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  B 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  48. 
  Chlorodopsis 
  granulatus. 
  (Plate 
  XXI. 
  fig. 
  A.) 
  

  

  ? 
  Pilodius 
  granulatus, 
  Stimi)son, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Set. 
  Philad. 
  p. 
  34 
  

   (1858). 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  little 
  species, 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  figured, 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  

   known 
  by 
  Stimpson's 
  brief 
  diagnosis, 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  transverse, 
  

   rather 
  depressed, 
  and 
  very 
  distinctly 
  lobulated 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  surface 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lobules 
  or 
  areolets 
  granulated, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  velvety 
  

   pubescence, 
  and 
  separated 
  one 
  from 
  another 
  by 
  naked 
  interspaces 
  ; 
  

   the 
  antero-lateral 
  margins 
  have 
  four 
  distinct 
  spiniform 
  teeth, 
  near 
  

   to 
  which 
  are 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  minute 
  spinules 
  or 
  granules, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  

   tooth 
  or 
  spine 
  at 
  the 
  ou^ter 
  orbital 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  rather 
  broad, 
  

   projects 
  but 
  little, 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  median 
  incision 
  into 
  two 
  

   rounded 
  lobes, 
  which 
  are 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  wider 
  sinus 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  

   frontal 
  angles, 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  antennal 
  joints 
  ; 
  

   the 
  orbital 
  margins 
  are 
  entire. 
  The 
  male 
  postabdomen 
  is 
  5- 
  or 
  6- 
  

   jointed, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  joints 
  being 
  coalescent. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  antennal 
  joint 
  is 
  robust, 
  and 
  its 
  outer 
  and 
  distal 
  angle 
  

   enters 
  the 
  inner 
  orbital 
  hiatus, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  flagellum 
  is 
  just 
  

   excluded 
  ; 
  the 
  merus-joint 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  maxillipedes 
  is 
  truncated 
  at 
  

   its 
  distal 
  end. 
  Chelipecles 
  moderately 
  robust; 
  merus 
  or 
  arm 
  short, 
  

   trigonous 
  and 
  unarmed 
  ; 
  wrist 
  and 
  palm 
  covered 
  externally 
  with 
  

   small 
  granules, 
  wrist 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  sometimes 
  two 
  acute 
  teeth 
  on 
  its 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  fingers 
  as 
  long 
  or 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  palm, 
  the 
  

   mobile 
  finger 
  with 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  series 
  of 
  acute 
  granules 
  on 
  its 
  

   upper 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  fingers 
  are 
  regularly 
  denticulated 
  on 
  their 
  

   inner 
  margins, 
  and 
  have 
  between 
  them 
  scarcely 
  any 
  interspace 
  when 
  

   closed. 
  The 
  ambulatory 
  legs 
  are 
  compressed, 
  without 
  spinules, 
  biit 
  

   have 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  minute 
  denticules 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   merus-joints 
  only. 
  Colour 
  (in 
  spirit) 
  light 
  j-ellowish 
  brown, 
  fingers 
  

   a 
  much 
  deeper 
  brown 
  ; 
  this 
  coloration 
  extends 
  also 
  over 
  a 
  great 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  palm. 
  The 
  areolets 
  of 
  

   the 
  carapace, 
  pterygostomian 
  regions, 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ambulatory 
  legs 
  clothed 
  on 
  their 
  margins 
  witli 
  longer 
  hairs. 
  Length 
  

   of 
  the 
  largest 
  male 
  rather 
  over 
  4 
  lines 
  (9 
  millim.), 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  

   6 
  lines 
  (nearly 
  13 
  millim.). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  4 
  fms.(No. 
  Ill), 
  

   and 
  four 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Port 
  MoUe 
  (Nos. 
  95, 
  103). 
  

   Stimpson's 
  specimens 
  were 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong. 
  

  

  In 
  another 
  male 
  from 
  Port 
  MoUe 
  (No. 
  103) 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   naked 
  and 
  the 
  fingers 
  black 
  ; 
  this 
  coloration 
  forming 
  also 
  a 
  broad 
  

   black 
  cincture 
  covering 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  palms. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  collection, 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Port 
  

   Darwin 
  (No. 
  176), 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  

   species, 
  the 
  fingers 
  are 
  pinkish 
  and 
  scarcely 
  differ 
  in 
  coloration 
  

   from 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  palm, 
  and 
  have 
  between 
  them 
  (when 
  closed) 
  a 
  

   •wider 
  hiatus 
  ; 
  the 
  palm 
  also 
  is 
  slenderer 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  males 
  I 
  

   have 
  examined. 
  (See 
  fig. 
  a'.) 
  

  

  Chlorodopsis 
  granulatus 
  is 
  evidently 
  very 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  me- 
  

  

  