CANCROIDEA. ^95 



enlarged ; c, front view of front, showing outer antennge ; d, male ab- 

 domen. 



Karaka Island, Paumotn Archipelago. 



Length of carapax, two and one-fourth lines; greatest breadth, 

 three lines; ratio of length to breadth, 1:1*33. The surface is a 

 little shining and not granulous under the microscope. The areolets 

 are quite distinct and convex, and the furrows neatly pronounced. 

 2 M is lobed anteriorly, though not subdivided throughout. All the 

 normal antero-lateral areolets are present, and the posterior are partly 

 distinct, 



ACT^ODES FABA. 



Carapax transfer so-ellipticus, valde convexus, non granulosus, anticd bene 

 areolatus, regione posticd simplicissimd cum regione postero-laterali 

 coalitd, areola 2 M fere bisectd, areolis 2L 3 X coalitis, superficie areo- 

 larum depressd; f route interardennali fere recto, medium parce emar- 

 ginato, margine antero-laterali parce expanso, b-angulato aut obsolete 

 b-dentato. Pedes antici mediocres, carpo manuque suhtiliter erosis et 

 interdum areolaris, digitis inermibus. Pedes 8 sequentes fere ?iudi, 

 compressi, articulo tertio supra paulo carinato, articulw quarto quin- 

 toque paulo granulosis. Abdomen maris 5-articulatum, feminse 7-ar- 

 ticulatum, nudum prceter marginem ciliatum. 



Carapax transverse-elliptical, very convex, not granulous, anteriorly 

 neat areolate, posterior region undivided and coalesced with the 

 postero-lateral ; areolet 2 M nearly bisected, 2 L and 3 L coalesced, 

 surface of areolets flattened, front between outer antennae very nearly 

 straight, sparingly emarginate at middle, antero-lateral margin 

 slightly extended, five-angled or obsoletely five-toothed. Anterior 

 feet of moderate size, carpus and hand minutely erose, and some- 

 times areolate with granules, fingers unarmed. Following eight 

 feet nearly naked, compressed, third joint somewhat carinate above, 

 fourth and fifth joints a little granulous above. Abdomen of male 

 five-jointed, of female seven-jointed, naked except the edge, which 

 is ciliate. 



