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Tlic color of llie specimens from (iiuim. ])reserve(l in alco- 

 hol, varies from greenish-black to li.L^hl l)ro\vn. Some of them 

 show distinct mottU'cl yellow and white patches on the exposed 

 thoracic and abdominal ^e,^■ments. The dact}'lns of the rap- 

 torial limb is marked by a series of dark s])ots .^ivint^- it the 

 ai)pearance of bein^- banded. In the specimens frcjm Oahu. i)re- 

 served in alcohol, the dactylus has a faint rose color, more in- 

 tensified near the distal extremity. These latter specimens are of 

 a i^'ravish color above, one of them stroni^ly mottled l)y dark 

 pii^-ment. the others to a lesser degree. lUack ])atches on the 

 sides of the tifth and sixth thoracic segments and the first 

 abdominal segment, as well as on the lateral margins of the lirst 

 five abdominal segments, seem to be characteristic of the speci- 

 mens from Oahu. These black patches on the lateral surfaces 

 of the segments mentioned above are faintly visible in some of 

 the specimens from Guam* 



The largest specimen in the Bishop Museum collection, a 

 female from the reef near Koko Head, Oahu, measures 81 mm. 

 from the ti]) of the rostrum to the extremit}- of the submedian 

 marginal spines of the telson. The largest specimen from Guam, 

 also a female, measures 60 mm. in length. 



The Bishop Aluseum specimens are from Guam, the ]\lar- 

 quesas, and Haw-aii. 



This species is one of the most widely distributed of the 

 known Squilliclae. It ranges from ^Mauritius to the Red .Sea, 

 Malay .\rchipelago, Japan, through the South Seas to Hawaii. 

 It has also been taken from the Florida Keys, Bermuda, the 

 Bahamas, and at numerous localities about Porto Rico. 



Pseudosquilla oculata 1 IhuUe). 



Squi/la (iciilata ISrulle. in \W'l)h and P)erthel<)t. Tslcs Canaries, Zoology. 



Crust., p. 18, 18,^6-1844. 

 Psciidoscjnilla oculata Miers. Ann. and ]Mag. Xat. Hist., ser. 5. \o\. 3, 



p. no, 1880. — Bigelow, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. vol. 17, p. 500. 



1894. — Borradailc. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, p. 214. 1937. — 



Kem]), Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 4, p. lOJ. 1913. 



This species may be distinguished from the more common 

 Pseudosquilla ciliata in having cUib-shaped eyes, a small meclian 



