| Carapace squarish, flat, depressed,
very little broader than long. Anterior half of carapace up to the cervical
groove covered with minute, scattered, fine, brownish hairs, which are
more profuse on the front, orbits, epigastric lobes, and lateral borders.
Regions of carapace not well indicated except in the middle of the carapace
where the grooves are disposed in the shape of the letter H. Cervical groove
distinct but not very deep, semicircular. The antero-lateral borders are
lined with profuse hair and cut into three distinct, flat teeth (including
the external orbital angle) which decrease in size from before backkard
and are not serrate.
Buccal cavern square. External maxillipeds gaping, but not very widely : their exognath is narrower than the ischium : their merus shorter, but anteriorly much broader, than the ischium: it is auriculale (expanded) at the outer angle, so that the palp articulates near the middle of the merlis. 'I'he space between the fingers is covered with a thick matt of long entangled, silky hairs, under which, at the base of the fingers, is hidden a white fleshy lobe. The borders of the joints of all the legs, particularly the, posterior border of the merus and both borders of the carpus and propodus, thickly f rmged with long, dusky hairs. The anterior male abdominal appendages are stout and straight, but bent suddenly at the tip, which bears brushes of hairs. Colour chestnut. Ten males and four females (two of them berried) from Bombay city represent the present collection. They were caught in mud under stones. The measurements of the type specimens are given below: length of carapace--------------- 10.0 mm. 6.75 mm. breadth of carapace--------------11.0 mm. 7.25 mm. breadth of front----------------- 4.0 mm. 2.60 mm.
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