of Indian Dredging. All 



very sliort distance over the tliird joint. The third joint is 

 slender nnd very long, longer than the other three segments 

 taken together; hoth it and the fourth j Mnt, which is short, 

 are tinarined. 



Flagolhim long, pjpistonic well developed. 



The chelipeds are long and slightly asymmetrical ; coxa 

 nnanned ; the ischium has one small spine above at its 

 proximal end, two small spines bolow at its distal. Merus 

 very long, flattened laterally, and curved on itself ; at the upp?r 

 border ot" its distal end is a prominent spine. Car()us un- 

 armed. The |)alm has a large spine distally on its upper 

 border. The chela? are narrow and long (but not so long as 

 the palm) ; on the right sifle the margins are sharp, finely 

 dentate, with curved crossed tips. On the left side tlie chelae 

 aie imperfect. 



Second pair of legs slender, with small perfect chelae ; 

 remaining legs slender, with short curved dactyli. 



With the exception of a few hairs on the last and penulti- 

 mate joints all the legs are naked. 



The female genital openings are easily seen, and there is a 

 tubercle in the position of tiie male openings. 



Kggs large, blue in life. 



The outer plate of the large swimmeret has a diagonal 

 suture running obliquely from its outer to its posterior border. 

 'i'here is a spinule at the outer end of this, but none along 

 the course of the suture. No spinules on the inner plate. 

 The telson is longer than broad, with a rounded end. 



Colour in life reddish, in spirit yellowish white. 



Adult d. 



niillini. 



Length of rostrum 5 



,, carapace to base of rostrum 1(3^ 



„ abdomen with telson 32 



„ clielipcds : 



Is:liiiira -i 



Merus 16 



Carpus 7 



I'ahu ]1 



Fingers 10 



One adult female dredged oti' the north-east of Ceylon in 

 Sla. 260, in ',42 fathoms, lat. 8° 36' 1.5" N., by long. 

 81° -l^^ 30" E. 



I have placed this new species in the genus Calocaris of 

 Bell, in spite of its having a styloid scaphocerite on the 

 peduncle of its second antennae, a point which Faxon has 



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