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ON THE BRACHYUROUS DECAPODS OF THE CAPE. 



Fam. THELPHUSID^, M. E. 



Sub-genus. Thelphusa, Lat. 



Sp, 16. ( ) Thelphusa perlata, M. E. 



Thelphusa perlata, M. E. Hist. Nat. des Crust, vol. ii. p. 13. 



Note. This crab is common in all the rivers of southern Africa, and grows to the size of nearly 

 three inches long. The male has a much more convex shell than the female, and in aspect 

 resembles much a Gegarcinus. The pearly tubercles of the anterior margin of shell are also 

 still more small and evanescent than in the female. I may take this occasion to observe, that 

 in my cabinet I separate those species of Thelphusa, which, like the present, have a transversal 

 crest in front of the shell, and call them Potamonautes. They are easily distinguished from 

 true ThelphuscB, of which the type is the European species Thelphusa jiuviatilis. ' 



Fam. GONOPLACIDiE, M. E. 



Sub-genus? Cleistotoma, Dehaan. 



Sp. 17. ( ) Cleistotoma Edwardsii, n. s. 



Descr. Cleistotoma oculis magnis, testa Itevi haud pilos^ lateribus integris nec granulosis uec 

 postice divergentibus, manibus brevibus; pedum pari tertio longiori, femoribus infra 

 Isevibus. 



Note. This species comes very near to the Cleistotoma Leachii of Milne Edwards ; but 

 differs from it in the surface being altogether smooth. The length is four lines. 



Fam. OCYPODIDiE, Leach. 



Sub-genus. Ocypode, Fab. 



Sp. 18. ( ) Ocypode cordimana, Lat. 



Ocypode cordimana^ M. E. Hist. Nat. des Crust, vol. ii. p. 48. 



Note. The Ocypode cordimana of Dehaan appears to be a very different species. 



Sub-genus. Ceratophthalma, Dehaan. 



Sp. 19. ( ) Ceratophthalma cursor, Herhst. 



Cancer cursor, Herbst, vol. i. tab. 1. fig. 8 and 9. 



Sub-genus. Gelasimus, Lat. 



Sp. 20. ( ) Gelasimus chlorophthalmus, M. E. 



Gelasimus chlorophthalmus, M. E. His. Nat, des Crust, vol. ii. p. 54, 



