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Show 1900.] FROM SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. 769 moulted, and which carries on its dorsum a small anemone, with bivalve shell interposed (vide Alcock, t. c p. 279). The right hand is much swollen in the two males. Mr. Alcock describes both edges of the merus of 1st and 2nd legs as being densely pubescent in the male; in these only the posterior edge is so, as with the pro- and carpopodite. The base of the anemone rests directly on the shell; but, the latter being only half the size of the anemone's base, it follows that the outer edge of the base projects beyond the shell on every side. Between this part of the base and the dorsum of the Dorippe is found a circular flattened ring, with a wrinkled surface ; with the appearance and consistency of mud supported by a few scattered fibres. There is also another female from Malacca, which carries an anemone. There is no shell interposed between the base of the anemone and the crab, but only what appears to be the operculum of a large Gastropod. Tbe circular flattened ring mentioned above is evidently the remains of a similar structure. Dim. d 28-75x22. d 25x19-5. $16-5x13. $13-5x19-25. 115. DORIPPE DORSIPES Linn. Cancer dorsipes, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 452, & Svst. Nat. ed. xii. i. 2, p. 1053 (1766). Cancer frascone, Herbst, Naturgesch. d. Krab. Bd. i. Hft. 6, p. 192, pi. xi. f. 70 (1785). Dorippe quadridens, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. Syst. p. 361 (1798). Dorippe quadridentata, M.-Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust, t. ii. p. 156 (1837). Dorippe quadridens, de Haan, Crust. Japon. p. 121, pi. xxxi. f. 3 (1839). Dorippe quadridentata, Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 137 (1882). Dorippe dorsipes, Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 404 (1893); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lxv. pt. ii. No. 2, p. 277 (1896). Hab. Singapore : 10 fms. ; muddy bottom. Three males. Dim. d 15x14-5. dl2'5xl2. d 11 X 10-5. 116. DORIPPE ASTUTA Fabr. Dorippe astuta, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. Syst. p. 361 (1798). ? Dorippe callida, Fabr. t. c p. 362. Cancer astutus, Herbst, Naturgesch. d. Krab. Bd. iii. Hft. 3, p. 45, pi. Iv. f. 6 (1803). Dorippe astuta, M.-Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust, t. ii. p. 157 (1837); Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 136 (1882); Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. Ill (1887); Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol v. p. 405 (1893); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lxv. pt. ii. No. 2, p. 280 (1896). Hab. Malacca : 2 fms.; muddy bottom. Seven adult males and five young ones. There is also another |
