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The under surface of the arm, wrist, and hand is obscurely 

 granulated. The ambulatory legs are compressed, but scarcely 

 denticulated. Length to base of rostrum 3| lines, breadth 

 b\ lines. 



Hob. Madeira {Rev. R. Boog Watson). 



This species is distinguished by the great development of 

 the postero-lateral expansions of the carapace and the smooth- 

 ness of its upper sm-face and of the anterior legs, in which re- 

 spects it is distinguished from the L. rugosus, Stim., and L. 

 jmlchellas, A. M. -Edwards, both from the Cape-Verd Islands. 

 It would seem to be more nearly allied to the species very 

 shortly characterized by A. M. -Edwards under the name of P. 

 trigona, of which the habitat is not known ; but that species 

 is described as having the arm strongly eroded. 



A single male example is in the collection of the 

 Museum. 



Cryptopodia spatulifrons, sp. n. (PI. V. fig. 10.) 



Carapace transversely triangulate, with the postero-lateral 

 angles truncated, everywhere punctate and granulated, the 

 granulations being largest and most conspicuous on the ele- 

 vated cardiac and branchial regions, and on the postero-lateral 

 and posterior expansions of the carapace. The branchial and 

 cardiac regions are much elevated ; there is a strongly marked 

 depression in the centre of the carapace ; and the surface of the 

 carapace behind the antero-lateral margins and posterior mar- 

 gin are concave ; the antero-lateral margins are denticulated 

 and the postero-lateral and posterior margins crenulated. 

 The rostrum is prominent, not deflexed, smooth, and of a 

 semielliptical shape, subacute at the extremity, and with a 

 series of submarginal punctures. The anterior iegs are very 

 robust ; surface smooth but coarsely punctured ; the anterior 

 and posterior margins of the arm are produced into dentated 

 crests, the posterior expansion being greatly dilated towards 

 the distal extremity ; the oblique crest on the anterior surface 

 of the hand is armed with six prominent triangular teeth, the 

 posterior margin being three-dentated ; the under surface of 

 the anterior legs is coarsely punctulated and granulated. The 

 ambulatory legs are smooth, longitudinally carinated on their 

 upper and under surfaces. Length of carapace to base of 

 rostrum about 1 inch, breadth nearly 2 inches. 



Hob. Shark's Bay, Western Australia (H.M.S. ' Herald,' 

 F. M. Rayner, Esq.). 



The description is taken from an adult male example. It 

 is distinguished from C. fornicata by the granulated carapace, 

 from C. contracta, Stm., from Hong Kong, by the non-con- 



