CALIFORNIA STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. 145 



the eye-stalk. Chelipeds very unequal, the larger one elongated, granu- 

 lated, nearly devoid of pubescence, but furnished with minute settle which 

 arise from the base of the granules; merus compressed, the angles rounded, 

 length about one-half greater than the height; outer surface convex and 

 more or less granulo-rugose toward the distal end; carpus in the adult a 

 little over one-half longer than wide, the upper surface evenly convex and 

 rounded off to the sides, the outer of which is granulated and more or 

 less flattened; inner side somewhat more strongly granulated and slightly 

 concave; on the posterior portion of the carpus there are several trans- 

 verse, granulated rugae which become gradually replaced anteriorly by 

 isolated, rounded granules; hand oblong (but not twice as long as wide), 

 broader than the carpus, becoming more elongated with age; upper sur- 

 face evenly convex and granulated like the carpus, the granules becoming 

 longer on the pollex; outer margin acute, granulo-deuticulate, the gran- 

 ules becoming less sharp with age; fingers shorter than the palm; outer 

 margin of the dactj^l granulo-denticulate; a granulated line on the upper 

 surface parallel to the margin; tips of the fingers corneous in young, but 

 calcareous in old specimens. Smaller cheliped pubescent, not reaching 

 the base of the dactyl in adults, and often scarcely reaching the base of 

 the hand; merus spinulous below; carpus compressed, the upper edge 

 armed with nine or ten sharp spines external to which is a parallel row of 

 smaller spines; the granulations on the lower surface become more or less 

 spiny towards the anterior margin; hand granulated, narrow, oblong, not 

 shorter than the merus; palm rounded, having no prominent ridges or 

 angles; fingers corneous tipped. Ambulatory legs pubescent, the propodi 

 granulo-spinose above; dactyls rather stout, spinous below, and markedly 

 shorter than the propodi. The dactyls are of a bluish color with a longi- 

 tudinal reddish stripe on the sides; distal end of the propodi bluish. 



Patrick's Point! Mendocino County! Pescadero! Mon- 

 terey (St.)! Santa Catalina Is.! San Pedro! San Diego! 

 Japan (Stimpson, Ortmann). 



I very strongly doubt that the E, Samuelis reported 

 from Japan by Stimpson and Ortmann is the same as 

 our California species. 



Pagurus minimus, sp. no v. 



Anterior part of the carapace about as wide as long; median projection 

 of the front triangular, acute, the lateral ones rounded. Eye-scales 

 pointed, with a very prominent subtermiual spine. Ocular peduncles 

 stout, cylindrical, a little flattened distally, and about two-thirds the length 

 of the anterior portion of the carapace, reaching about the middle of the 

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