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Show 1900.] FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 579 Var. PICTA Stimps., 1858. Thalamita picta, Stimpson, Proc. Ac. N. Sci. Philad. 1858, p. 39 ; A. M.-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (1) ix. p. 164, pi. iv. fig. 4 (1873); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. p. 79 (1899). Botuma ; one male. Var. STIMPSONI A. M.-Edw., 1861. Thalamita stimpsoni, A. M.-Edwards, Arch. Mus. x. p. 362, pi. xxxv. fig. 4 (1861); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. p. 79 (1899). Var. SPINIMANA Dana, 1852. Thalamita spinimana, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, i. p. 283, pi. xvii. fig. 8 (1852); A. M.-Edw. Arch. Mus. x. p. 364 (1861); id. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (1) ix. p. 165,. pi. iv. fig. 5 (1873). Botuma ; five males. 18. THALAMITA ADMETE (Herbst), 1803. Cancer admete, Herbst, Naturges. Krabb. u. Krebse, iii. 3, p. 40, pi. lvii. fig. 1 (1803). Thalamita admete, H. M.-Edw. H. N. Crust, i. p. 459 (1834); id. Cuvier's R. An. 2nd ed., Atlas Crust, pi. ix. fig. 2 (no date) ; Whitelegge, Mem. Austral. Mus. iii. 2, p. 138 (1897). Thalamita admeta, Alcock. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. p. 32 (1899). Botuma; three males. Var. EDWARDSI, n. nom. Thalamita admete, A. M.-Edwards, Arch. Mus. Paris, x. p. 356 (1861). Alcock (J. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. p. 84) points out the existence of three varieties of this species. It is at present convenient to have a name for such forms, and accordingly it is here proposed to call Alcock's var. (2) edwardsi, after Prof. A. Milne-Edwards, who described it. Funafuti; one male. 19. THALAMITA INTEGRA Dana, 1852. Thalamita integra, Dana, Proc. Ac. N. Sci. Philad. 1852, p. 85; id. U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, i. p. 281, pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1852); Whitelegge, Mem. Austral. Mus. iii. 2, p. 138 (1897); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. p. 85 (1899). Funafuti; seven males, six females. Subfamily CAPHYRINCE. Genus CAPHYRA Guerin, 1832. 20. CAPHYRA ROTUNDIFRONS (A. M.-Edw.), 1869. Camptonyx rotundifrons, A. M.-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (1) v. p. 156, pi. vii. figs 11 & 12(1869). |