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NFAV (JKM'.KV \M> Sl'l'ClKS OK «K'VI5S K'ATHIU'N. 



short appiossod spiii<>;it iis proximal nul pctintiiii: hackward. Iiitorior 

 logions tiihtMiulato, till' tuluMcU's oC tlu* abdoiiuMi and sicrmnu mucli 

 doprossinl. ('lu>lipi>ds short, stoiil, nilu'riidalc; inci iis cn lindrit-al; 

 carpus and maiuis w ith a thin siipt'iior vit'si ; linutMs ahnost as h»ii«; 

 as tht' pahn, sti'on^ly (h'lU'Xt'd, tiilMMcidalr at base, with liiu' tct'th 

 on th(> pirhriisih' cd^rs, littiii.u ilosidv loiiftluM; daclvl willi a slijiht 

 ciTst. And»uhitory Ir^s liiln'icidati', cxrcpt the daclvis, and liairy; 

 dattyls \ouiZ. shMidtM' and cniN t'd. 



l,(Mij:th of caiapaci", II. vS; greatest widlh, l_'.r> nnllnnrlt'is. 



(Jnlf of C'alilbrnia; hit. '_*!>' M)' N., hMi.u. llL' 10 N\ ., i:. latlioms; 

 Lieut. C'onunandor 11. V.. Nichols, 11. S. Nav\, 1880-lSSJ; oiw lualo, 

 dried i^lToOo). 



l\nml\ DOKMIM'ID K. 



Etliiisa lata. 



Carapace about as broad as Ion>;, coviMt'd with a xchfty pul)escen(e, 

 intt'rsperstMl with louiici, ( in led hairs; a iVinjic of lon^ liair borders the 

 frontal margin and tiie outer orbital tooth: thecervicai and cardiaco 

 branchial sutures are \\v\l uiarkiMl; depression between tlie cardiac and 

 ,uastric regions very d(>cp but short, l-'roid. four tootheil, the nirdian 

 teeth more widely and dei ply separated from (mcIi other than from the 

 lateral. I^xternal oibital tooih laruc, tiianuuiar, not tpiito so mu«'h 

 atlvaiu'cd as the trout. ICye stalks stout. lOpistome \cry narrow. 

 l>asesof anteuuules mo«UMat»'ly devei(»ped. Male abdouuMi ti\ c jointcil. 

 Chelipeds in male very unetinal, minutely pubrsi'iMit; uierns subtri 

 p)ual; carpus in larger cheliped suborbiculai, pr(>duc(>d internally in 

 a rounthMl l(»be: hand lar<i-e, \ t'ly broad, much intiated; tiiiiicis short 

 and broad, irreuularly denticulate on prehensile ediics. Carpus of 

 small chdipt'il in males and of both chelipeds in females, more elonuale; 

 hands small and narrow; tinuers as h)n,ii as the palm. Secontl ami 

 third pairs of lejis very huiji", micn)seopically pubescent, dactyl! much 

 lonjj'er than the ]>enultinuite Joints; fourth and tilth paiis densely pu- 

 bes<*ent and hairy, dactyli very short. 



Lenjith of male, 11; w idth, 1 1.5; length of second i)air of and)ulatory 

 lejis, about M; of third pair, about 1 1.5 nullimeters. Leniith of ft male, 

 11.8; width, 11'; length of male, 7.1'; width, 7. 



In the smallest s))ecinu'n, in Avhich the lenuth ol tiie carapace is 

 jireater than the width, the nu'dian frontal lolics are mort' produced 

 than th«> lateral, while the opposite is tlH> case in lari^cr specimens, 



(Julf ot California; U. !S. Fish Commission steamer .[IlKitross, 18^9; 



