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Measurements in millimeters of Nematocarcinus gracilis Bate. 



Length from tip of rostrum to tip of telson . 

 Length of carapace, including rostrum . . . 

 Length of carapace, without rostrum .... 



Length of rostrum 



Length of sixth abdominal somite 



Breadth of sixth abdominal somite 



Length of telson 



Length of eyestalk and eye 



Greatest diameter of eye 



Length of antennal scale 



Breadth of antennal scale 



Length of terminal joint of outer maxilliped . 

 Length of penultimate joint of outer maxilliped 

 Length of the leg of i^t pair 



„ „ merus 



, , carpus 



, , chela . . • 



„ „ dactylus 



Length of the leg of 2n<l pair 



, merus 



„ carpus . 

 , chela 

 „ dactylus 



Length of the leg of 3"! pair , 



« r, merus 



„ „ carpus 



„ , propodus . . . , 



y, , dactylus . . . . 



Length of the leg of 4t'> pair . 



„ , merus 



„ , carpus 



„ „ propodus . . . . 



„ „ dactylus . . . , 



Length of the leg of sth pair . 



» « merus 



„ , carpus 



„ » propodus . . . . 



, „ dactylus . . . . 



5 

 I 12 



32,5 

 24 



8,75 

 15 



7 

 16 



4,75 



3.5 

 18,5 



4 



7,25 



9.5 



52 



•4 

 21 



5.5 

 1,75 



N" I male, N" 2 — 4 ova-bearing females from Stat. 262; N" 5 female from Stat. 300. 



General distribution: North of the Kermadec Islands (Bate); off Kandavu, I'iji 

 Islands (Bate); Hawaiian Islands (Rathbun); Arabian Sea, in the neighbourhood of the Lacca- 

 dives and south-eastwards (Alcock). 



