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2644—59 Qg j^g Andamans, 55 fath. _ 

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_1H^2 — . Off the Andamans, 53 fath. _ 



_iHL_. Off the Andamans, 60 fath, _ 



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Off Bombay, 56-58 fath. _ 



" Investigator." 



This species is extremely near-related to the Atlantic and Mediterranean 

 P. oculatus, of which, indeed, it may almost be regarded as a variety. 



2. Paguristes ?ciliatus, Heller. 



Pnguristes ciliatm. Heller, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XII., 1862, p. 525, and Novara 

 Crust., p. 91, pi. vii., fig 6, 1865. 



The single male specimen in the Indian Museum which I identify with 

 P. ciliatus agrees with P. balanophilus in all but the following characters :— 



Inside the antero-lateral border of the carapace there are, in places, 

 some setae. 



The rostrum reaches only to the middle of the ophthalmic scales, which 

 though acuminate are rather short. The antennal scale is much more 

 setose than in P. balanophilus. 



The outer surface of the wrist, palm, and fixed finger are so densely 

 tomentose that their sculpture is quite hidden : when denuded the surface is 

 closely covered with small acuminate tubercles, which are not at all compound 

 or " crystalloid." Again the tubercles, or spines, along the inner edge of the 

 wrist are much larger and more acute than in P. balanophilus, and have a 

 dark-coloured tip. 



The 2nd and 3rd legs are tomentose, densely so on the borders, especially 

 the anterior border, of the last three joints ; and the subsquamiform markings 

 on the inner surface of the propodite and dactylus are represented by irregu- 

 larities and small tufts of short setae. Again, the legs of the left side slightly 

 surpass the left cheliped. 



Heller says nothing about the colouring ; but in our specimen it resembles 

 that of P. balanophilus, except that the anterior part of the carapace is 

 mottled red. 



iZ^. Persian Gulf, 48-49 fath. " Investigator." 



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