300 MR. BELL, HORiE CARCINOLOGIC.E ; 



Phlltra globtjlosa, Fabr. Testa globosa, Isevi, margme lateral! granulate ; fronte vix 

 epistomate breviore, bracbiis granulatis. 



Hab. ? Mus. Brit. 



Vide Edw. Regne Anim. Cuv. t. 24. f. 4. 



Phlltra porcellana, Fabr. Testa globosa, minute punctata ; fronte epistomate pariim 

 breviore ; margine granulato ; bracbiis cylindricis tuberculatis ; manibus inilatis, 

 Isevibus. 



Hab. ? 



A specie pracedente anne distincta? 

 Vide Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust, ii. p. 133. 



It appears that Leach considered this as not specifically distinct from Fli. globulosa, 

 which is very probably correct. 



Philyra Pistjm, De Haan. " Fronte epistomate pariim breviore ; regionibus pterygosto- 

 mianis medio angulatis ; thorace granulato ; chelis in maribus thoracem dimidio 

 superantibus ; digitis in longitudinem 5 sulcatis, margine interno denticulatis." 

 Testse longit. unc. 0'8. 



Crust. Japon. p. 131. t. 33. f. 7- 

 Hab. ad Japoniae oras. 



Phlltra plattcheira, De Haan. " Parva ; regionibus pterygostomianis medio angulatis ; 

 fronte epistomate pariim breviore ; chelis in maribus thorace bis longioribus, digitis 

 valde depressis, Isevibus, margine interno integerrimis." Testae longit. unc. 0*5. 



Crust. Japon. p. 13S. t. 33. f. 6. 



Hab. cum praecedente et ad insulas Phiiippinas. Mus. Bell. 



Of the foregoing species I have only seen specimens of the first two and of the last. 

 Of Ph. scabrhiscula there are several in the Banksian Collection of the Linnean Society, 

 in the British Museum, and in my own collection. Philyra globulosa is in the British 

 Museum; and of Ph. j)^atycheira I have a specimen from the Philippines. I have 

 endeavoured to select those characters which are essentially distinctive. Those of De 

 Haan's two new species, I have taken verbatim from his work. 



Philtra l^vis, mihi (Tab. XXXII. fig. 7). Testa, corpore, pedibus omnino Isevibus. 

 ifa6. ad Portum "Adelaide" Australias. Mus. Brit., Bell. 



Carapace orbicular, smooth, but not polished ; lateral margin thin, with a minute notch 

 between the hepatic and branchial regions succeeded by a very slight angle, a minute 

 projection over the second and another over the fifth pair of legs, and a small semicircular 

 one on the middle of the iatestiaal region, the posterior margin flattened and turned up. 

 Front with two small acute teeth in the centre, and two broader ones at the taner canthus 

 of the orbit. The epistome not extending beyond the front. A rather prominent ridge 

 on the pterygostomian region, which is without any granulations. The external foot-jaws 

 with the palp dilated at the outer side, and then narrowed towai'ds the apex ; the buccal 



