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Subfamily MATUTIN^E. 

 Matntidce, Dana, loc. cit., and Micrs, loc. cit. 



Merus of external maxillipeds elongate and acute, entirely conceal- 

 ing the palp in repose. Legs natatorial. 



Key to the Indian genera of Calappida?. 



I. Galappinse : — Merus of external maxillipeds not elongate or 



acute, and never concealing the flagellum in repose : ambu- 

 latory legs gressorial : — 



1. Carapace with a postero-lateral shield-like 



expansion or series of broad serrations, 

 forming a vault beneath -which the four 

 ambulatory legs can be completely or large- 

 ly concealed in flexion : basal joint of an- 

 tenna? much dilated ... ... Calappa. 



2. Carapace without any trace of a postero- 



lateral shield-like expansion: basal joint 

 of antenna? slender : — 

 i. Carapace transversely oval, with a large 

 spine at the junction of the antero- 

 lateral and postero-lateral borders ... Mursia. 

 ii. Carapace sub-circular or longitudinally 

 suboval, with a small denticle at the 

 junction of the antero-lateral and 

 postero-lateral borders ... ... Cryptosoma. 



II. Matwbinse : — Merus of external maxillipeds elong- 



ate and acute, and completely concealing the 

 flagellum in repose: ambulatory legs in the 

 form of swimming paddles. (Carapace sub- 

 circular, with a lai-ge spine at the junction of 

 the antero-lateral and postei'O-lateral borders : 

 antenna? rudimentary) ... ... Matuta. 



Calappa, Fabricius, Edw. 



Calappa, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 345. 

 Calappa, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat, Crust. II. 102. 



Calappa, Lophos, Camara, Gallus, De Ilaan, Fauna Japonica, Crust, pp. 69, 

 70, 125. 



Calappa, Miers, ' Challenger ' Brachyura, p. 283. 



Carapace strongly convex, rounded in front, much broadened behind 

 by a pair of clypeiform expansions, or wings, beneath which the four 

 pairs of ambulatory legs are concealed in flexion. 



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