BLUE-BANDED HERMIT CRAB. 375 



DECAPODA. PAGURID^E. 



ANOMOURA. 



BLUE-BANDED HERMIT CRAB. 



Pagurus fasciatus. Mihi. 



Specific Character. Anterior legs unequal ; hand oval, smooth ; eye-stalks as 

 long as the penultimate joint of the external, and nearly half as long as the whole 

 of the internal antennae ; body and legs banded alternately with red and blue. 



THE carapace is smooth and even, ovate, rounded in 

 front, truncated and slightly emarginate behind. External 

 antennae as long as the whole of the body, the peduncle 

 cylindrical, the second and last joints of nearly equal 

 length, and apparently without any spine. The internal 

 antennae are of moderate length, less than twice as long as 

 the peduncle of the external. Eye stalks nearly cylindrical, 

 slightly curved outwards, as long as the penultimate joint 



