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bearing (as do also the legs) some curiously long and delicate silky hairs ; the 

 hand is longer and slightly broader than the wrist, the fingers are considerably 

 less than half the length of the palm. 



Legs slender, less than half the length of the chelipeds ; a few spinules on 

 the posterior border of the dactyli, but only a single one (situated terminally) on 

 the posterior border of the propodites. 



A young male and female from off the Travancore coast, 430 fathoms, and 

 an egg-laden female from off Ceylon, 820-296 fathoms. 



Length of fully extended body of female 29 millim., of chelipeds 54 millim. 



n j , 2349-2350 /m ,-, \ 768 



Regd. Nos. jo (Types of the species) : . 



