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The first and second walking legs are nearly three times the 

 length of the carapace ; the fourth pair is little more than two- 

 thirds their length. The meri are expanded and bear ver^^ large 

 tympana on both upper and lower surfaces. The dactyli in all 

 four pairs are dorsally flattened ; in the first three pairs they are a 

 little longer than, in the last pair nearly one and a half times as 

 long as the propodus. Except for the dact^^li all the segments of 

 the walking legs are finely granular and 

 bear long scattered black bristles. 



In the abdomen of the male (text-fig. 2) 

 the first three segments are short and 

 broad. The fourth and fifth segments, 

 taken together, are about as long as broad 

 at base ; in their proximal half the^^ are 

 deeply constricted, the least breadth being 

 about half the length of the two combined. 

 The suture between the fourth and fifth 

 segments is deficient, not meeting the 

 lateral margin on either side; it may be 

 seen as a fine, anteriorly concave groove 

 crossing the narrowest part of the constric- 

 tion. The sixth and seventh segments are 

 each broader than long. 



The carapace of a large male is about 87 mm. in length and 

 14 mm. in greatest breadth. I have not examined any females. 



I agree with Koelbel that Stimpson's 5. tuberculata is synony- 

 mous with 5. globosa. Miiller's record from Trincomali ' is almost 

 certainly erroneous and probably refers to 5. pilula. 



Text-fig. 2. — Scopimeya 

 globosa, de Haan. 

 Abdomen of male. 



'^f§i Kisara/u, Tok)-. 

 Bay. 



-^T-Tf" Yokohama. 



I\.. Nakazawa. Four. 



.Mas. iMilano (B. Parisi). Five. 



De Haan gives no precise locality for the specimens he des- 

 cribed. Other records are vSagami Bay (Ortmann, Doflein), Naga- 

 saki (Ortmann), Smioda (Stimpson) and Hongkong (Koelbel). 



Scopimera pilula, sp. nov. 

 Plate XII, fig. I. 



'.' 1S87. Scopiiueni globosn, Miiller \ iwc de Haan), ]'erli. Ges. Basel WW, 

 P- 475- 



This species is very closely allied to S. globosa, differing only 

 in the following particulars. 



The carapace is similar in shape to that of S. globosa and 

 exhibits a shallow depression on either side of the gastric region. 

 The puckers radiating from this depression are, however, much less 



I Miiller, IV/-//, Ges. Basel \II1, p. 475 (188; 



