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the lobes but little prominent. The postabdomen has all the seg- 

 ments, except the last, coalesoent. The inferior surface of the 

 carapace is closely granulated. The exognath of the outer maxiUi- 

 pedes is rather narrow, with a straight outer margin, and does not 

 reach to the distal end of the merus-joint of the endognath. The 

 chelipedes are rather small, and arm, wrist, and palm are closely 

 granulated, but otherwise unarmed ; palm not twice as long as the 

 wrist, rather turgid ; fingers about as long as the palm, slender, and 

 meeting along their inner edges. Colour (in spirit) pinkish. Length 

 of carapace barely 2 lines (4 millim.). • 



This specimen is distinguished from all of the species of this genus 

 with which I am acquainted by the evenly-granulated carapace and 

 the number and disposition of the spines of the lateral and posterior 

 margins. If the characters should prove constant, I would propose 

 to designate it as Areania duodecimspinosa. 



Areania pulchella *, from the Fijis, which is evidently very 

 nearly allied to it, has the lateral margins armed (on each side) 

 with about seven teeth, the front nearly straight, the regions of the, 

 carapace strongly mammUlated. 



71., Ebalia granulata (Buppell) ? 



Since the original diagnosis is very brief, I append the following 

 description : — 



The body and legs are everywhere covered with numerous very 

 close-set and crowded perliform granules, which are largest on the 

 postabdomen and on the merus-joints of the chelipedes; the cara- 

 pace is nearly circular in outline (not rhomboidal), but a little 

 broader than long, moderately convex, the gastric and cardiac 

 regions defined by faintly indicated lateral sulci. The front is slightly 

 concave, and projects less than the buccal cavity, so that the outer 

 maxillipedes are just visible in a dorsal view ; the hepatic regions 

 are prominent, the lateral margins are slightly sinuated, but not 

 - lobate or toothed. The postabdomen (of the female) has all the 

 joints, except the first two and the last, coalescent. The eyes are 

 closely set in the nearly circular orbits ; the small antennae enter 

 the, inner "orbital hiatus ; the merus-joints of the outer maxillipedes 

 are shorter than the ischium-joints j the rather narrow exognaths 

 have a straight outer margin, and do not reach to the distal ends 

 of the mprus-joints ; the chelipedes (in the female) are rather small, 

 the merus-joint or arm has its inner distal angle somewhat pro- 

 duced and rounded, but is not toothed ; carpus small, rounded ; palm 

 little longer than the carpus, rather turgid ; the fingers are longer 

 than the palm, meet along their inner edges, and are slightly in- 

 curved at the tips. The ambulatory legs are very slender; the 

 dactyli bear a minute terminal claw. Colour (in spirit) pinkish. 

 Length of carapace about 2| lines (5 miUim.) ; of ohelipede (of the 

 female) about 3 lines (nearly 7 millim.). 



* Ebalia pulchella, Joum. Mus. Qodeffroy, iv. p. 85, pi. xiii. &g. 2 (1873). 



