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furrow ; postfrontal crest well developed, most distinctly tuberculated, 

 curving slightly forwards at each end and passing completely into 

 the epibranchial teeth, notched on each side externally to each epiga- 

 stric lobe and internally to each epibranchial tooth ; epibranchial 

 teeth salient, separated from the denticulated margins of the promi- 

 nent extra-orbital angles by a notch, curving backwards as regu- 

 larly dentate crests ; orbital and frontal margins conspicuously 

 tuberculated ; front moderately broad, deflexed, covered with rounded 

 tubercles, smooth in the middle line, terminating in a nearly 

 straight free margin. Postero-lateral margins marked with oblique 

 rugations which gradually assume a tuberculated character as they 

 pass forwards on to the inflected portion of the carapace ; anterior 

 pleural lobe beset in the centre with irregularly disposed rounded 

 tubercles, limited off from the surrounding areas by a regular line 

 of larger bead-like tubercles. 



Chelipedes subequal, densely tuberculated ; meropodites with 

 all their angles sharply tuberculated ; carpopodites above gra- 

 nulately rugose and becoming towards the inner margin tuber- 

 culated, the tubercles extending on to the sides of the spine ; be- 

 neath this spine is a smaller one from which passes upwards and 

 towards the proximal articular extremity of the joint a row of two 

 or three spiniform tubercles ; externally the penultimate joint is 

 excessively tuberculately granulated, the tubercles becoming very 

 coarse and irregular in aged specimens, and on the upper border 

 passing into spiniform tubercles in specimens of all ages ; the superior 

 margin of the dactylopodites is also beset with spiniform tubercles 

 and their inner toothed margin' is in contact throughout its length 

 with the other arm of the pincers \ the extremities of these are 

 tipped with a blackish colour which is capable of defying the 

 blanching action of spirit for years. 



I will not venture to describe the precise distribution of 

 the colours of this beautiful species, because I omitted to note 

 them particularly when I received the specimen which has been 

 chosen for description fresh from the hands of Dr. Stoliczka, 

 but I can say that the inferior surface generally and the inner as- 

 pects of the chelipedes are suffused with a beautiful violet colour, 

 the tubercles and spines offering their bright red tips in remark- 

 able contrast 



