CANCROIDEA. ^77 



The palate is not divided longitudinally either side of the middle by 

 a ridge, and the species is thus remote from the Eriphidae. 



XANTHODES NITIDULUS. 



Carapax Icevis, nitidus, anticd partim areolatus, areolis 1 M 2 M 3 M 

 vix discretis, 2L 3L extus abruptis, 2 L cum 4L 5L &L scepius 

 coalitis, hisque postice non bene circumscriptis, 3L circumscriptd ; 

 f route leviter arcuate, emarginato; margine antero-laterali 4-dentato, 

 dente D obsolete, dentibus E, N, T, S, subconicis, subacutis, nitidis. 

 Pedes antici paalo inceqiii, inermes, Iceves, manu supra obtusd, prope 

 marginem supernum uni-canaliculatd ; carpo prope articulationem 

 apicalem paulo exarato. Pedes 8 postici margine superno articu- 

 lorum 3tii, 4tti, 5ti valde hirsuti, tarso hirsute, articulo tertio supra 

 non denticulate. 



Carapax smooth, shining, anteriorly somewhat areolate, areolets 1 M, 

 2 M, 3 M hardly separated, 2 L, 3 L, on their outer limits abrupt, 

 2 L with 4 L, 5 L, 6 L usually coalescent, and not well circum- 

 scribed behind, 3L circumscribed; front slightly arcuate, emar- 

 ginate ; antero-lateral margin four-toothed, tooth D being obsolete, 

 teeth E, N, T, S, subconical, subacute, shining. Anterior feet a 

 little unequal, unarmed, smooth, hand above obtuse, a single chan- 

 nel in upper margin, carpus near its articulation with the hand 

 somewhat excavate. Eight posterior feet with the upper margins 

 very hirsute, tarsus hirsute, third joint not denticulate above. 



Plate 8, fig. 11 a, male, enlarged two diameters; b, front view of 

 front, showing base of outer antennse; c, outer view of hand. 



From the Paumotu Archipelago. 



Length of carapax of male, five lines ; greatest breadth, seven and 

 two-thirds lines; ratio of length to breadth, 1 : T53. The hairs of 

 the legs are unequal or uneven, and the legs appear quite hirsute, 

 although only so on the outer margin and part of inner surface, ex- 

 cepting the inner margin of the fifth joint. On the outer surface of 



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