NO. 3599 PORTUNID CRABS — STEPHENSON AND REES 19 



Material examined. — 1 ovig. female (8 mm), Anton Bruun Cr. 1, 

 Thailand, Patong Phuket; Feb. 22, 1963; coll. Taylor, Tyler, Sterling, 

 and Rogers. 



Probably shore collection. 



Remarks. — Without accompanying males, there is some uncer- 

 tainty in the above identification. 



Distribution. — Malgache [Madagascar] and the Red Sea to 

 Australia and Tahiti. 



Thalamita crenata (Latreille) 



Porhinus crenatus Latreille, 1829 [fide Milne Edwards, II., 1834, p. 461]. 



Thalamita crenata (Latreille). — Alcock, 1899a, pp. 76-7. — Sakai, 1939, pp. 413-15, 

 pi. 84 (fig. 3).— Edmondson, 1954, pp. 267-9, figs. 39b, 40a-f.—Stephenson- 

 and Hudson, 1957, pp. 332-4, figs. 2Q, 3Q, pi. 2 (fig. 3), pis. 7F, 9C.— Sanka- 

 rankutty, 1961a, pp. 106-7.— Crosnier, 1962, pp. 130-2, figs. 220, 226, 227, 

 232, 233.— Stephenson and Rees, 1967, p. 66. 



Material examined. — 1 male (14.5 mm), 1 female (53.5 mm), 

 Anton Bruun Cr. 1, Thailand, Patong Phuket; Feb. 22, 1963; coll. 

 Taylor, Tyler, Sterling, and Rogers. 



Probably shore collection. 



Remarks. — Both specimens are without their chelipeds, which are 

 of diagnostic importance. 



Distribution. — East Africa and Red Sea to Japan, Australia, 

 Hawaii, Society Is., and Tuamotus. 



Thalamita demani Nobili 



Thalamita demani Nobili, 1905, p. 402; 1906, pp. 209-10.— Crosnier, 1962, pp. 



124-5, figs. 200, 208-9.— Stephenson and Rees, 1967, p. 74. 

 Thalamita invicta de Man, 1895, p. 565, pi. 13 (figs. 11, 11a). 

 Thalamita cooperi Stephenson and Hudson, 1957, pp. 331-2 [in part]. 

 Thalamita trilineata Stephenson and Hudson, 1957, pp. 359-60, figs. 2E, 3E, pi. 6 



(fig. 4), pis. 8S, lOL.— Stephenson, 1961, p. 124, pi. 4 (fig. 21). 

 '(Thalamita invicta.— Thcdlvfitz, 1891, pp. 46-7, fig. 11. 

 Not Thalamita cooperi Borradaile, 1902, pp. 206-7, fig. 37.— Sankarankutty, 



1961b, p. 122, fig. 113. 



Material examined. — 1 female (12.5mm), Sta. No. B 17. 



Dredged, 6 ft., in weed, lagoon at Cocos KeeUng I. 



Remarks. — If the small fourth anterolateral teeth are overlooked, 

 females of this species are confused easily with T. cooperi Borradaile. 



Distribution. — Red Sea and Malgache [Madagascar] to Australia 

 and Philippines. 



