264 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



complete contact when closed. The right pincer is larger, 

 thicker ; the fingers are long and meet only at their 

 extremities when closed. The walking legs are long, 

 frail, and hairy. The abdomen of the male has seven 

 joints. 



Range. — St. Lucia, Brazil. 



Subfamily II. Ocypodinae. 



OcypodincE .... Miers 



Ocypodiens . . . . H. Milne Edwards. 



Gonoplaciens (partj . Milne Edwards. 



Carapace transverse, trapezoidal or quadrate, with 

 the antero-lateral angles frequently produced and acute, 

 and the lateral margins straight, entire or incised ; front 

 narrow or of moderate width. Orbits usually very con- 

 siderably developed, and occupying nearly the whole or 

 a great part of the anterior face of the body below the 

 front. The fifth joint of the external maxillipedes usually 

 articulates at the antero-external angle of the fourth joint. 

 The first pair of legs, in the adult male, subequal or 

 sometimes very unequal. Walking legs moderately 

 elongated, with the last joint styliform, compressed, not 

 spinose. 



Section Ocypodinae. 



Carapace trapezoidal, with the antero-lateral margins 

 not greatly produced, and entire ; the fifth joint of the 

 external maxillipedes articulates at the apex, or at the 

 antero-external angle of the fourth joint. The abdomen 

 of the male is usually much narrower than the sternum 

 at the base. 



