LEANDER SERRIFER. 130 



L e an d er in cl ie u s Heller V 



The Museum lias lately received two specimens of Lmnr7t'r 

 of small size (length with the rostrum included scarcely 

 25 mm.), which I believe to be young individuals of L. 

 indicus Heller (Novara-Reise , pag. Ill, taf. X, fig. 7). 

 They differ from the description : 1° by tne dentition of the 

 rostrum 2" by the relative length of the joints of the se- 

 cond pair of legs. The basal part of the upper margin of 

 the rostrum which extends a good way beyond the antennal 

 scales , in our specimens is straight , but the distal half 

 slightly recurvated upwards. 



Formulas of both specimens y and V ; in the speci- 

 men ('9^), the whole upper margin is dentate, but in the 

 other the ninth tooth is separated by a small toothless 

 space from the two foremost, that are situated close to 

 the apex. In both specimens the space between the two 

 first teeth is a little larger than between the others, and 

 the second is situated above the eyes. The carpus of the 

 second pair of legs is but Httle longer than the chela and 

 the thin straight fingers rather a little longer than the 

 cylindrical palm. The claws of the ambulatory legs are 

 very thin and very long , nearly straight , and measure 

 nearly two fifths of the length of the tarsi. 



Our specimens were collected on the road of Makassar 

 (Celebes) by Mr. Semmelink, together with Leander sem- 

 melinkii. 



Leander s er r Lf e r Stimpson. 



The Leyden collection contains no fewer than 150 speci- 

 mens of this species , collected near A.moy (China) , which 

 very well agree with Mr. Stimpson's description (Proc. 

 Acad. Philad. 1860, pag. 41), yet present many variations 

 as regards the shape and the number of the teeth of 

 the rostrum. The rostrum generally rather proceeds a little 

 beyond the antennal scales ; the upper margin , mostly 



>Jotes trom the Leyden JVIuseum, Vol. 111. 



