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finger finely granular above close to its insertion, with a short 

 groove on either side ; a rounded lobe at the base of the cutting 

 edge, and four or five low teeth ; immobile finger with a large 

 lobe and one or two low rounded teeth ; fingers of smaller hand 

 each with a row of sub- equal rounded teeth. Ambulatory legs 

 hairy on the borders. Length of carapace 2|- in. ; breadth 3 in. 



Port Essington, collected by Mr. Alex. Morton ; Port Curtis, 

 common under stones ; Port Molle (W. A. H.) 



Genus Eeiphia, Latr. 



Carapace narrow, convex, front generally much deilexed. 

 Plagellum of antennae far removed from the orbit. Third joint 

 of the external maxillipedes a little transverse. 



129. Eriphia Isevimana. A.M. 



JEripMa lesvimana, Latr. ; Gruerin, Icon. Cr., p. Ill, fig. 1 ; 

 M.-Edw., Hist. Nat. Crust., i., p. 427 (1834) ; Dana, U.S. Explor. 

 Exped., Crust., i., p. 249, pi. xiv., fig. 7 ; A. M.-Edw., Nouv. 

 Arch, du Mus., t. ix., p. 255 ; Miers, Ann. Mag. 1ST.H. (5), v., 

 p. 13, (1880). 



JEripMa trapeziformis, Hess, Arch. f. Naturg. xxxi., p. 135, 

 pl.vi.,fig.4(1865). 



Very thick. Carapace anteriorly much deflexed ; antero-lateral 

 region not areolated in any part, granulous ; front between the 

 antennae two-lobed, 3-4-toothed, teeth short, obtuse ; orbital 

 margin above denticulate, externally bi-dentate, antero-lateral 

 margin with five or six teeth (teeth of orbit excluded), teeth 

 small, hardly acute, the posterior granuliform. Anterior feet 

 very stout, unequal, nude, smooth, both fingers of large hand 

 having a very stout basal tooth. 



Port Darwin ; Port Denison, etc. 



G-enus Teapezia, Latr. 



Carapace sub-quadrate, plane, smooth ; front horizontal with 

 6-8-teeth, or sinuous ; lateral borders longitudinal. Tarsi not 

 unguiculate, minutely spinulose. Arm extending far beyond 

 the carapace. 



