34 DR. J. G. DE MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOUS 
I have only to add to the quoted descriptions that the posterior 
half of the upper surface of the cephalothorax is also punctate, 
so that the whole upper surface is punctate. This species pre- 
sents a singular resemblance to Xantho nudipes, Alph. M.-Edw. 
(J. c. p.197, pl. vii. fig. 5). In this latter form, however, which 
has the fingers of the chelipedes pointed and not at all excavated, 
the distance of the orbits measures only a third of the breadth of 
the carapace, whereas in Leptodius nudipes the cephalothorax 1s 
scarcely twice as broad as the distance of the orbits. 
Leptodius nudipes, Dana, has been recorded from the Strait 
of Balabac, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and the Sandwich 
Islands. 
25. Lepropius cavrPrs, Dana. 
Chlorodius cavipes, Dana, I. c. t.i. p. 212, pl. xii. fig. 1; Stempson, 
i.c. p. 32. 
Three specimens (1d, 22) of this rare species were collected 
at Owen Island. They agree perfectly with the original descrip- 
tion and with the figure quoted. 
The cephalothorax of the largest specimen (¢) is 12 millim. 
broad, and the smaller female, which is already provided with 
eges, 1s only 10 millim. broad. According to Dana, however, 
this species attains a breadth of more than 10 lines. 
The rare Leptodius cavipes has hitherto been recorded, so far as 
I know, only by Dana and by Stimpson from the Bonin Islands. 
26. Lepropivs, sp. 
The Collection contains two very young specimens, namely, 
a male individual found at Elphinstone Island, and a female from — 
Owen Island, which are closely allied to Leptodius exaratus, but 
which differ from that common species by the hands being covered 
with small granules. The cephalothorax of the male specimen is 
scarcely 9 millim. broad, that of the other scarcely 10 millim. 
As regards the shape of the carapace, these examples resemble 
very well Leptodius exaratus, the autero-lateral margins being 
armed with four teeth, but the upper surface is somewhat 
minutely granular anteriorly. The chelipedes of the male are 
unequal, those of the female almost equal; the granules, with 
which the outer surface of the hands is provided, are more 
distinct in the male than in the female. 1 do not venture to 
give a new name to these specimens, especially as this granula- 
