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In one ot the specimens the rostrum was armed with only three teeth on the left 

 side, the right side having four the normal number. In Stimpson's original 

 description of this species, from a female, it is stated that the fingers of the chelipeds 

 did not gape. Miers, describing a male of the same species (see 12), specially noticed 

 that the ringers in his specimen " had an hiatus between them when closed." In all 

 the Ceylon specimens the fingers are gaping, some more than others ; from which one 

 may conclude that this character is of comparatively little importance. This is a new 

 record for Ceylon. I am inclined to agree with Miers that this and the last species 

 might well be joined as one. 



Galathea (?) grandirostris, Stimpson. (See Henderson, 7.) 



Locality : Dutch Modragam Paar, Station LVIL, 12 to 36 fathoms. A damaged 

 specimen, without chelipeds and legs, is doubtfully referred here. Rostrum long, 

 deflexed, triangular, with a broad base, and armed laterally with small teeth ; gastric 

 region unarmed ; stria? on the carapace numerous and ciliated; length of carapace, 

 1*6 centims. This is a new record for Ceylon. 



Munida japonica, Stimpson (18). 



Localities: (1) Trincomalee, Station XX., 11 to 13 fathoms; (2) south of Galle, 

 Station XL., 34 fathoms; (3) off Kaltura, Station XLIII., 22 fathoms; (4) outside 

 banks in Gulf of Manaar, Station LXIIL, about 40 fathoms; (5) Aripu reef, shallow 

 water. Thirteen specimens, including some females bearing eggs ; the carapace of the 

 largest measured 1*5 centims. 



Ortmann (' Zool. Jahr.,' Band 6, Abth. f. Syst., 1891-2, p. 254), in giving a 

 detailed description ot this species, pointed out that the abdomen was unarmed, and 

 assumed that this was the case in Stimpson's original specimens, although Stimpson 

 himself did not describe the abdomen. Ortmann also noticed that his types differed 

 from those described by Stimpson in having a large spine at the antero- lateral angle 

 of the carapace. 



The Ceylon specimens agree with Ortmann's description except in the following 

 points : 



(1) The supra-ocular spines are as long as the eye. 



(2) The setae fringing the cornea are short. 



(3) The spines in the transverse row on the anterior gastral region vary a little in 

 number. Usually there are 13, consisting of 6 pairs and a median one. In one of 

 the Ceylon specimens there are only 11 spines, the outer pair normally situated 

 near the edge of the carapace being absent. In another specimen the median spine 

 is short, blunt and rounded, with another spine behind it in the middle line. 



(4) The lateral margin of the carapace is armed with 7 or 8 spines. 



(5) The chelipeds vary enormously in length. In the female the fingers of the 

 chelipeds are as long as the palm and scarcely gaping, whilst in the male the ringers 



