242 NI'AV (IKNKKA AND SI'llCIKS Ol' CliAltS K'AriinHN. 



jinloro l;i(('r.'il U't'lli, Mic caiiipacc is (Icprt'sscd, ami llic orbits small, 

 with a slight oiilcr iiiahis. 



In (Kdijttui I lie 111 si s«'i;iimmiI oI I lie alxlomcn is Ncry wide and 

 iraclirs llir coxa' ol" (lie lil'lli pair oC h\us; llici second sc^iimMit is much 

 narrower, t'xposino ;>, |;iia<> portion ol' llir last sternal scj^na'nt ; the 

 third aUdominal sc^nicnl is wider Mian liie secoial, l>nt not so wide as 

 tlu^ liist, nor does it reach the <'o\a'. 



CEdiplax {^laiitilnt tis 



(^■ai'apa('(^ lransverst>, hroach'st at the last anterolateral teetli; de- 

 piessions hetw«'en the rei^ions shallow, except in,u t he hepat ic an<l the 

 Inanchio uasl ric snliiics; surface uranulale; urannlcs largest on the 

 hepatic ic^ion, and almost entirely wanting near the posterior UKnj^iu. 

 Aniero lateral and pttslero lalcial Ixtrders ahoid eipial in len^t h ; an- 

 tero laltMal teelli lour, besides the postorMlal, I he third the la ripest ; 

 teeth .granulate; sinus between tin' poslorbilal and the tirst tooth, and 

 IIm' space below t he sinus dent iculale. I''rc/nt d(>lle\ed; iue<lian notch 

 broad; lobes .sli,i;ht ly sinn<»us. Orbil with two lissur(\s aboNc; inner 

 tooth of inferior bolder prominent. Chelipeds not \ery uneipial, 

 i()u;;heu(Ml with spiny ,i;ran ides, arranged iikmciu' less in lines; meiiis 

 slMM't, ti'ig(Uial, with a stout spine on its upi>er niaruiii near the distal 

 end; <'arpus rounded aboNcwilh a lar^c spine at its inner anule, and 

 a suudler one at Ihi^ base of the larger; dactyls <iianulate above for 

 half their leuiiili; linj;tM's toothed within, in the Iar.^i•(^r haiui jiai)injj', and 

 with a lar.iic tooth at th(> base of the dactyl. And)ulalory lei^s hairy; 

 inerus joints spinulous on up|)er mar.uin. 



li(Mijith, .{L'.o; width, 1(1 milliuH»leis. 



Ciulf of California, lal. :?1'^ (Ml' |;V' N., lon.u. 111^ L'S' C" W., .{.i 

 fathonis, brown niiid. lempeialnre (l.'i.S \ slatiou ."{O.'^l, V. S. I<''ish 

 Couuu issiou slcainer Allxtlross, I SSI); I \\ i» tenia les, one im mat lire (I 7 I (if)). 



Speocaiciiuis gianuliinanus. 



<^u"apace very «'on\<'\ lonuundinally, almost straight lransv»M'S(>ly, 

 de(»ply :ind iri'c.iiularly |>nnclale, oltscnrcly ,uranulat(> iu»ar tlM> marniiis. 

 The mesoiiaslric leuiou is <listinctly outlined; a deep sulcus separates 

 the hepatic and branchial regions tVom t he .gastric and cardiac regions; 

 betwj'cn the iM'patic and branchial reuioiis there is a de<'p, smooth pit. 

 l''roid t\\(» lobed. with a narrow median uioove Iroiii which a sulcus ex 

 liMids backwai'd to (he mt\soi;astric rcijiou ; lobes with almost strai;;ht 

 niaiuins. slopinu' forward and outwai'd from tin* uuddle. l"'rontal, or- 

 bital and aiitero laleral marj^ins <4ranulate. (>rl)it with two (issures 

 aboNc, llie outermost broad and open. AnttMo lateral mariiin arcu;ito; 

 teeth tour, not promineul, separated by veiy narrow sinuses; outer 

 niarjiins of the lirst thiee te«Mh rounded, the lirst (the orbital tooth) 

 (he louiicst, tlu' otliiMS d(M'reasin|L; successixcly in hMi,i;th; last tooth 

 small, acut«', direi'ted outward. Postero Iater;il m;ir;iius nearly straight 



