'^Q6 Carcinological Fauna of India. 



The mei'us of the external maxillipeds is not twice as large as the 

 ischium, and the sciilptuiing consis(s of a single loop pai'allel with the 

 outei' border of the meius, the inner half of that joint being quite 

 smooth. 



Fingers more than twice as long as the palm. In the last pair of 

 legs the diictj-lus is about twice as long as the propodite : in all the 

 other legs the dactjli are very little longer than the propodites. 



In other respects this species agrees with B. affinh. 



In the Indian Museum are 15 specimens from Mergui. The 

 carapace is 4 millim. long and a little over 4 milHm. brond. 



60. Dotilla Blanfordi, n. sp. 



The whole of the dorsal surface of the carapace is areolated and 

 grooved (the areolae being finely granular and the gi^ooves smooth) as 

 follows : — 



A very distinct groove runs parallel witli either lateral border, and 

 a scarcely less distinct one runs parallel with the posterior border, and 

 in the space bounded by these grooves a six-rayed star of grooves of 

 nearly equal length can be made out. This " star " is formed by a 

 groove running fore and aft down the middle of the carapace and 

 having, on either side of it, a semicircular chord joining the outer 

 angle of the orbit with a point near the posfero-lateral angle of the 

 carapace. The intersection of these grooves cuts the post-gastric sub- 

 region into 4 symmetrical tubercles. 



The whole side-wall of the carapace is finely granular, and the sub- 

 hepatic and pterygostomian regions have the characteristic convoluted 

 sculpture. The orbits are shallow but are perfect. 



The external maxillipeds are finely granular : the merus is twice as 

 big as the ischium, and its sculpture consists of a single loop parallel 

 with the outer border and a single groove parallel with the inner 

 border. 



Chelipeds as in D. affinis, except that thj fingers are a little longer 

 than the palm. 



Legs as in D. affinis, the meropoditos being slender and all having 

 a " tympanum," but in the last pair the dactylus is about twice as long 

 as the propodite, and in the other pairs the dactyli are veiy slightly 

 longer than the propodites. No sternal tympana. 



In the Indian Museum are 4 specimens from the coast of Sind and 

 Baluchistan. The carapace of the type is a little over 5 millim. long 

 and not quite 7 millim. broad. Collected by Mr. W. T, Blanford, 

 F.R.S. 



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