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spine The legs are short. thick. very much compressed ; the third 

 Ethastwolfrge,flattened,conical spines on the front, directed 

 forwards Thefourh johit has but one flat spinous process on its 

 InSrįart! and the fifth joint enlarged and furnished postenovly 

 with a Sharp. flat. curved spine dh-ected backwards. 



This beautiful genus is very apathetic when aįve ; ^^ ^ha* respect 

 according to Mr Adams's observations. resemUingLambrus. In 

 the system it is not far removed from Acmthonycc and Huema. The 

 description isfrom afemale. 



Zebrida Adamsii. White. Listof Crust. in Brit. Mus. p. 124. 

 In colour this species is of a light deUcate pink, with dark liver- 

 coloured markings. There is a centrai line bifurcated anteriorly. 

 where it Tlo t'on the inner bases of the horns of the rostruin 

 Tnd reachSg posteriorly to the lašt joint of ^e ab%e"' -^S 

 external to it a fine. double, somewhat waved l-^" ^f^^^^^į^^^^ 

 the apex of the rostrai spmes, and meeting ^* ^^į^j^l^^^^^^^^^ 

 se-ment are two broad lines. narrowed m the middle ot the carapace 

 rxteraf'to this is a fine double line, and on the outs.de o th.s .s a 

 broad somewhat curved stnpe, ending abruptly at the postero 

 eSernalTgle of the carapace ; and at the base of the antero-lateral 

 spine'Ts Sther rather broad linear mark. of the šame dark hver- 



'°The third joint of all the legs has two broad. dark. red-brown 

 bands dTrected somev^hat diagonally across the joint ; the fourth and 

 fifth ioints have one broad mark of the šame colour. The under 

 !urfaJe i of a somewhat darker colour. On the outer part o he 

 abdominal segments is a round dark spot. The entire surface of the 

 anfrUs smo^h. hairless. hard. polished and porceUanous. Eyes 



^^ t'very distinct variety, from about twelve fathoms. in the Sooloo 

 Seas 3 the carapace of a light green, with deep red-brown stnpes^ 

 and the legs and chel« of a pearly semi-opake white. and very 

 Histinctlv banded with deep red-brovi^n. 



The specimen from which the foregoing descnption is taken was 

 dredted from a sandy bottom at about six fathoms wa er near the 

 mouth of the Pantsi River. on the coast of Borneo The descrip- 

 tion it ought to have been remarked, was derivedby Mr^ Adams 

 Tom a liv?n| specimen ; but even the dried indiv.dual xn the Museum 

 coUection is very distinctly marked. 



Family PAGURiDiE. 

 Pagurus strigimanus, White. 

 Red. irregularly spotted with yellow. Eye-peduncles longish, not 

 the length of the anterior margiu of the ^^^^P^^^" ^arapace mth 

 the front part irregularly pitted above, very smooth in the middle 

 the siTs with tufts of long yenow hairs. First pair of legs not much 

 thLkened- on the outside covered with thickly-set tubercles. many 

 of whTch ekd in a spine ; the base of these tubercles m front furnished 



