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smaller, pointed at tips, placed lower than the others and pointing in- 

 ward and slightly downward. Orbits angular, deeply concave; outer 

 orbital angle strongly produced into a broad pointed tooth. 



First movable segment of antenna with a distal anterior tubercle ; 

 second and third covered with tubercles; flagellum with vestigial hairs. 

 Outer maxillipeds smooth or punctate. 



Chelipeds devoid of hairs. Merus with rough granules and tubercles 

 on dorsal surface, anterior margin with a small, slightly projecting 

 lobe; posterior margin with a roughened crest. Carpus nearly twice as 

 long as broad ; a strongly projecting lobe occupying proximal half of an- 

 terior margin, ending abruptly and joining distal portion of margin at 

 nearly a right angle; dorsal surface roughened, with two low longitu- 

 dinal crests; posterior margin with a roughened crest ending distally 

 in a small tooth. Manus granulate to nearly smooth, outer margin with 

 a thin edge. Fingers smooth, meeting for entire length, crossing at 

 tips ; gape without pubescence. 



Merus of walking legs not unusually expanded or flattened, covered 

 with rough granules, anterior margin with a low crest and a fringe of 

 plumose hairs; carpus devoid of hairs, with a faint crest on anterior 

 margin and one on dorsal surface ; propodus devoid of hairs, without 

 movable spinules on posterior margin ; dactylus with short tufts of setae, 

 and a row of very tiny movable spinules on posterior margin. 



Material examined: See Table 56. 



Measurements: Males, 3.1 to 14.4 mm; non-ovigerous females, 4.1 

 to 10.2 mm; ovigerous females, 8.5 to 17.4 mm. The 14.4 mm male 

 was collected by the Hassler and the 17.4 mm female by the Lund Uni- 

 versity Chile Expedition. The type was reported to be "about 9 lines" 

 (20.3 mm). Cano (1889) noted a 16.5 mm male. 



Color: Ground color of carapace wall green. Tubercles dark car- 

 mine. A band of a brownish-red color around raised portions. Eye 

 green. Merus and carpus of chela a bright Indian purple, green show- 

 ing through in places. Granules carmine. Teeth pale vermilion. Hand 

 and fingers bright orange, striped with Bordeaux red. Ambulatory legs 

 Bordeaux red with yellowish white spots; some of red shows around 

 edges of spots. Abdomen same as legs. Nail of dactyl yellow. Ventral 

 side pale cream, lightly overcast with yellow and red. First segments of 

 antenna red and green, others light brown and yellow. (Petersen, of 

 a live specimen from Peru) 



