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Show 10 MR. E. J. MIERS ON [Jan. 15, 3. O n some Crustaceans from Mauritius. By E. J. M I E R S , F.L.S., F.Z.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British (Natural History) Museum. [Received December 12, 1883.] (Plate I.) M. V. de Robillard having recently forwarded to the Zoological Department a small but interesting collection of Crustaceans from Mauritius, the following notes on the species are laid before the Society, in continuation of the reports upon Crustaceans from the same locality sent by M . Robillard on two previous occasions1. The collection comprised in all examples of only eighteen species ; but of twelve of these, which were retained for the Museum, several have been hitherto desiderata in the collection ; and one species, which I have designated Callianassa martensii, is, I believe, new to science. With three or four exceptions, however, the species have a wide oriental distribution. Besides the species selected for the Museum, which are referred to in the following notes, there were in the collection specimens of Menaethius monoceros, Schizophrys serratus, Trapezia ferrucjinea, Neptunus sanguinolentus, Thalamita crenata, and Podophthalmus vigil. The following is a list of the species included in the present report ; those marked with an asterisk are such as I believe to be now recorded for the first time from Mauritius. Actaodes pubescens (M.-Edw.). Indian Ocean (v. Martens). Chlorodius niger (Forskal). Oriental Region. * Trapezia flavopnnctata, Eyd. & Soul. Sandwich Islands. Lissocarcinus orbicularis, Dana. Oriental Region, Xenophthalmodes mcebii, Richters. Myra fugax (Fabr.). Oriental Region. *Phlyxia erosa, A. M.-Edw. Oriental Region. Dynomene hispida, Desm. Oriental Region. * Callianassa martensii, sp. n. *Pena?us monodon, Fabr. Oriental Region. *Solenocera lucasii, S. Bate ? S. of N e w Guinea. Leptosquilla schmeltzii (A. M.-Edw.). Samoa Islands. Gonodactylus trachurus, v. Martens. Pelew Islands. ACTvEODES PURESCENS. Zozymus pubescens, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust, i. p. 384 (1834). Liomera pubescens, A. M.-Edwards, Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'hist. naturelle, i. p. 223, pi. xii. fig. 6 (1865). A specimen (adult female) referred to this species agrees with the descriptions and figure in nearly every thing except in the coloration, 1 See P. Z. S. 1882, pp. 339-342, pi. xx., and pp. .538-543, pi. XXXvi. |