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particularly at the inner angle. Feet all verrucose above. In the 

 chelopoda the carpus bears nine large verrucse ; hand with five ver- 

 rucse on its superior edge ; larger hand sparsely granulous externally, 

 smooth and glossy below ; smaller hand with outer surface granulous 

 and pubescent. In the ambulatory feet the penult and antepenult 

 joints have each two large warts above. Dimensions of a male : 

 Length of carapax^ 0.3 ; breadth, 0.412 inch. 



This species is a true Pilumnus, the basal joint of the antennae 

 being movable and not reaching the front, and the ridge on the 

 palate sufficiently conspicuous. 



Found among seaweeds dredged from a sandy bottom, in twelve 

 fathoms, in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 



93. PILUMNUS FORFICIGERUS Stimpson 



Pirate VIII, Fig. 6,6a 



Pilumnus forftcigerus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., x, p. 36 

 [34], 1858. 



Carapax smooth, with a velvet-like or minutely tomentose surface. 

 Antero-lateral margin with the three posterior teeth very small ; a 

 considerable space between the anterior one and the angle of the 

 orbit. Front broad; median lobes very little prominent and un- 

 equally rounded, being less convex externally than at their inner 

 extremity. Postero-lateral sides concave. Surface of hectognath- 

 opoda and of the adjacent regions smooth and glossy. Chelopoda 

 of moderate size, minutely tomentose above ; carpus smooth ; hand 

 covered with irregular but strongly elevated tubercles, which are 

 less numerous and more widely separated on the smaller hand ; lower 

 surface of hands glossy and minutely granulated. Fingers of the 

 smaller hand with smooth, sharp, cutting edges, acting like those of 

 shears. Ambulatory feet slender, somewhat hairy. 



Colors : Carapax above red, spotted with flake-white ; front very 

 dark-red ; fingers pale brown. Dimensions of a female : Length of 

 carapax, 0.27; breadth, 0.36 inch. 



Found among Sertularics and Botrylli dredged from a sandy bot- 

 tom, in 30 fathoms, off the east coast of the island of Ousima. 



94. PILUMNUS LAPILLIMANUS Stimpson 



Plate VIII, Fig. 7, 7a 



Pilumnus lapillimanus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., x, p. 36 

 [34], 1858. 



Carapax somewhat flattened above and posteriorly; proportion of 

 length to breadth in the male, 1:1.3. Surface areolate ; areolets 



