152 DE. J. G. DE MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOUS 



articulation of the mobile finger. The upper margin and the 

 slightly convex inner surface of the palm also present some 

 granules. The fingers are spoon-like, excavated at their horny 

 tips, and are scarcely gaping ; the mobile finger is nearly straight, 

 and its surface is minutely punctate, but otherwise smooth and 

 ungrooved. The outer surface of the index is also smooth, and 

 both fingers are slightly denticulate, the inner edge of the mobile 

 finger presenting four small teeth, tliat of the index three, which 

 are a little larger. The smaller hand resembles the larger, but 

 the fingers are comparatively a little longer. 



The chelipedes of the two young male specimens are equal to 

 one another, and present the same form and structure as those of 

 the adult female. 



The ambulatory legs of the second pair are the longest of all, 

 being twice as long as the length of the carapace, those of the 

 last pair are the shortest, and those of the first and third pairs have 

 an intermediate length. The meropodites are scarcely enlarged, 

 and their outer surfaces are minutely granular ; their upper mar- 

 gins are minutely denticulate and armed at the distal end with a 

 short acute spine, which is, however, probably wanting on the 

 upper margins of the meropodites of the last pair. The under 

 margins of the outer (upper) surface of the meropodites are armed 

 with a strong acute spine a little before the distal ends ; and the 

 meropodites of the last three pairs, moreover, present two or three 

 smaller spines between the large spine and the distal end of 

 the under margins. The under margins of the internal or under 

 surfaces of the meropodites of the last pair of ambulatory legs 

 are armed with two or three acute spines at the proximal end ; these 

 spines are not found on the meropodites of the other ambulatory 

 legs. The propodites, which are a little longer than the carpo- 

 podites, are armed with a short acute spine at the distal end of 

 their under margins. The scarcely arcuate dactylopodites are 

 hardly shorter than the propodites : they are depressed, un- 

 armed, terminate in an acute horny tip, and are covered with 

 four rows of minute bristles. The three terminal joints of the 

 ambulatory legs are densely hairy along their upper and under 

 margins. 



Dimensions of the largest specimen ( ? ) : — 



millim 

 Breadth of the cephalothorax (measured at the last 



antero-lateral teeth) 12|- 



