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ON THE BRACHYUROUS DECAPODS OF THE CAPE. 
distinguished from it by the anterior lateral margin being in this crab scolloped, instead of 
having four triangular teeth. The whole of the feet also are granulose, which is not the case 
in C. areolatus. The length is about eight lines. This is not the Chloroclius of Dehaan. 
Sub-genus. Halime.de, Dehaan. 
Sp. 8. ( ) Halimede pisifer, n. s. 
Descr. Halimede testa villosa antice tuberculata postice scabrosa, clypeo subacuminato, manibus 
pedibusque infra glaberrimis lsevissimis, hirsutie tuberculisque pisiformibus extus opertis, 
chelis nigris. 
Note. This species is only seven lines long. The thorax is convex in the middle, having the 
anterior lateral margins scolloped by four blunt tubercles. The front is sub-acuminate, with 
the apex crenated. The chelae are unequal in size, but both large. The abdomen is covered 
with hairs, except the last joint. 
This species has affinity to the Polydectus cupulifer of Milne Edwards, agreeing with it, in 
having three great tubercles surrounding each orbit, one occupying its external angle, and the 
two others the lower edge of the orbit. 
7. Of the family Cancrid/e we have no species ; we pass on therefore to the following 
Fam. ERIPHIDJE, Mihi. 
Sub-genus. Eriphia, Lat. 
Sp. 9. ( ) Eriphia Smitliii, n. s. 
Descr. Eriphia testa postice albopunctata regionibus distinctis, latcribus antice tuberculatis, 
clypeo baud spinoso, lobis duobus mediis quinque-tuberculatis, manibus tuberculosis chelis 
concoloribus, pedibus hispidis. 
Note. This species of Eriphia has its carapace well marked by the regions. The whole of it 
towards the margin, except behind, is covered' with tubercles ; the rest of the surface is granu- 
lose. The lateral margin is strongly tuberculated, and the two last tubercles behind the orbits 
are almost spines. The margin of the orbit is tuberculated. The margin of the two middle 
lobes of the four-lobed clypeus has five tubercles for each. The fore-feet are one larger than 
the other. The larger being marked above by tubercles sparingly scattered, and the smaller 
being strongly verrucose above and below. The chelae of the former has strong teeth ; those 
of the latter have scarcely any, and cross each other. The feet are spotted with white above, 
are hispid, but have no tubercles. The length is more than two inches. 1 he abdomen of the 
male is seven-jointed. 
Sp. 10. ( ) Eriphia Fordii, n. s. 
Descr. Eriphia testa postice fulvomaculata regionibus distinctis, lateribus antice sub-sexspinosis, 
clypeo baud spinoso, lobis duobus mediis 6-tubcrculatis, manibus la?vibus chelis nigris, 
pedibus hispidis. 
N ote. This species also, like the Eriphice in general, has the regions well marked out. The fore 
margin of the carapace is tubercled, but not so much so as in the Eriphia Smithii. The rest 
of the surface is very finely granulose. The lateral margin has six distinct teeth or spines 
