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192. DoRiPPE FACCHiNO (Hcrbst). 



D.facchino (Herbst), Miers. • Challenger' Bracliyura, p. 328 (1886). 



(= D. sima, Milnc-Echv.) 



Rameswaram and Tuticoriu [Thiirston). Very common at Madras, and on tlie 

 S. Indian coast generally [J. R. IL). 



The upper surface of the carapace is usually smooth, and individuals are often met 

 with protected by the valve of some fiat Lamellibranch, e. g. Placnna, to which an 

 Actinia is attached. The eye-stalks are short. A Lepas is frequently found attached to 

 the leo-s, and occasionallv a Balanus on the under surface of the al)domen. 



Bistrlhution . From India to China and Japan. 



193. DoRiPPE ASTL'TA, Fabr. 



B. astuta (Fabr.), Mihie-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, t. ii. p. 157 (1837). 

 Madras, several specimens {J. B. H.). 



The carapace is narrow and remarkably flattened, with the regions well mapped out. 

 The legs are long and slender, and the right chelipede in the male has the hand swollen. 



Adult cJ . Adult ? (with ova), 

 millim. niillim. 



Length of carapace 11 13 



Breadth „ 12 14 



Leugth of second ambulatory leg 38 40 



Distrihittiou . Seas oi Xsi-A {Milne-Edwards) ; Indian Ocean, Philippines ( IFMe) ; Port 

 Denison, Australia {Raswell) ; Singapore [Walked'). 



Genus Cymopolia, Pioux. 



194. Ctmopolia Jlkesii, White. 



C. Jukvsii, White, Append. Jukes's ^'oyage 'Fly,' p. 338, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1847) ; Miers, 'Erebus 'and 

 'Terror' Crust, p. 4, pi. iii. fig. 4 (1874) ; Miers, ' Challenger' Brachyura, p. 335 (1886). 



Gulf of Martaban, a female with ova, and a young male (Oafes). 



1 have compared these and found them identical with White's type in the British 

 Museum, dredged off Sir C. Hardy's Is., Torres Strait, 11 fathoms, coarse sand. The 

 carapace of the female is 6-7 mm. long and 8 mm. broad. 



Distribution. X. Australia {White, Ilasicell). Celebes Sea {3Iiers). 



Suborder ANOMURA. 



Group Dromidea. 



Genus Dromidta, Stimpson. 



195. Dromidia tjnedektata (Riippell). 



D. unidentata (Riipp.).. De Man, Mergui Crust, p. 207, pi. xiv. figs. 4, 5 (1888). 

 Tuticorin, two females with ovn. and two males {Thurston) ; Ceylon {Maty). 



second series.— zoologt, vol. v. . ^-^ 



