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45. Carpilodes cinctimaniis (White). 



CarpUius cinctimams, White, Append. Jukes's Voy. ' Fly/ p. 336, pi. ii. fig. 3 (1847) . 

 Liomera cinctimana, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 176, pi. v. fig. 4 (1873).- 

 Carpilodes cinciimanus, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 234 (1880). 



(= ? Liomera lata, Dana). 



Ceylon {Uahj, Nevill). 



The general ground-colour of this species is bright red. The fingers are black, and a 

 black band encircles the hand, though in young individvials it is sometimes absent. The 

 dactyli of the ambulatory legs have a white band encircling their middle portion, while 

 the narrow apical part is black. 



Distribution. Prom Mauritius and the Seychelles, to the Pacific and west coast of North 

 America. 



Genus Liomera, Dana. 



46. Liomera punctata (Milne-Edw.). 



Xantho punctatus, Milne-Ec\wa.rAs, Hist. Nat. Crust, t. i. p. 396 (1834); A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 199, pi. vii. fig. 6 (1873). 

 Liomera punctata, Miers, 'Alert ' Crust, p. 528 (1884). 



( = L. maculata, Haswell) . 



Tuticorin, an adult male; Muttuwartu Par, a young male {Thurston); Ceylon 

 {Nevill). 



The carapace of the larger specimen is 18 mm. long and 30 mm. broad. The red «|)ots 

 on the carapace soon fade in spirit. There is a characteristic light-coloured band at the 

 base of the mobile finger of each chelipede. 



Distribution. Madagascar, Seychelles, Amirante Is., Red Sea, Malay Archipelago, N. 

 Australia, New Caledonia. 



47. Liomera Robgersii (Stimpson). 



Lachnopodus Rodgersii, Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. March 1858, p. 32. 

 Liomera Rodgersii, Micrs, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 231, pi. xiii. fig. 3 (1880) ; De Man, 

 Brock's Crust, p. 237 (1888). 



Ceylon {Haly). 



Distriljution. Malay Archipelago. 



Genus Lophact^a, A. Milne-Edwards. 



48. Lophact^a granulosa (Uuppell). 



L. granulosa (Rupp.), A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. i. p. 247 (1865). 



[= Cancer limbatus, Milne-Edw.). 



Rameswaram, a male; Tuticorin, three males and three females {Thurston). Not 

 itncommon on the reef at Eameswaram {J. M. M.). 



In most of these there is an ill-defined granular ridge on the upper surface of the hand, 

 and in one female it is sharp and prominent ; this ridge is one of the chief distinguishing 

 features of the closely-allied L. cristata, A. Milne-Edw^ In the same female the granu- 



