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small pits may be observed ; in the 9 these characters are, as usual, much less 
pronounced. Upper border of palm somewhat raised and irregularly gra- 
nulate; at the beginning ,of the distal third a row of some 3—4 granules 
branches off obliquely forward at the inner side. Inner face of palm 
smooth, with some isolated granules, and a transverse row of gra- 
nules, numbering 7—9 in the o’, much smaller and fewer in number 
in the 9. Immovable finger very thick and high at the base, but slightly 
hollowed out at the inner face of the latter, under margin nearly straight 
in the 9, but with a sigmoid curve in the ©; outer surface pitted and 
provided with some oblique striae; inner surface smooth, but with a row 
of 5—6 granules, bordering the upper border of the excavation at the 
base of the finger; cutting margin horny at the tip, but otherwise nearly 
wholly destitute of teeth; looked at from above, the cutting margin has 
a flattened, triangular shape, in the proximal half we observe a small 
tubercle, followed by a larger one, that is 
transversely developed; between the latter and 
the horny margin of the tip there are only a 
few, isolated denticles The opposite border of 
the movable finger is provided with three 
larger tubercles and some smaller ones be- 
tween them; the distance between the largest 
(proximal) tubercle and the middle one is Fig. 8. Sarmatiuim fryatti 
half the distance between the latter and the Rae er aes are 
distal tubercle, that marks the beginning of the horny margin at the tip 
of the finger; this movable finger is much curved, especially so in the 
o', both in dorsal and in side view; inner and outer surface are covered 
with numerous pits, but the latter face is somewhat flattened near the 
base, and the pits are connected by reticulating grooves; the upper 
border is provided with 4 spinules, directed obliquely towards 
the tip, numbering 4 in the o’, 4—5 in the Q, arranged in a longitu- 
dinal row at regular distances, but occupying only the proximal half of 
the finger. 
The walking legs are rather slender, but not very long, the penul- 
timate pair, the longest of all, measuring 17/, times the greatest breadth 
of the carapace. Meropodites 2'/, times as long as broad; anterior border 
crenulate, with subdistal acute tooth, posterior border smooth, like under 
surface, upper surface somewhat rugose transversely. Carpo- and propodite 
together about as long as meropodite of the same leg, length of propodite 
in the median line about 2'/, times the breadth in the middle, dactylus 
pointed, nearly straight, shorter than the preceding joint. Outer border 
of carpo- and propodite, like the inner of the propodite, covered with 

