Carcinoloyical Fauna of India. 



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Chelipeds in the adult male enlarged : the second pair of trunk- 

 legs usually very much longer than the 3rd 4th and 5th pairs. 



The abdomen in both sexes consists of seven distinct segments. 



Key to the Indian species of Hyastenus. 



fi. Rostral spines as long ns the 

 carapace, and nearly parallel 

 in their proximal half : cara- 

 pace indistinctly tubercu- 

 lated [if. sebie.2 



1. Rostral 



spines at least 

 as long as the -\ 

 carapace pro 

 per. 



I. Denuded 

 carapace 

 with nume- 

 rous tuber- <{ 

 c 1 e s , or 

 spines, and 

 erosions. 



2. Rostral 



spines not 

 much more 

 than half the 

 length of the 

 carapace pro- 

 per. 



Rostral spines about twice 

 as long as the carapace, and 

 widely divergent from their 

 origin : carapace with nu- 

 merous tubercles, and with 

 large cardiac, branchial and 

 intestinal spines : a long ter- 

 minal spine on the merus of 

 of the second pair of trunk- 

 legs H. tenuicornis. 



fa. Numerous 

 tubercles for- 

 ming a cross 

 on the gastric 



Legs coarse, 

 the mero- 

 podites of 

 all (includ-<{ 

 in g the 

 chelipeds) 

 nodular. 



region 



dian 



verse 



cle in 



groove 



twuen 



gastric 



card 



a me- 



trans- 



tuber- 



the 



be- 



the 



and 



c 



regions H. pleione. 



Gastric re- 

 gion almost 



smooth : 



tubercle 



tween 



gastric 



cardiac 



no 



be- 



the 



and 



re- 



ii. Legs slend- 

 er, the me- 

 ropodites 

 smooth. 



L gions H. hilgendorfii. 



fa. Carapace 

 elongate 

 closely cover- 

 ed with gra- 

 nules and tu- 

 bercles, with- 



«{ out spines H. oryx. 



b. Conspicuous- 

 ly large spines 

 on the cardiac 

 and branchial 

 ^ regions 





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H. gracilirostris. 



