Stat. 273. December 23/26. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru-islands. (Pearl-banks). 



13 m. Sand and shells, i female with eggs. 

 Stat. 305. February 8. Mid-channel in Solor-strait off Kampong Menanga. 113 m. Bottom 



stony. I male. 



The specimen from Kwandang-bay is 12 mm. long. Scaphocerite as long as antennular 

 peduncle, blade reaching to the distal third of 2°*^ article; carpocerite longer than scaphocerite. The 

 carpal segments of the 2°"^ legs measure: 0,56 mm., 1,4 mm., 0,3 mm., 0,32 mm. and 0,56 mm.; 

 chela 1,18 mm. long (palm 0,5 mm., fingers 0,68 mm.); proportion between first and second 

 segment 2,5. IMerus of 3'''' legs 2,6 mm. long and 0,58 mm. broad in the middle, proportion 

 4,5 ; the outer posterior margin carries two long setae in the middle and one near the tooth, 

 the others are perhaps worn off; about 20 very short setae along the inner margin. Carpus 

 ending in a subacute tooth at the distal extremity of its posterior border, the latter bears no 

 spinule, but 5 or 6 long setae; anterior border with many setae of unequal length, two of 

 which on the distal half are nearly as long as the carpus. Posterior border of propodus with 

 8 spines, but there is also a small spine at the far end of the anterior border, which, according 

 to CouTiERE, does not exist in this species; posterior border also with many long setae, Hke 

 the anterior. Dactylus with a trace of an accessory claw. 



The young specimen from Stat. 133 is 9 mm. long. Scaphocerite reaching to the middle 

 of 2,^^ antennular article, blade hardly' reaching beyond i^' article. Proportion between tlie length 

 (2 mm.) of the merus of y^ legs and its width (0,43 mm.) in the middle 4,65 ; external posterior 

 margin with 10 long setae that are about one and a half as long as the merus is broad, 

 internal margin with about 20 much shorter setae, only 0,1 8 mm. long and less. External 

 posterior border of the carpus with a small acute tooth at the far end, without a spinule in 

 the middle, but fringed along its whole length with 10 long setae; anterior border on the 

 distal third with 2 long setae that are as long as the carpus and with smaller setae behind 

 them. Propodus but one-fourth longer than the carpus, posterior margin with 7 spines, no spine 

 at the end of the anterior; near each of the 7 spines a seta is inserted, but for the rest the 

 posterior border bears no setae, whereas the anterior is fringed with long ones. Accessory 

 claw of dactylus not recognizable. 



The eggs of the female from Stat. 273 which is 13 mm. long, are few in number, 

 globular, with a diameter of 0,8 mm. The carpocerite extends beyond the antennular peduncle 

 only by one-fourth of 3'""^ article, scaphocerite hardly reaching to the end of the antennular peduncle, 

 blade reaching to the distal fourth of 2"'^ article. The carpal segments of the 2"'^ legs are 

 0,5 mm., 1,06 mm., 0,28 mm., 0,3 mm. and 0,5 mm. long; chela 1,1 mm. long (palm 0,4 mm., 

 fingers 0,7 mm.); second segment only twice as long as first. Merus of 3''^ legs 2,2 mm. long, 

 0,54mm. broad in the middle, only four times as long as broad; external posterior 

 margin with 12 long setae, internal with about 25, that are short, measuring 0,16 mm. and 

 less. Outer posterior margin of the carpus with 10 long setae, without a spinule but ending in 

 an acute tooth, inner with 8 or 9 much shorter setae; anterior margin with 9 or 10 setae, of 

 which one near the distal extremity is the longest, being almost as long as the carpus. Propodus 

 one-third longer than the carpus, with no spine at the far end of the anterior border; posterior 



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