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longirostris from Oran, which variety ma}', however, still be dis- 

 tinguished by the more slender dactyli of the three posterior 

 legs and b}^ the much smaller eggs. The fingers of the ist pair of 

 legs are about once and a half as long as the palm, and those of the 

 2nd pair are also less than twice as long as the palm. 



The ischium of the three posterior legs is unarmed. The 

 meropodite of the 3rd pair of legs is armed with three stout spines, 

 the first placed at the level of the proximal third part of the upper 

 margin; the third is- situated near the distal extremit}^, the second 

 midwa}^ between the two others. Carpus of the three posterior 

 legs with a similar spine near the distal extremity. The meropo- 

 dites of the 5th pair of legs carry two spines, like those of the third 

 pair, 0'24 mm. long ; the first is placed immediately be^^ond the 

 middle, the second near the distal extremity. 



The dactylus of the 3rd pair is usually armed with 8 or 9 spines 

 the terminal claw included, in the largest specimen (No. i) it carried 

 ID spines and in another (No. 8) I observed even 12 ; in a specimen 

 20 mm. long, on the contrarj^, the dact3dus presented onh^ 7 spines ; 

 their number appears, therefore, to be rather variable. The dactyli 

 of the 5tli legs are armed with 40 — 50 spinules. 



The eggs (fig. ih) are few in number hut large, larger than in 

 all the other varieties except the var. paucipara, being 0*7 — o"86 

 mm. long and 0*42 — 0*5 mm. broad. The size of the eggs is not 

 onl}^ variable in different individuals, but those of one and the 

 same specimen present slight differences as regards their length 

 and breadth. So, e.g.^ the ova of the female No. 3 presented the 

 following measurements : 0*7 mm. x 0*42 mm. ; 0*7 mm. x 0*43 

 mm. ; 0*7 mm. x 0*44 mm. ; o'7i mm. x 0*42 mm. ; 073 mm. x 

 0'44 mm. ; 0*74 mm. x 0*44 mm. Of the female No. 5, however, 

 the measurements were as follows : 0"8 mm. % 0*47 mm. ; 0*82 

 mm. X 0*47 mm. ; 0*84 mm. x 0*49 mm. ; o"86 mm. x 0*48 mm. 



The largest specimen, received from Capt. Flower, is a female 

 with eggs, 29 mm. long. 



The two specimens from lyake Victoria Nyanza (compare Table 

 B) differ from the preceding b}^ the dactyli of the three posterior 

 legs ; these joints show a slenderer shape, somewhat as in the var. 

 gracilipes from Celebes, as is proved by comparing the two Tables 

 A and B. In the ova-bearing female, 27 mm. long, the dactylus of 

 the 3rd pair (fig. 2) is armed with 10 spines, in the other with 

 II ; the dactyli of the 5th pair (fig. 2a) are armed with 49 and 50 

 spinules respectiveh'. In the female 27 mm. long the ischium 

 of the 3rd legs is unarmed, the meropodite carries three spines, 

 0*21 mm. long, the 2nd spine is placed a little nearer to the proxi- 

 mal than to the distal extremity of the joint, the ist just midway 

 between the proximal extremit}^ and the 2nd spine, the 3rd near 

 the distal extremity. In the other specimen, however, the mero- 

 podite of the 3rd legs presented four spines, the 2nd somewhat 

 nearer to the proximal than to the distal extremity, the 3rd just 

 beyond the 2nd, the ist midway between the 3rd and the proximal 

 extremity, the 4th near the far end of the joint. The eggs (fig. 2&) 



