232 Annals of the Sonth African Museum. 



PLATTMAIA TURBYNEI, Stebbing. 



1902. Platymaia turbynei, Stebbing, S. Afr. Crust., pt. 2, p. 3, pi. 5, in 



Grilchrist's Marine Investigations of 

 S. Africa. 



1918. Rathbuii, Fisheries, Australia, F.I.S. 



Endeavour, vol. 5, pt. 1, p. 9. 



Miss Rathbun decides that the specimens which Wood-Mason 

 and Alcock, Chun and Doflein identified with P. wyville- 

 thomsoni, Miers, should be distinguished from that species under 

 the new name of P. alcocki. Further it appears that in 1908 

 and ]910 I ought not to have accepted Doflein's identification 

 of niy species with that which has now been named P. alcocki, 

 for in regard to this Miss Rathbuu writes, "The name P. turbynei, 

 Stebbing, cannot be applied to the above form [P. alcock%\ 

 because it is differentiated by the characters set forth by 

 Stebbing, e. g. the propodus of the penultimate leg of turbynei 

 is about twice as long as the same article in the young male of 

 similar (larger) size of P. alcocki. Compare Stebbing's pi. 5 

 with Doflein's pi. 22, fig. 1." In the text of my paper above 

 cited it is obvious that on page 5 in the top line " sixth joint" 

 should be read instead of " fifth joint," as shown by the figure 

 which Miss Rathbun quotes. 



FAMILY BLASTIDAE. 



(For systematic references see these Annals, vol. 6, pp. 283, 288, 

 1910.) 



GEN. DOCLEA, Leach. 



1815. Doclea, Leach, The Zoological Miscellany, vol. 2, p. 41. 

 1895. Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 64, pt. 2, pp. 165, 225. 

 1918 Rathbuu, Fisheries, Australia, F.I.S. Endeavour, 

 vol. 5, pt. 1, p. 16. 



DOCLEA MUEICATUS (Herbst). 



1788. Cancer muricatus, Herbst, Krabben mid Krebse, pt 7, p. 211, 



pi. 14 ; fig. 85. 



1793. Fabricius, Ent, Syst., vol. 2, p. 459. 



1798. Inachus muricatus and Jiybridus, Fabricius, Suppl. Ent. Syst.,. 



p. 355. 



