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ALPHEUS PUBESCENS. 



border, the outer margin of which is ridged ; infero-external 

 margin rather sharp. Fingers a little shorter than the palm. 

 Smaller chela of the male resembling that of A. djed- 

 densis Cout. 



Smaller chela of the female 5,6-times as long as high, 

 fingers one and a half as long as the palm, slender, 

 shutting together. 



Carpus of 2 nd legs slender, 2 nd joint one and a half 

 to twice as long as the 1 st , in the adult female both 

 joints are nearly of equal length ; three last joints of 

 equal length. 



Meropodite of 3 rd legs of the male unarmed, 5-times as 

 long as broad, carpus half as long; propodite straight, 

 slightly narrowing distally, 1,3-times as long as the carpus 

 and 5-times as long as broad ; dactylus half as long as the pro- 

 podite, not flattened, not broader than thick, simple, styliform. 



12. Alpheus savuensis, n. sp. 



Station 58. Anchorage off Seba, Savu. 



A species, probably of small size, of the group „brevi- 

 rostris" de M., closely related to A. pubescens n. sp. ; from 

 which it differs by the following: 



Carapace not pubescent, almost glabrous. Rostrum just 

 as long as broad at its base, rostral carina rather sharp 

 between the orbital hoods, almost indistinct posterior to 

 them. Stylocerite not spiniform at its extremity, which is, 

 however, acute, curved inward and reaches to the distal 

 sixth of the visible part of 1 st joint. 



Palm of larger chela one and a half as long as the 

 fingers, outer margin of lower border rounded, for the 

 rest the chela resembles that of A. pubescens. 



Merus of smaller chelipede of the male stouter, 2,3-times 

 as long as broad, chela distinctly shorter than the carapace, 

 stouter, only 3-times as long as high, upper border with- 

 out a transverse groove, fingers slightly longer than the 

 palm, for the rest as in A. pubescens. 



.Notes from tlie Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



