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the epistome; the internal footstalk gradually acuminated, the third joint 
internally palpigerous ; anterior legs large, equal, the hand inflated, those 
of the male larger than those of the female; the other legs shorter than 
the first pair, diminishing gradually in length, terminating in a slightly 
curved, rather strong claw; abdomen seven-jointed, but with several of 
the middle joints confluent; that of the male narrow; of the female very 
broad, the last joint very small, abruptly narrower than the preceding ; 
carapace rhomboidal, with the angles more or less truncated or rounded ; 
front produced, elevated ; eyes very small; orbits with two small fissures 
on the superior margin, 
Ebalia tumefacta, Bryer’s Nut Crab. 
Cancer tumefacta, Mont., Trans. Linn, Soc. IX., p. 86, T. IL, f. 8. 
Ebalia bryerii, Leach, Mal. Podoph. Brit., T. XXV., f 12-13. 
Carapace slightly and minutely granulated; lateral margin entire, some- 
what revolute at the angles; two tubercles on the cardiac region, and one 
on each of the branchial in the male; these parts very tumid in the 
female; abdomen in the male with the third to the fifth joints united; in 
the female the fourth to the sixth ; arm not more than twice as long as it 
is broad. (Bell’s Brit. Crust., p. 145.) 
Hab: Cook Strait. A single female, and the right anterior leg of 
another specimen. 
Elamena producta, sp. nov. New Zealand Spider crab, * 
Carapace flat, 
broader than long, 
x margin with two teeth, 
which, however, vary 
much in size; ros- 
irum very  promi- 
nent; anterior legs in 
male large and equal, 
hand and wrist 
much swollen ; fingers 
curved and armed 
with hairs along their 
inner margins ; in the 
female these legs are 
slight, and the fingers 
almost straight; suc- 
ceeding legs very flat, 
the anterior margin ` 
