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LEUCOSIADJB. 



DEC APOD A. 



BRACHYURA. 



LEUCOSJADM, 





CRANCfFS EBALIA. 

 Ebalia Cranchii. Leach. 



Specific Character. Carapace distinctly granulated, carinated ; with five tuber- 

 cles, two near together on the cardiac region, two distant on the branchial regions, 

 and one on the intestinal region ; latero-anterior margin nearly entire ; arm linear, 

 three times as long as it is broad. 



Ebalia Cranclm, LEACH, Zool. Misc. III. p. 20. Malac. Brit. t. xxv. 



f. 711. EDW. Hist. Nat. Crust. II. p. 129. 



THE carapace in this species is more regularly rhombi 

 than in either Eb. Pennantii or Bryerii. The surface is 

 distinctly granulated; there is an obtuse longitudinal carina 

 extending the whole length, and there are five distinct 

 tubercles, of which two are very near each other on the 

 cardiac region, one on each branchial, and a single one, 

 larger than the others, on the intestinal. The latero- 

 anterior margin is almost entire, having only a slight sinu- 

 ation ; the front is emarginate, as is also the posterior 

 angle. The anterior pair of legs are equal, robust, and in 



