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Mr. Kossmann , similar to the preceding , but with the spots 

 larger and less numerous, though simple. 



3". Thirteen specimens , collected in the Java seas , pre- 

 sented by Mr. Bleeker , in which the spots of the cara- 

 pace , as in the Pasandava animals , are very numerous and 

 minute , though sometimes marked with a paler centre , 

 except in one single male specimen where the spots are 

 more numerous, darker red, and form irregular small cur- 

 ved lines and circles , interspersed with simple spots : a 

 remarkable variety as regards the coloration of the ca- 

 rapace. 



4°. Seven individuals , collected by Mr. Semmelink on 

 the shores of Bezoeki (Java). In these the spots are very 

 numerous , more crowded , and form small compound spots 

 with paler centre ; the tubercles of the carapace , like those 

 of the postero-lateral margins , are more distinctly marked 

 than in the Madagascar specimens but the granulation is 

 the same. They belong to the variety : crebrepunctata 

 Miers, but they ought not to be classed as a distinct 

 species. 



5*^. A fine male from the island of Obi, agreeing 

 with the Bezoeki specimens and belonging to the same 

 variety. 



6^. A male specimen from the island of Waigeoei , 

 similar to the Madagascar individuals but having the spots 

 less numerous. 



7*^. Five examples from the shores of Macassar, Celebes, 

 belonging to the described variety. 



8°. Fifteen specimens , collected near the island of Bat- 

 jan, also similar to the Bezoeki variety. 



9". Three specimens from the island of Sanghir , two of 

 which belong to the above-mentioned variety, but in the 

 third specimen , a large adult male , the spots of the ca- 

 rapace are rather minute and simple , but very crowded 

 and numerous; it forms in some sense a remarkable 

 transition from the typical form to the variety: crebre- 

 punctata. 



Notes from the Ley den Miuseum, Vol. III. 



