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References: Munida militaris, Henderson, J. R., Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. XVI, 1885, p. 410; Rept. Voy. H. M. S. 

 "Challenger" Zool., vol. XXVH, Anomura, 1888, p. 137, pi. 

 14, figs. 2-5.— Benedict, J., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. XXVI, 

 1906, p. 311. 



Munida vitiensis, Henderson, J. R., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 

 vol. XVI, 1885, p. 410 (Henderson, dixit). 



Munida militaris variety andamanica, Alcock, A., Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 6, vol. 14, 1894, p. 321 ; Illus. of Zoology of "Investi- 

 gator," Crust,, pi. 13, fig. 2. 



Munida andamanica, Alcock, A., Descrip. Cat. Indian Deep-Sea 

 Crust. Decap. Macrura and Anomala. Revised Account "In- 

 vestigator" Species. Calcutta, 1901, p. 242. 



Genus: GALATHEA Fabricius 

 Galathea balica new species 



Plate 11 



Type : Two very young specimens collected in coral, Temukus 

 Roads, Bali, Dutch East Indies, October 25, 1931, by the "Alva," 

 form the type series, and are deposited in the Vanderbilt Marine 

 Museum, Cat. No. 692. 



Distribution : So far restricted to the type series. 



Technical description: This exquisitely sculptured small 

 Galathea reminds one of an ancient Cho-sun ivory. Front pro- 

 duced into a well developed rostrum, consisting of a strong, for- 

 ward and upward directed median triangulate spine, dorsally 

 keeled and extending beyond the orbit by about half the rostral 

 length, and a pair of submedian rostral spines, each about three- 

 fifths as long as the median spine ; basally in line with it but well 

 separated by a V-like excavation of dimensions equal to one of 

 the spines and uptilted so that they are on a plane slightly above 

 the median spine and directed outward and forward, the tip being 

 slightly in advance of the distal border of the eye. Outside of this 

 submedian pair of spines there is another pair of much smaller 

 spines, one each side at the base of the larger spine, preorbital in 

 position, slightly more elevated than the larger spine and very 

 short, not extending as far forward as the base of the cornea. 

 The carapace is decidedly convex from side to side with the lateral 



