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153. Grapsus maculatus (Catesby). 



G. maculatus (Catesby), A. Milne-Edwards, N"ouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 285 (1873). 

 Taticorin {Thurs(oii). 



Distrihution. Atlantic Region (from Florida to the Cape of Good TTopej. Tlirougliout 

 the Indo-Pacilic Ptegion. 



Genus Plagusia, Latr. 



154. Plagusia immaculata, Lam. 



P. immaculata [ham.), Miers, Ami. ]Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. ir>0 (18~8). 



(= P. dcjjressa, Latr., uec Fabr.). 



Madras, common, associated with Grapsiis strigosus [J. R. II.). 



Dlsfribtffioii. Bay of Bengal, Malay Archipelago, Chinese Saas, N. Australia, and tlie 

 Pacific as far as the Sandwich Is. and the W. coast of Central America. 



Genus LEiOLOPnus, Miers. 



155. Leiolophus planissimus (Herbst). 



L. planissimus (Herbst), ^Nliers, Aim. IMag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 1.5.3 (1878), i(bi sijiion. 



Rameswaram, not uncommon between tide-raai'ks {Thurston, J. It. II.); Madras 

 {J. E. H.). 



Distribution. Atlantic Region (Florida, West Indies, Madeira, &c.) ; Indo-Pacific 

 Region, from the Mascarenes to Korea, the coasts of California, Chili, and New Zealand. 



Genus Varuna, ]\Iilne-Edw. 



156. Vartixa litterata (Fabr.). 



V. litterata (Fabr.), Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. si-r. 3, Zool. t. xviii. p. 17G (1852). 



Ceylon {Halu) ; Calcutta, several specimens preserved in the same bottle with Fara- 

 telphusa spinigera, a fresh-water species ; Sittoung ; Ganjam {Dan). Not uncommon in 

 the backwater at Ennore {J. li. U.). 



If there is no mistake in connection with tlie locality Sittoung, this species occurs 

 about one hundred miles inland in the Sittoung River, Burmah ; it has previously been 

 recorded from fresh water by Miers and others. 



Distribution. Mauritius, Bay of Bengal, Malay Archipelago, China, Japan, New 

 Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand. 



Genus Metaplax, MUne-Edw. 



157. Metaplax distikcils, Mune-Edw. 



M. distincius, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci Nat. ser. 3, Zool. t. xviii. p. 1G2, pi. iv. fig. 27 (1852) ; Do 

 Man, Mergui Crust, p. 158, pi. x. figs. 7-0 (1888). 



Ennore iJ. B. II.). 



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