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h Carpus of 3"^ legs devoid of spinules both on the 



anterior and the posterior border. Fingers of smaller 



chela, in the female, hardly shorter than the palm, 



merus of smaller cheliped with a strong, slender, 



apical tooth at the infero-internal margin. Second 



carpal article 1,28-times longer than 1^' . . . . parzms de Man 



g„ Rostral carina short, hardly reaching backward beyond 



the orbital hoods. 



h^ Scale of scaphocerite as long as antennular peduncle. 



«j Dactylus of smaller chela in the male conical, not 



enlarged, measuring ^s *^f ^'^^ palm. Second carpal 



article more than twice as long as i'^'. Length of 



telson in proportion to the width of its posterior 



margin as 9 : 4 ducephalus Cout. 



(H. COUTIERE, Alpheidae Maid, and Laccad. Archip.1905, p. 890, PI. LXXVIII, fig. 29). 



i„ Dactylus of smaller chela in the male much broadened, 



half as bruad as long, fingers slightly longer than 



the palm. Second carpal article in the male almost 



3-times, in the female somewhat more than twice 



as long as the i ^' consobrinus de Man 



7^3 Scale of scaphocerite rudimentary, shorter than 2^^ 

 antennular article. 

 Zj Second carpal article in the male 1,75-times, in the 

 female 1,4-times as long as 2°"^. Merus of 3"^ legs 

 2,75-times as long as wide in the middle. Merus 

 of smaller cheliped both in the male and in the 

 female one and a half as long as wide .... bradypus Cout. 

 (H. COUTIERE, Alpheidae Maid, and Laccad. Archip. 1905, p. 891, PI. LXXVIII 

 and LXXIX, fig. 30). 



Zj Second carpal article twice or a little more than twice 

 as long as i^'. Merus of 3"^ legs 5-, sometimes only 

 4-times as long as wide in the middle; internal 

 posterior margin with 20 — 25 short setae, external 

 with 3 — 8 longer ones. Dactyli of three posterior 

 legs sometimes with a more or less distinct, accessory 



hook. Perhaps a variety of A. paraculeipes Cout. spoiigiarniii Cout. 



d„ Fingers of smaller chela in the male longer than the palm, styli- 



form. Scale of scaphocerite rudimentary, reaching at most to 



the middle of 2"*^ antennular article. Second legs stout. Posterior 



margin of 6''^ abdominal somite unarmed in the middle. 



e^ Frontal margin of carapace transverse at either side of the 



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