l*r)0 NKW UKiNKKA AND SIMU'IKS OK ("i;.\ns K'ArillUN. 



Genus CRYPTOPHRYS 



(^iirnpju'o iiobroadtM' tliim l(»n<i', hnnl. Front in'odnood ; orbits 1o«1o»mI 

 .11 tlu' si(h>s of llitMVoiit ;uul \iM\v sliji'litly visible (Voiii above, l-'xtcnial 

 ma.\iUi|ii'tis iiol laruc ciioiijili to »'OMi|>li't('Iy closo tlu^ biiccal ('a\ily; 

 ischiuiu nidiiiuMitary : iiuMiisloni; aiiii<Mii'V(>«l ; palpus two jointed. Male 

 abtlonuMi willi llu» second, thii'd, and Ibnrtli aitieles eoalest-eil. ("lull 

 ])eds in male with palms bioad. inflated. Andtidaloiy legs, with third, 

 I'onrih, and till li joints Itroad. 



Cryptoplii vs oi>iioh.uiiin 



Male: Carapace subpentn^onal. slightly longer than broad, smooth, 

 rij^id. a I'aint salens \isiltle ln'hind I lie Ljast ric ici^ion. Aiderit»r and 

 antero lateial margins <lelined by a ridiic of coarse seta', which are 

 thickest and lon^i'st at the aidero lateral angles. Oibits «'ircnlai', 

 completely lilhMl by Ihesldnl piMlnmles; antennnla- lari;e, trans\ cise. 

 Abdomen broadest near the proximal end «»f tlie second sciiiimnt ; lirst 

 sojiineid short; coah'sced seiiinent with the lirst two()f its compoiu'nt 

 aitic'les e»>n\ »'\ on the maii^in and separated l>y a laint lin<', an»l tin' 

 last article slightly concave on the margin; third and Ibnrlh se<;'ments 

 broa<ler than loni;'; terminal seinnmid snbroetanunlar. Ilxlernal max 

 illipeds lia\ ing' the nu'i'ns(air\ (m! on the outer margin, I he distal portion 

 ahnost liansverse in positi»»n; the palpns aiticniated at its antert) 

 extennd angle, two jointed ; terminal joint fonr sided, nnn-h luoader at 

 the cxtremilN . Chelipeds stonl, margined with a row of coarse seta-, 

 as ar«' also the remaining legs; <ni the palm the upper row (»f seta- is 

 on the inner surface Just below the margin, I'Mrst three i»airs of and)n 

 latory legs snbe(|nal, the seemul tin' longest; the fourth pair the short- 

 est, o\«'rreaching the carpal Joiid of the preceding paii': tiactyli about 

 :is long as the propoili, Itaininaling in slender. cnrNcd hooks. 



Length, 1.7; width, I. "J millimclers. 



I"\dse Hay, San Diego County. Califoriiia; II. ('. Oicutt, June I. 

 ISS'J; from mantle ol' M i/it (Otmiritt Linnc, I wo males, one ol' w liich is 

 \<M> nnnute (ITIOS). 



I'nget Sound, in ('((rilitd hormlis ("onrati; two m:ilcs. dried (17.">(IL'). 



In ; he alcoholic specimens t hesixt h and sc\ en I li abdominal scgnuaits 

 arc part iailN ( (»alesced. 



Gonus SCLEROPLAX. 



Caiapace tians\ crse, haid. Ilxlernal maxilb'ix'ds with ischium rndi 

 nunitary; nuaus lougta' than broad, oblitpu', not tairvcd, winged on the 

 margins; palpus l line jointed. And)ulatory legs sinnlar in character, 

 shanler. I he t liird paii the longest, but slightl> excei'ding Ihc others. 



