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Show '44 MR. w. F. LANCHESTER O N CRUSTACEANS [June 19, specimens (Zoolog. Jahrb. loc. cit.) the margin is continuous both sides. From a shoal near Raffler lighthouse, a female with ova. Colour a deep pink, extending on to the legs. Dim. d 5x3-75. $ 4-25x6. • XXXIV. Genus EURYCARCINUS A. M.-Edw. 56. EURYCARCINUS MACULATUS A. M.-Edw. Pilumnopeus maculatus, A. M.-Edw. Annal. Soc. Entom. France, t, vii. p. 277 (1867); id. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. iv. p. 82, pi. xix. ff. 17-19 (1868). Eurycarcinus macidatus, de Man, Mergui Crust, p. 44, pi. ii. ff. 4-5 (1888). Hab. Singapore; littoral, sandy shore. One male, slightly damaged. Dim. 12-75x9. XXXV. Genus ERIPHIA Latr. 57. ERIPHIA LJEVIMANA SMITHII. Eriphia smithii, McLeay, Annulosa in Smith's Illustr. Zool. S. Africa, p. 60 (1838) ; Krauss, Siidl. Afrik. Crust, p. 36, pi. ii. f. 3 (1843). Eriphia Icevimana, var. smithii, Hilgendorf, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, p. 797 (1878); Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 237(1880); Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. 110 (1887). Hab. Singapore; littoral. Three males and four females. These crabs run actively among rocks on the shore; they will also defend themselves well against attack, with their formidable chelipedes. Dim. d 39-5x29. d 45-5x34-25. d 57x42-5. $ 38 x 27-5. $ 37x28. $ 43x31-5. $ 47-5x34. Breadth taken is greatest breadth. XXXVI. Genus TETRALIA Dana. 58. TETRALIA GLABERRIMA Herbst. Cancer glaberrimus, Herbst, Naturgesch. d. Krabben, i. p. 262, pi. xx. f. 115 (1799). Trapezia serratifrons, Luc. et Jacq. Voyage au Pole du Sud, Crust, pi. iv. ff. 20-23 (Hombron et Jacq. tome iii. 1853). Tetralia glaberrima et nigrifrons,T)ana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust. pt. i. p. 26*1, pi. xvi. ff. 2 & 3 (1852). Hob. Singapore: littoral. A male and a female, the latter slightly damaged. Front and antero-lateral margins edged with a black band. Pit at base of hand in larger chelipede very distinct in the male; the female has lost its larger chelipede. Dim. d 8-25 x 7-25. $ 9-25 x 8-25. |
