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73. Phymouius monticulosus (Dana). 



P. monticulosus (Dana), Miers, 'Challenger' Brachyura, p. 13!) (1886), ubi synon. 

 Tuticorin, four females and one male ( Thurston). 

 The largest specimen — a female — is 1(5 mm. long and 22 mm. broad. 

 Distribution. From the Indian Ocean to tlie Pacific. 



Genus Cymo, De Ilaan. 



74. Cymo Andkeossyi (And.). 



C. Andreossyi (And.), Miers, 'Alert ' Crust, p. 5:52 (1884). 



(=C'. inelunodactylus, De Haan). 



Tuticorin, a female with ova; Muttuwartu Par, a malQ {Thurston) ; Rameswaram, 

 not uncommon {J. R. S.). 



The carapace has a few granules arranged transversely on the gastric region and 

 towards the lateral margins, while tAvo conspicuous denticles are present towards the 

 centre of the lateral margin. The front is denticulated, the two submedian denticles 

 being largest. The fingers, with the exception of their tips, are black as in the 

 \ariety melatwdactyhis, De Haan, but at the same time the lower and outer surface of 

 the larger hand is often granulated, whereas according to Miers it is usually smootli in 

 this variety. 



Distribution. Red Sea, Ptodriguez, Malay Archipelago, Samoa, New Caledonia, Tahiti, 

 Pijis. 



Genus Menippk, De Haan. 



75. Menippe Rumphii (Pabr.). 



M. Rumplni (Fabr.), De :\Iau, INlcrgui Crust, p. 30 (1887), ubi synon. 



{ = Pseudocarcinus Belungcri, j\Iilne-Eclw.). 



Rameswaram, an adult male; Tuticorin, two males {Thurston); Ceylon {Hetty); 

 Madras, an adult male {Day). Not uncommon at Madras and elsewhere on the Coro- 

 mandel coast {J. R. II.). 



In the Rameswaram specimen the carapace is 51 mm. long and 73 mm. i)rt)ad, while 

 the larger hand is 06 mm. long, measured along the lower border and including the 

 immobile finger. The Madras specimen collected by Day has the curved lini^ with a 

 forward convexity, which runs across the branchial region of the carapace to the middle 

 of the o-astro-branchial groove, bounded in front by a series of six flattened pustular 

 elevations. 



Distribution. Bay of Bengal (Tranquebar, Nicobai's, and Mcrgui), Malay Archipelago. 



Genus Ozius, Milne-Edwards. 



76. Ozius tubeeculosus, Milne-Edw. 



0. tuberculosus (Milne-Edw.), A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 238, pi. xi 

 fig. 2 (1873). 



