64 DR. J. Or. DE MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOTJS 



a little granular and hairy above at the base, is also profoundly 

 sulcate, and, as in the larger hand, its inner edge is more feebly 

 denticulate tlian the lower finger. Both fingers present a few 

 small tufts of short hairs internally along the inner edges. 



The ambulatory legs resemble those of the European P. Jiir- 

 tellus, and are tolerably slender. The upper margins of the 

 meropodites are armed with some acute spinules along their distal 

 half, one of which is constantly found at the distal end ; the 

 other joints are unarmed. The dactylopodites are straight, a 

 little shorter than the propodites, and terminate in an acute, 

 slightly arcuate, horny tip. 



The anterior legs are everywhere covered with a short pubes- 

 cence, except the smooth distal portion of the outer surface of the 

 larger hand, which is quite glabrous ; the inner surface of the 

 palms and the fingers are also glabrous and naked. The ambu- 

 latory legs present everywhere the same pubescence, and are 

 fringed moreover along their upper and under margins with rather 

 long hairs, especially along those of the last three joints. 



Dimensions of the largest specimen : — 



millim. 



Length of the cephalothorax 13| 



Breadth of the cephalothorax, the lateral spines included 18| 



Distance between the internal orbital angles 6|- 



Length of the larger hand 13| 



Height of the larger hand at the base of the fingers . . 6| 



Length of the smaller hand lOf 



Height of the smaller hand 4-^ 



Length of the ambulatory legs of the penultimate pair . 32 



The female bearing eggs is 15 millim. broad. 



According to Prof. Milne-Edwards, this new species diff"ers 

 from Filumnus Feronii, M.-Edw., by a less globular cephalo- 

 thorax, the upper surface of which is more granular, by a less 

 advanced front, and by m.ore pointed and more delicate antero- 

 lateral spines. 



P. cursor, A. M.-Edw., from New Caledonia and Upolu, is also 

 closely allied to our species. In P. cursor, however, a typical 

 specimen of which I have before me, the inter-regional grooves 

 are more distinctly indicated, the whole outer surface of the larger 

 hand is covered with granules, and the fingers of the larger hand 

 are profoundly sulcate, at least in the typical specimen, which 



