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A. Alcock — New Species of Oxyrhynch Crab. [No. 2, 
ii. Spinature very little developed : edges of ca¬ 
rapace crenulate : carpus of chelipeds and 
of ambulatory, legs granular or nodular: 
abdominal convexities of female not spi- 
nate .. P. investigatoris 
II. The whole body and all the appendages beset with delicate 
paxilliform tubercles which unite to form a lace-work 
or frosting: chelipeds tapering, with long slender spiny 
fingers which are nearly as long as the palm.... ..P. ( Parthenomerus) 
efflorescens. 
The present species, as well as P. efflorescens , have been figured 
for next year’s issue (1896) of “ Illustrations of the Zoology of the 
R.I.M.S. ‘InvestigatorV* 
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