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Show 762 MR. w. F. LANCHESTER O N CRUSTACEANS [June 19, Hab. Singapore : from Lamellibrauch shells. Seven females, six with ova. These were collected by natives, and as I never saw the shells from which the Pinnotheres were taken, I am unable to state their genus. Dim. $ 9-5 x 8. $ 7 x 5-5. $ 6-5 x 5-25. $ 10 x 8-25. $ 9 x 8. $ 9 x 7-5. $ 8 x 7-5. 97. PINNOTHERES ARCOPHILUS Biirger. Pinnotheres arcophilus, Biirger, Zoolog. Jahrb. Bd. viii. p. 371, pi. ix. f. 10, & pi. x. f. 10 (1895). Hab. Singapore : from Lamellibranch shells. Four females, all with ova. For the same reason as with P. modiolicola, I am unable to give the genus of the mollusc they inhabited. Dim. $ 9 x 7. $ 10 x 8-5. $ 8-5 x 7. $ 9 x 7-5. LV. Genus MATUTA Fabr. 98. MATUTA VICTRIX Fabr. Matuta victor, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. Syst. p. 369 (1798). Matuta peronii, Leach, Zool. Misc. iii. p. 13, pi. cxxvii. ff. 1-2 (1817). Matuta lesuerii, Leach, torn. cit. p. 14. Matuta victrix, Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc 2nd ser. Zool. vol. i. p. 243, pi. xxxix. ff. 1-3 (1877); Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 134 (1882) ; Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. Ill (1887); Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 306 (1893). Matuta victor, Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lxv. pt. ii. No. 2, p. 160 (1896). Hab. Singapore ; sandy shore. Three adult males, three young males, and three small females. Also from Malacca two adult and one young female. Dim. d 46-25 x 42. d 40-5x37. d 34-25 x 32. d 24-75 x 23-25. d 24 x 22-5. d 20-25 x 19-25. $ 25 x 23. $ 22 x 21-75. $15-25x15. $32x30. $33x31-5. $17x16. 99. MATUTA BANKSII Leach. Matuta banksii, Leach, Zool. Misc. iii. p. 14 (1817); Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. vol. i. p. 245, pi. xl. ff. 1-2 (1877) ; Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. Ill (1887) ; de Man, Archiv f. Naturgesch. p. 389 (1887); Zehntner, Rev. Suisse Zool. t. ii. p. 183(1894); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lxv. pt. ii. No. 2, p. 158 (1896); de Man, Zoolog. Jabrb. Bd. ix. p. 363 (1896). Hab. Malacca; littoral. Five males, and two smaller females. In tbe males, besides some rather big crimson spots on the meri of the legs, there is a very large crimson patch on the penultimate joint of each of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th pairs. The latter is not seen |