more or less excavated at the tips. 
