200 DE. J. G. DB MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOUS 



the surface is very sparsel}^ punctate. The posterior margin 

 is rounded and defined, together with the lateral margins, by a 

 continuous, minutely granulated line, tlie granules of which 

 become less distinct anteriorly near the hepatic region. The 

 inflected sides of the cephalothorax are quite smooth, pre- 

 senting no trace of the thoracic sinus and no granules near the 

 base of the chelipedes. 



The outer maxillipeds have the merus-joint a little shorter 

 than the ischium-joint and acute at its distal extremity ; the 

 exognath is broad, though scarcely broader in the middle than 

 the anterior margin of the ischium-joint, with its outer margin a 

 little arcuate and minutely granulate, and with an almost straight 

 anterior margin. The outer surfaces of the outer foot- jaws are 

 minutely punctate. 



The male sternum is smooth in the middle, but granular 

 laterally ; in the first joint, which borders the buccal cavity 

 posteriorly, the granules are found near the articulation of the 

 chelipedes, but separated from their bases by a smooth space. 

 In the other joints, the granules are found on those portions which 

 border the bases of the legs laterally. The male abdomen is 

 smooth, and is quite similar to that of P. Perryi, Miers (Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 1877, pi. xxxviii, fig. 21), being narrow and tri- 

 angular, with straight margins ; the penultimate joint, however, 

 which is scarcely shorter than the antepenultimate, is quite 

 smooth, and has no tubercular prominence as in Pseudophilyra 

 Perryi, Miers. The lateral margins of the cavity which includes 

 the abdomen are also granular, as far as they lie on the first 

 joint of the sternum. 



The chelipedes are slender, and similar to those of P. orli- 

 cularis, Bell, being twice as long as the length of the carapace. 

 The arms are cylindrical, four times as long as broad, and covered 

 on their upper surface with granules, partly arranged in longi- 

 tudinal rows ; but the distal third of the upper surface is 

 nearly smooth, and bears only a few small granules near the 

 anterior margin. The under surface of the arm is equally 

 granular, the granules extending to near its distal end, but they 

 are not arranged in longitudinal series. The wrist is smooth. 

 The hands are quite similar to those of P. orbicularis, the palm 

 being twice as long as broad, but the rounded inner (anterior 

 or lower) margin is covered with small granules of unequal 

 size and irregularly arranged. The remainder of the palm is 



