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often elongated into a spiniform process. The epistome is broader 

 than long. The legs are long and rather slender, the thigh of 

 the second or third pair of legs being usually not far from the 

 length of the carapax, though sometimes considerably shorter. The 

 fifth joint is flat, subfalciform, and the tarsus closes against the in- 

 ferior margin. 



EURYPODIUS SEPTENTEIONALIS. 



Carapax obsolete villosus, spinis paucis, in regime cardiacd posterius 

 duabus antervus und; spind post-orbitali acutd et anteriore minori vel 

 acutd vel obtiisd; rostro supra complanato. Articulus antennarum ex- 

 ternarum \mus dente subacuto extus ad basin armatus etjuxta dentem 

 processu sidmcuto. Pedes toti fere nudi ; antici crassiusculi, brachio 

 carpoque parce tubercidato-spinosis, manu scabro-granulatd, paulo 

 tumidd, digito mobili cum dente parvulo tuberculiformi intus armato 

 polliceque juxta basin cum dente simili. Pedes 8 postici longi, articulo 

 pedis tertii tertio tuberculis setiferis parvulis biseriati# infra ornato, 5to 

 longiore quam quartus, subtilissime' hirsute, ejus margine inferiore 

 versus apicem brevMsimfi liirsuto. 



Carapax obsoletely villous ; spines few, on the cardiac region two 

 posteriorly and one anteriorly ; the post-orbital acute, and another 

 smaller just anterior, either acute or obtuse. Beak flattened above. 

 Immoveable basal joint of outer antennae with a subacute tooth on 

 outer side at base, and below this tooth, near by, a subacute promi- 

 nence. Feet all nearly naked. Anterior feet rather stout ; arm and 

 carpus small spinoso-ttibercular ; hand scabro-granulous, rather tumid ; 

 moveable finger armed on inner margin with a small tuberculiform 

 tooth just inside of middle, and immoveable finger with a similar one 

 near articulation. Eight posterior feet long and slender ; thigh with 

 two series below of small setiferous tubercles; fifth joint longer than 

 fourth, minutely hirsute ; the lower margin towards apex short hir- 

 sute. 



Plate 2, fig. 6 a, under view of head, enlarged two diameters ; b, 

 outer view of right hand, natural size; c, extremity of second pair of 

 feet, natural size ; d, male abdomen, natural size. 



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