154 Carcinological Fauna of India. 
A single female, with the carapace 18 millim. in diameter from the 
Bay of Bengal, off Nellore coast, 112 fathoms. 
20. Spherodromia nua, n. sp. 
Differs from Spherodromia Kendalli only in the following part- 
iculars :— 
The carapace though of the same subglobular shape is a little 
broader than long; and the antero-lateral border, instead of running to 
the orbital angle, runs down without interruption to the outer angle of 
the buccal cavern. The surface of the carapace, especially in its antero- 
lateral parts, is finely granular under a lens. The sub-orbital lobe is 
neither dentiform nor prominent. 
A male and a female from the Gulf of Martaban, 70 fathoms. 
The carapace of the female is nearly 10 millim. long and nearly 
11 millim, broad. 
Tribe HOMOLIDEA. 
Family I. HOMOLIDAi. 
Key to the Indian genera of the Family Homolide. 
I. Carapace ovoid. External maxillipeds quite pediform : 
terminal joint of the eye-stalk very much longer than the 
basal joint, which is obsolescent: dactylus of last pair of 
legs very small, and shutting down on the slightly ex- 
panded distal border of the propodite eo ... HYPSOPHRYS. 
II. External maxillipeds subpediform, the merus, thongh not 
a broad joint, having its outer angle distinctly dilated : 
terminal joint of the last pair of legs shutting against the 
posterior border of the propodite :— 
1. Carapace subquadrilateral, or urn-shaped, not de- 
pressed; its hepatic spine some distance behind 
the level of the supra-orbital spine: the terminal 
joint of the eye-stalk is not always quite as long 
as the basal joint os ee -.. Homota. 
2. _Carapace urn-shaped, depressed ; its hepatic spine 
almost on the same level as the supra-orbital 
spine: the terminal joint of the eye-stalk is a 
little longer than the basal joint... -»- PAROMOLOPSIS. 
Howmota, Leach. 
Homola, Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc., Vol. XI. 1815, p. 324, and Zool. Miscell. Vol. 
Il. p. 82, pl. Ixxxviii: Latreille, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XV. 1817, p. 277, and in 
Cuvier’s Regne Animal, ed. 1829, p. 67: Desmarest, Consid. Gen. Crust. p. 133: 
Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. Merid. Vol. V. pp. 34-35: Roux, Crust. de la Mediterranée 
text of pl. vii: Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust. IJ. 181: deHaan, Faun. Japon. 
Crust. p. 105: Dana U. 8, Expl. Exp. Crust. pt. I. p. 403: Heller, Crust. Sudl. 
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