NO. 3509 PORTUNID CRABS — STEPHENSON AND REES 3 



Material examined. — 1 male (77.5 nun), Sta. No. AB 47B-63. 

 1 female (34 mm), Sta. No. 201 A. 1 female (76.5 mm, no trace of 

 pigment), Sta. No. 9682. 



All trawled, in depths of from 12.5 to 30 m. 



Distribution. — East coast of South Africa to Japan and Australia. 



Charybdis hongkongensis Shen 



Charybdis (Gomohellenus) hongkongensis Shen, 1934, p. 46, figs. 11, 12.— Leene, 

 1938, pp. 110-113, figs. 61, 62. 



IMaterial examined. — 9 males (18-54 mm), 1 /S'accw/ina-infested 

 male (34.5 mm), 2 females (27.5-37.5 mm), Sta. No. AB-20. 3 

 males (29.5-34.5 imn), 1 female (18.5 mm), Sta. No. AB-41A. 1 

 male (38.5 mm), Sta. No. AB42-63. 



All trawled, depths from 29 to 60 m. 



Distribution.— Hong Kong (Shen, 1934); Banda Sea; Diamant- 

 punt, Sumatra (Leene, 1938). 



Charybdis hoplites (Wood-Mason) 



Figure 1 



Goniosoma hoplites Wood-Mason, 1S77, p. 422.— Alcock and Anderson, 1894, 



p. 184; 1896, pi. 23 (fig. 6). 

 Charybdis (Goniohellcnus) hoplites (Wood-Mason). — Alcock, lS99a, p. 67; 1899b, 



p. 66.— Nobili, 1906, p. 119.— Gordon, 1931, pp. 534-5, figs. 12b, b' [under 



C. sinensis].- — Leene, 1938, pp. 99-102, figs. 53, 54a-c. 

 Charybdis (Goniohellenus) hoplites var. pusilla Alcock, 1899b, p. 67.' — Leene, 



1938, pp. 102-4, figs. 55, 56a, b. 



Material examined. — 171 males (18-43 mm), 95 females (18- 

 30.5 mm), 49 ovig. females (20-33.5 mm), 1 Sacculina-miesiQd speci- 

 men (27 mm), 1 unsexable specimen (25.5 mm), 4 fragTnented speci- 

 mens, Sta. No. 201A. 3 males (18-24.5 mm), 3 females (23-43 mm), 

 1 ovig. female (33.5 mm), Sta. No. 202A. 3 males (20-22.5 mm), 

 4 females (18.5-33.5, 1 fragmented), 9 ovig. females (16.5-24 mm), 1 

 Sacculina-miesi%A male (24.5 mm), Sta. No. 202B. 2 males (23, 

 23.5 mm), 1 ovig. female (22.5 mm), Sta. No. 202C. 23 males (16- 

 22.5 mm), 12 females (15.5-21 mm), Sta. No. 212A. 2 males (20, 

 23.5 mm), Sta. No. 213A. 2 males (17.5,22 mm), 1 ovig. female 

 (19 mm), Sta. No. 218A. 1 male (17.5 mm), 1 ovig. female (19.5 mm), 

 Sta. No. 221 A. 1 ovig. female (20.5 mm), Sta. No. 228A. 1 ovig. 

 female (21 mm), Sta. No. 237A. 29 males (17.5-31 mm), 8 females 

 (19-23 mm), 8 ovig. females (18.5-23.5 mm), Sta. No. 241 A. 1 male 

 (20.5 mm), 1 female (21.5 mm), Sta. No. 248A. 4 males (22.5-30.5 

 mm), Sta. No. 249A. 1 female (27 mm), Sta. No. 252A. 1 female 

 (23.5 mm), Sta. No. 253A. 1 male (27.5 mm), Sta. No. 255A. 1 male 

 (ca. 22.5 mm), 1 female (ca. 29.5 mm), (both cephalothorax only), 



