lir>(l NI'IW (JI'.NKK'A AM) SPKCIlS <»l' ClCAliS - liA III IU' N. 



a slight «>mar^in;ili(m. Aiilcinmlai- I'ossm' o\ al,sli^lillv (il»lit|iic. !\l(i us 

 or<lM'li|tnls not S(» loiii; as (lu>\vi(llli (•!' Ilic ('aiapacc, siilx-yliialiical, 

 sltMilcr llnoiiiili its pioxiiual liall', i;ianiilal<', IIm' miamilcs ^lowinj; 

 smallt-r anil less distiiicl near 1 lir cariMis, w hirli is niiiiiilclv L;iaiiuIa(o, 

 as arc als(» l\w liaixl ami daclNl; hand coinprt'sscd, (a|MMin^' a lilllc 

 l(»\\ard IIm' lintels, wliicli aic aluail (In* IcniiMi of (lie palm, slender, 

 ImiiI downward, ( he onler niar,i;in of I lie poliex e(»nea\('. A ndndalury 

 le;;s willi I lie inenis joiids eylindrieal, I'onrtli joint snl»e\ lindi ieal, liClli 

 llalleiu'd, iiol dilated, eristat*^ ahoNc; «laelyls stylitorni, pubescent on 

 llic niaruins. 



Tins species is very close to rtrscphoiiii. 



Ii»>n.utli, willionl posl(Mioi' spine, .'il'; w ullli, I'S; len^tli ol Cheliped 

 about (>l niillinicttM's. 



(iullof Calilonna ; I'. S. l-'isli Coininission steaint>r Alhatross, 1S.S!>: 



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(■arapaec ovale orbicular, lonji'cr than broad, uranulalc on inaruins 

 and in((>stiual region with raiscil uraunlcs; reiuainder of surtat-c smooth 

 with scattered .iirauul»>s ilcprcssed ill pits; latci'al marjiiu disliiicl ; pos 

 torioi' median spine iiol siiiruieiitl.\ raised above theo(h(>r (wo to (bnu 

 a rijiht auj;le with them; spines liianuiilar, recurved, median loudest; 

 poslerioi' luarjiiu bctwetMi Die spines with lari;t> cons|)icu(Mis liianules; 

 hepatic rej;ious sli<;li(ly swolh'ii; pteryi;(>s|(Mni;iu regions uuanne<l. 

 ,Mal(> abdomen with the third to the sixth, ami I'emale abdomen with 

 the loiiith lo tlu> sixth, s«>>4im>uts coalesceii. Anterior mari;iii ol" 

 bui'cal ca\ ily w illi ;i small U shaped notch. Orbits sliiihll\ obIi(pit>. 

 Outer maruin (»C ex(»jiiialh ol' iiiaxillipeds arcnaie. Clielipeds sNaider, 

 less llian twic(> the haiulli of tlit> carapace, ui annlatc, t he i;iauules 

 lai'm'st on the proximal half «»f tln> lucrns, which is thicUer (h:in I1h> 

 distal half; ima us siibc\ lindrieal ; hand sbuhily ctMnprcssed; lingers 

 ;is loii,u or loiimM' than I he jtalm, finely and sharply <UMil;ile within. 

 Ambulatory U'l^s shaider lliroii>;hout. 



himeiisions of female: lenut h, without s|)ine, L'L'.T; width, L'O; hMi,i;tli 

 ol chelipcd, about 10 miilimcters. 



(liilt Of ralil.»rnia; lat. L'S L'S' N., h.n.u. irJMM' IW W., '_'!• fathoms, 

 iiiay sand, tempei;iture (»-.!>', sUition ,UH1j V. iS. Fish Cummissiou 

 steamer Mhuhoss, ISS'.t ^17;5iSr>), 



