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and the palm smooth; high, somewhat longer than the very curved 

 fingers, which are spoonshaped at the tip. It is this distinct arching 

 or curvature of the fingers which serve to distinguish this species from 

 the young of the closely related C. niger. 



The ambulatories are moderately slender, with long hook-tipped 

 dactyli, which have also a series of horny spinules along the inferior 

 lateral margin. 



Keperences: Chlorodius laevissimus Dana, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. vol. 6, p. 80, 1852 ; U. S. Explor. Exped. vol. XIII, Crust. 



pt. 1, p. 215, pi. XII, figs. 4a-g, 1852. — Alcock, Journ. Asiatic 



Soe. Bengal, vol. 67, pt. 1, p. 161, 1898. — Borradaile, Faun, and 



Geogr. Laccadvie and Maldive Arch., vol. I, pt. Ill, p. 259, 1902. 



— NoBiLi, G., Torino, Mem. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, vol. 57, p. 393, 1907. 

 Chlorodiella laevissimus Rathbun, M. J., Rept. U. S. Fish. Comm., for 



1903, Bull. 23, pt. 3, p. 857, 1906 ; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 



2, vol. 14, p. 225, 1911. 



Genus: PHYMODIUS A. Milne Edwards. 



Phsnnodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards). 



Plate 73. 



Type: The type came from Australasia and is deposited in the 

 Paris Museum. 



Distribution: Red Sea, (Nobili; Hess; Kossman) ; Sudanese Red 

 Sea, Station 8, (Laurie) ; Dschidda, (Pesta) ; Red Sea: Tor, Senafir, 

 Abu Somer, Kosier, Berenice, Jambo, Haleib, Djeddah, Zukur, Dahab, 

 Masaua, Ravoya, Mersa Scheikh, (Balss) ; Ceylon, (Henderson; Al- 

 cock); Andaman Islands, (Alcock); Maldives: reef, Hulule, Gio- 

 furfehendu, atolls, in lagoons, 3 to 7 fms., Minikoi, Miladumadulu 

 atolls, in coral and under stones, (Borradaile) ; coral reef, Galle, Gulf 

 of Manaar, (Laurie) ; Philippines, (Adams and White) ; N.E. off 

 Singapore, (Cano) ; Mangsi Island, Balabac Passage, Navigator 

 Islands and Tahiti, Society Islands, (Dana) ; Tahiti, (Heller) ; Java 

 Sea and Celebes, (de Man) ; Society Islands, (Boone) ; Upolu, Samoa. 

 (Ortmann; Pesta); Samoa, (Alcock; Boone); Caroline Islands, 

 Society Islands, Paumotu Islands, (Rathbun) ; Rikitea, Mangareva, 

 (Nobili) ; Rotuma, (Borradaile) ; Hawaiian Islands, (Streets) ; Hono- 

 lulu, reef, (Rathbun) ; Palmyra Island and Fanning Island, (Ed- 

 mondson) ; Torres Straits, (Caiman) ; Port Denison, Australia, (Has- 



