40 STALK- AND SESSILE-EYED CRUSTACEA 
legs broad, compressed, and thickly ciliated above. Length 3 in.; 
breadth nearly #? in. (M. E.). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This species is pelagic in its habits, very variable in its marking, and 
is very commonly and widely distributed throughout the tropical and 
temperate seas. 
VARUNA. 
Varuna, M. Edw. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. xvi, p. 511, (1829); Hist. 
Nat. Crust. u, p. 94, (1837). 
Trichopus, De Haan, Faun, Japon. Crust. p. 32, (1835). 
Carapace flattened, with the sides three-toothed, somewhat arcuate 
anteriorly, straight and oblique posteriorly. Front with the anterior 
“margin straight. External maxillipeds with a lozenge-shaped vacant 
space when closed, the third joint produced at the antero-external 
angle, the palpus broad. Ambulatory legs compressed, expanded, and 
ciliated. Abdomen in both sexes seven-jointed. 
43. Varuna litterata. 
Cancer litteratus, Faby. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 342, (1798); Herbst, 
Krabben, in, p. 58, pl. xlvii, fig. 4, (1799). 
Trichopus litteratus, De Haan, Faun. Japon, p. 32, (1835). 
Varuna litterata, M. Edw. Hist. Nat. Coast: i, p. 95, (1837). 
Carapace slightly punctate above, and marked in the middle with an 
H, formed by the grooves which separate the branchial and cardiac 
regions, &c. Lateral margins thin, and armed with three very wide 
teeth. A granulous line upon each branchial region, extending from 
the base of the last tooth to the point of insertion of the last leg, at 
some distance from the lateral margin, which is also sharp and 
granulous. Front margin of the arms with strong rounded teeth, 
hands slightly compressed, fingers curved downward and a little 
inward ; ambulatory legs large, flattened and cilate on the margins. 
Length 13 in.; breadth 1Z in. (M.E)). | 
Auckland (Heller), 
This species is found in the Indian Ocean, amongst the East Indian 
Islands, at the Philippines, on the Coast of Australia, Japan, &e. 
