M AIOIDE A. ' 1Q3 



EURYPODIUS BEEVIPES. 



Carapax vdlde tumidus, spinis panels, brevibus, in regione cardiacd pos- 

 tering dudbus anterius und ; rostro supra complanato breviore. Arti- 

 culus antennarum externarum Imus extus ad basin dente armatus 

 et juxta dentem processu subacuto. Pedes breves, Jiirsuti, primi subte- 

 nues, brachio carpoque cum 3-4 ve tuberculis minutis supra armatis, 

 manu lineari, tenui, Icevi, margine digiti inferno denticulate. Pedes octo 

 postici crassiusculi, valde breviores, articulo Stio pedis secundi valde 

 breviore quam carapax, articulo 5to lato et crasso, longiore quam 

 quartus, non duplo longiore quam tarsus. 



Female : carapax very tumid, with few spines, two little prominent 

 on the cardiac region posteriorly, and one anteriorly. Beak flattened 

 above, rather shorter than in preceding species. Outer side of basal 

 joint of outer antennae with a small prominence near base, and 

 another just posterior. Feet short; hairy on the margins of all the 

 joints. First pair rather small ; arm and carpus with three or four 

 small tubercles above; hand narrow linear, rather thin; inner margin 

 of finger denticulate. Eight posterior feet rather stout, third joint of 

 second pair much shorter than cafapax, fifth joint broad and stout, 

 longer than fourth joint, and not twice as long as sixth (tarsus). 



Plate 2, fig. 7 , animal (female), natural size; b, abdomen of female; 

 c, under view of head. 



Nassau Bay, Fuegia. 



Length, one and five-eighths inches; of beak, three and a half lines; 

 of third joint of second pair of legs, one inch; of fifth joint of same pair, 

 eight lines, and breadth of same, two and a half lines (or about one- 

 third the length) ; length of tarsus of same pair, five and one-third 

 lines. 



The carapax has only two spines on the median region, and these 

 are prominent; also a prominent acute, postero-lateral, in the same 

 line with the post^cardiac, besides one or two minute, near by, forward 

 and inward, also two spines on the lateral region, over base of second 



