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backwards, have a yellowish-white tint ; and a large, triangular, 

 reddish-brown spot, on a yellowish-white ground, occurs on each 

 side of the posterior slope. The falces are short, strong, conical, 

 and vertical ; the maxillae are convex near the base, obliquely 

 truncated at the extremity on the outer side, and slightly in- 

 clined towards the lip, which is triangular and pointed at the 

 apex ; and the sternum is heart-shaped. These parts are of a 

 yellowish-brown colour, the maxillae and sternum being the 

 palest. The legs are robust, provided with hairs and spines, 

 and are of a yellowish-brown hue, with red-brown and yellowish- 

 white spots ; the first and second pairs, which are much longer 

 than the third and fourth, are equal in length, and the third 

 pair is the shortest; each tarsus is terminated by two curved 

 pectinated claws. The palpi are short, and resemble the legs in 

 colour. The abdomen is very gibbous on the upper part of the 

 posterior region, and is much broader there than at the anterior 

 extremity, which has the appearance of having been cut in a 

 direct line across ; it is of a yellowish- grey colour, with numerous 

 red-brown spots, and has several transverse red-brown and yel- 

 lowish-white sinuous lines on its gibbosity ; the under part is of 

 a yellowish-white hue, with minute brown spots, and a broad 

 dull yellow band extends along the middle ; the colour of the 

 branchial opercula is yellowish-white, and that of the sexual 

 organs reddish-brown. 



Genus Eripus, Walck. 

 Eripus spinipes. 



Length of the female j^th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax J^ ; breadth y^^ ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of 

 an anterior leg /^ ; length of a leg of the third pair J. 



The cephalothorax is compressed before, rounded on the sides, 

 abruptly sloped at the base, depressed, with two conical tuber- 

 cles in front, placed transversely j it is provided with numerous 

 spines enlarged at the base, those on the sides being disposed 

 for the most part in oblique rows forming slight ridges con- 

 verging towards the centre, and those in the middle constituting 

 three longitudinal rows ; three spines are situated between the 

 bases of the tubercles in front, and three others on the frontal 

 margin, the six being directed forwards ; it is of a reddish-brown 

 colour, the sides and a broad and somewhat raised band extend- 

 ing along the middle being much the darkest. The falces are 

 short, cuneiform, and vertical; the maxillse are enlarged and 

 rounded at the extremity, and inclined towards the lip, which is 

 semicircular. These parts are of a reddish-brown colour, the 

 extremity of the maxillae and lip having a yellowish tinge. The 

 sternum is heart-shaped, thinly clothed with whitish hairs, and 



