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of the finger, but slightly oblique, as the inner end reaches farther for- 
ward (this character is not indicated in my figure 3a); the proximal 
slope is twice as long as the distal one, but the tubercles are obtuse at 
the tip, without smooth ridge, and entirely destitute of sculpture. This 
row of tubercles agrees with that described by de Man (1896) in the 
other species of this genus, and, likewise, it seems to be entirely absent 
in the young 9; only the ova-bearing Q, that is considerably larger than 
my only ©’, presents a similar row on the mobile finger'), though the 
tubercles are smaller and somewhat less in number; in young Q the 
upper border is only punctate. 
The meropodites of the walking legs are “bordered by irregular tufts 
of hair which have the appearance of lobes”, as Miss Rathbun rightly 
remarks; in fact, there are four such tufted lobes of longitudinally in- 
serted hairs at the anterior margin, and a much smaller one on the tip 
of the meropodite; the median lobes are the larger, but the outer one, 
which occupies the place, where in other species a subdistal acute tooth 
is found, is better defined and more prominent, though likewise rounded 
off at the tip. The hinder margin of the meropodites are likewise wavy 
and the prominent parts are also provided with a tuft of longer hairs, 
the outer one being the most distinct, but the preceding lobe is the 
longest. The meropodites themselves are rather slender, their length being 
nearly 3 times the greatest breadth. The peculiar wavy course of the 
margins seems to be much better pronounced in this species than in its 
congeners; de Man has not made mention of it, but in the © of Cl. 
merguiense, examined by this author himself in 1890, I observed a 
similar character, though much less distinet than in Cl. tectwin. 
In comparing the two species, I observed, that the propodite of the 
penultimate pair of legs is distinctly shorter and comparatively broader 
in Cl. mergquiense: it is 3 times as long as broad in Cl. tectum, twice in 
Cl. mergquiense *). The dactyli are distinctly shorter than the preceding 
joints, very thin, curved and pointed; the tips are hairless. Both margins 
of carpo- and propodite are clothed with hairs, that are longest at the 
posterior margin of the propodite of the Jast legs. 
From Cl. merguiense the present species is distinguished by the dis- 
tance between the external orbital angles being about equal to the length 
of the carapace, by the latter being covered with large tubercles, arranged 

1) It is curious, that Miss Rathbun, who likewise examined an adult ©, of the same size 
as my largest 9, apparently has overlooked this character. 
2) In his figure of this species (de Man 1888) the legs are more slender, about as in C7. 
tectum, but afterwards (1896) this author remarks, that they are in reality shorter than depicted 
by him, 
