208 . L. A. BORRADAILE, 
Subfamily Portuninae. 
Genus Neptunus de Haan, 1833. 
15. Neptunus (Achelous) granulatus (H. M. Edw.), 1834, Alcock, Iv. p. 45. 
Taken in Haddumati, Suvadiva, Felidu, South Nilandu, Male, Kolumadulu, Miladumadulu 
and Mahlos from 0—43 fathoms on every kind of bottom. Not recorded from a tidal reef. 
16. Neptunus (Hellenus) longispinosus (Dana), 1852. Alcock, tv. p. 40. 
Taken in Minikoi, Hulule, Mahlos, Male, South Nilandu, Kolumadulu, Haddumati and 
Miladumadulu in 2—4 fathoms on every kind of bottom. Not recorded from a tidal reef. 
17. Neptunus (Hellenus) tuberculosus H. M. Edw. 1861. Alcock, tv, p. 42. 
Taken in Haddumati, Kolumadulu, and Felidu in 22—40 fathoms on bottoms of sand 
with weed or rubble. 
18. Neptunus (Hellenus) hastatoides (Fabr.), 1798. Alcock, 1v. p. 38. 
In all the specimens the middle lobes of the front are distinctly shorter than the 
others. Taken in South Nilandu and Mulaku in 19—30 fathoms on hard and on muddy 
bottoms respectively. 
19. Neptunus (Hellenus) tenuipes (de Haan), 1835. Alcock, iv. p. 42. 
The last side-spine in nearly all the specimens is considerably more than three times 
the length of any of the others, which is the proportion given by Alcock, but it varies 
in length a good deal. 
Taken in Mulaku, Haddumati, Felidu, South Nilandu, and Suvadiva in 28—40 fathoms 
on sandy or muddy bottoms. 
