24 DE. W. T. CALMAN ON A COLLECTION OF 



Kraussia nitida, Stimpson. 



Kranssia nitida, Stimpson, Pr. Acad. Pbilad. 1858, p. 40 ; Miers, Rep. Voy. ' Alert,' Crust, p. 235 ; 

 Henderson, Tr. Linn, Soe., (2) Zool. v. p. 379, pi. xxxvii. fig. 9 (1893) ; Alcock, Journ. Asiatic 

 See. Bengal, Ixviii. (2) p. 98 (1899). 

 A single male specimen appears to agree well with this species as briefly characterized 

 by Stimpson and Miers and more fully by Henderson and Alcock. The frontal lobes are 

 rather less deeply subdivided than in the figure given by Henderson. The whole surface 

 of the carapace is covered with very minute granulations in short transverse rows. The 

 outer surface of the hand is faintly granidated distally and near the upper edge. 

 Locality. " Channel between reefs, Murray Island." 



Metopogeapsus messor (Forsk.). 



Metopoyrapsus messor, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1880, p. 190; Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb. 

 Syst. vii. 1894, p. 701. 



A small specimen (8-6 mm. long) appears to belong to this widely distributed species. 

 In the relative length of the propodus of the ambulatory legs it approaches the variety 

 gracilipes of De Man (Notes Leyden Mus. xiii. p. i9), but the specimen is too immature 

 for precise determination. 



Locality. " Cockburn group (N. Queensland), shore." 



Varuna litterata (Fabr.). 



Varuna litterata, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1880, p. 205; Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 

 vii. 1894, p. 713; De Man, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. ix. 1897, p. 112. 



One female specimen. 

 Locality. " Torres Straits." 



OCYPODA CERATOPHTHALMA (Pallas). 



Ocypoda ceratophthalma, Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. x. 1897, p. 364 (with synonymy). 



Five full-grown males and one female and a number of immature individuals are in 

 the collection. 



Localities. " Eeef, Murray Island " ; " Mer " ; " Mabuiag." 



UCA TETRAGONON (Hcrbst). 



GeJasimus tetragonon, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. !Sci. Philad. 1880, p. 143, pi. ix. fig. 11 (with 

 synonymy) ; De Man, Notes Leyden Mus. xiii. 1891, p. 24, pi. ii. fig. 6 ; Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb. 

 Syst. vii. 1894, p. 754. 



Ilea tetrayona, Ortmann, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. x. 1897, p. 348. 



A male specimen, in which the carapace measures 13 mm. in length, is referred to this 

 species. In the armature of the fingers the large chela agrees precisely with Kingsley's 

 figure [I. c), but the fingers themselves are much shorter, not equalling the palm in 

 length, and the outline of the chela therefore resembles the figure of G. variatus which 

 Kingsley (/. c. pi. x. fig. 32) copies from Hess. The last-named species is regarded by 



