1898.] A. Alcock — Carcinological Fauna of India. 231 



Basal antennal joint slender, of good length but yet hardly touch- 

 ing the front ; the flagellum very long (half the length of the carapace, 

 or more), lodged in the orbital hiatus. 



Ghelipeds slenderer and much shorter than the walking-legs, the hand 

 often hidden in a matted tuft of hair. 



Walking-legs long and stout, the third pair the longest of all. 



External maxillipeds somewhat slender and almost subpediform. 



Both the Indian species of this genus differ from Melia tessellata 

 (of which there are several specimens in the Indian Museum collection) 

 in having the carapace rugulose, the antero-lateral border crenulate, 

 the front more prominent, and the regions fairly well delimited and 

 areolated. 



152. Melia caestifer, n. sp. 



Carapace hexagonal, about as long as broad, rugulose or tubercu- 

 lous, somewhat pubescent posteriorly and laterally, the regions fairly 

 well defined and areolated. 



Front broad, sublaminar, square -cut, horizontal but on a lower 

 plane than the gastric region. 



Antero-lateral border cut into three blunt lobes, the first of which 

 is confluent with the outer orbital angle. 



Antennary flagellum very long. 



Chelipeds extremely slender ; hand hidden in a tuft of adherent hair, 

 which has to be removed before the slender hooked fingers can be seen. 



First pair of legs somewhat more slender than the others, and 

 shorter than the last pair ; the second and third pair stouter and 

 longer than the others, the third pair being the longest and the stoutest 

 (especially as to the merus) of all. All the legs are more or less 

 pubescent. 



The abdomen of the male consists of 5 segments, the 3rd-5th being 

 fused. 



Colours in spirit, white, the bases of all the rugosities or tuber- 

 cules defined by more or less circular very fine dark lines. 



Length of carapace barely 4 millim., breadth hardly over 4 millim. 



In the Indian Museum are a male and a female from off Ceylon, 

 34 fms. 



153. Melia pugil, n. sp. 



Differs from M. csestifer (females compared) in the following 



characters :— 



(1) the carapace is distinctly broader than long : 



