| An average male measures:
length of carapace 31 mm. breadth of carapace 34 mm. length of upper border of palm 5.5 mm. length of upper border of daetylus 9 mm.
This species is distinguished by the breadth of the front being 39-40 per cent of the distance between the external orbital angles, its flee being not distinctly crenulate, I'he tooth at the inner angle of the orbit is subacute, and keeled. The tooth at the inner angle of the wrist of the chelipeds is nearlv straight, not talon-like ; the length of the upper border of the palm is nearly two-thirds the lengths ot the dactylus. The first pair of legs is al)out as long as the last pair. The greatest breadth of the meropodites of the last pair is half its length. The distal part of the posterior margin of tiie last legs is dentate. Colour dark reddish brown and white. The propodites in all the legs have a terminal spine on the posterior border. The anterior male abdominal appendages are very thick
and have two lobes at the tip. The inner lobe bears a thick brush of dark
brown hairs, while the outer bears lighter straw-coloured Hairs and a patch
of spinules.
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