Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

B;21COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA.48. Chlorodopsis granulatus. (Plate XXI. fig. A.)? Pilodius granulatus, Stimi)son, Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Philad. p. 34(1858).In this little species, which has never been figured, and is onlyknown by Stimpson's brief diagnosis, the carapace is transverse,rather depressed, and very distinctly lobulated on its upper surfacethe lobules or areolets granulated, covered with a close velvetypubescence, and separated one from another by naked interspaces ;the antero-lateral margins have four distinct spiniform teeth, nearto which are one or two minute spinules or granules, there being notooth or spine at the ou^ter orbital angle ; the front is rather broad,projects but little, and is divided by a median incision into tworounded lobes, which are separated by a wider sinus from the outerfrontal angles, which are in contact with the basal antennal joints ;the orbital margins are entire. The male postabdomen is 5- or 6-jointed, two or three of the intermediate joints being coalescent.The basal antennal joint is robust, and its outer and distal angleenters the inner orbital hiatus, from which the flagellum is justexcluded ; the merus-joint of the outer maxillipedes is truncated atits distal end. Chelipecles moderately robust; merus or arm short,trigonous and unarmed ; wrist and palm covered externally withsmall granules, wrist with one or sometimes two acute teeth on itsinner margin ; fingers as long or nearly as long as the palm, themobile finger with two longitudinal series of acute granules on itsupper margin ; the fingers are regularly denticulated on theirinner margins, and have between them scarcely any interspace whenclosed. The ambulatory legs are compressed, without spinules, biithave a series of minute denticules on the upper margins of themerus-joints only. Colour (in spirit) light j-ellowish brown, fingersa much deeper brown ; this coloration extends also over a greatpart of the inner and outer surfaces of the palm. The areolets ofthe carapace, pterygostomian regions, and legs are pubescent ; theambulatory legs clothed on their margins witli longer hairs. Lengthof the largest male rather over 4 lines (9 millim.), greatest breadth6 lines (nearly 13 millim.).A specimen is in the collection from Port Denison, 4 fms.(No. Ill),and four were collected on the beach at Port MoUe (Nos. 95, 103).Stimpson's specimens were from Hong Kong.In another male from Port MoUe (No. 103) the carapace is nearlynaked and the fingers black ; this coloration forming also a broadblack cincture covering the greater part of the inner and outersurface of the palms.In a male in the second collection, obtained on the beach at PortDarwin (No. 176), which is probably no more than a variety of thisspecies, the fingers are pinkish and scarcely differ in colorationfrom the rest of the palm, and have between them (when closed) a•wider hiatus ; the palm also is slenderer than in the other males Ihave examined. (See fig. a'.)Chlorodopsis granulatus is evidently very nearly allied to C. me-