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Show 1 900.] FROM SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. 733 (1865) ; Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 44 (1882); Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 356 (1893). Hab. Singapore. From the New Harbour, in 6 fms. Two females; the larger a deep red, the smaller a lighter red. Dim. $13-5x10-5. $10x7-5. 32. ACTJEA NODULOSA Adams & White. Actcea nodulosa, Ad. & White, ' Samarang' Crust, p. 39, pi. viii. f. 4 (1848); A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 277 (1865) ; Miers, 'Challenger ' Brachyura, p. 120 (1886) : Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 356 (1893). Hab. Singapore ; reef. A female and two males. The female is a dull grey-white, the males white flecked with orange. Dim. 0*7x5-25. d*6x4-5. $8x6-5. 33. ACTCEA RUPPELLII Krauss. A^Jgle ruppellii, Krauss, Siidafrik. Crust, p. 28, pi. i. f. 1 (1843). AUgle rugata, Ad. & White, ' Samarang' Crust, p. 43, pi. viii. f. 5 (1848). Actcea ruppellii, A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 270 (1865). Actcea rugata, id. torn. cit. p. 269. Actcea ruppellii, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 232 (1880); Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. 109 (1887). Actcea rufopunctata, de Man, Mergui Crust, p. 26 (1888). Actcea ruppellii, Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 358 (1893); de Man, Zoolog. Jahrb. Bd. viii. p. 499 (1895). Hab. Singapore ; shore, and up to 12 fms. Three males and three females. These were generally found curled far down in the cavities of pieces of eroded stone, which had to be broken in order to find them. In all, the whole of the mesogastric and part of the protogastric lobes are red; the ground-colour a faint yellow, with scattered red spots both on the carapace, legs, and under surface. Dim. 0*27x21. 6 25-5x19-5. o* 23x18, $27x20. $ 26-5 x 20. $ 20-5 x 15-5. 34. ACTCEA AREOLATA Dana. Actcea areolata, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, pt. i. p. 162, pi. viii. f. 1 a (1852); A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 264 (1865); Miers, ' Alert' Crust, p. 209 (1884); de Man, Mergui Crust, p. 25 (1888); Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. 109 (1887). Hab. Singapore ; under stones between tide-marks. Three females and a young male. As in the ' Alert' specimens, so in these, the inter-regional grooves are much more clearly defined than in Dana's figure. But their general resemblance with the figure, and their close PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1900, No. XLVHI. 48 |