Note 77 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
The largest specimen measured—
Inch.
Length of the body 4½
Length of the claw 3⁶⁄₈
Breadth of the shield 1⅜
Breadth of the claw 1⅛
Breadth of expanded tail 1⅞
Length of the anterior antennæ 4²⁄₈
Length of the posterior antennæ 1½
The colour of the upper part of the body, in the large specimens, was brownish green; the upper part of the claws blueish green, occasionally mottled; under surface, whitish; joints, red. The smaller specimens had the upper surface of the body of a dark green colour, claws blueish green and mottled: several of the females had a quantity of ova in the usual situation.