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(Ortmann), Java (Pesta), Singapore (Norili, de Man, Balss) and from Upolu (Samoa Islands) 

 (Ortmaxn), while it is still doubtful whether this species does also occur on the coasts of Japan. 



5. Palimtrus sp. [ornattis Oliv. r) von Mart. 



Palimirus sp. [ornattis Oliv. r) E. von Martens, in: .\rchiv fur Xaturg. XXX\'I1I Jahrg., 1S72, 



p. 12S. 

 Confer: G. NoiULI, in: Boll. Mus. Zooi. Torino, Vol. XVI, X" 415, 1901, p. n. 



Upon my request Professor E. Vanhoffen of the Royal Zoological Museum of Berlin has 

 been so kind to compare the small male specimen from Cuba, which, in 1872, was referred by 

 VON Martens with some doubt to Parml. ornafus (Fabr.), with the iigures of Panul. lacvicatida 

 (Latr.), published in 1901 by Moreira and in 191 i by Gkuvel. Prof. VanhOffen wrote me 

 thereupon that the Cuban specimen did well agree with these figures, that there was no e.xopod 

 on the 3"' ma.xillipeds, that the exopod of the 2"'' pair was furnished with an articulated flagellum 

 and that it seemed therefore cjuite certain that this specimen must be referred to Pamil. laevi- 

 caiida (Latr.). I am of the same opinion and wish to add that this species was heretofore 

 only known to occur from Rio de Janeiro to French Gu\-ana. 



6. Pamilinis oniafits (Fabr.). 



Paliniinis ornatus J. C. Fabricius, Suppl. Entoni. S\'stcm. 1798, p. 400. 



Palimirus ornatus H. ^Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crustaccs, II, 1837, p. 296. 



Palimirus brevipes G. Pfefter, in: Vcrhandl. Naturvv. Vcreins, Hamburg 1880, p. 44 (partim). 



Palinurus ornatus J. G. de Man, in: Zoolog. Jahrb. Abth. f. Syst. IX, 1896, p. 511. 



Palinurus hoinarus G. Pfefter, in: Mittheil. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, XIV, 1897, p. 13. 



Panulirus hoinarus G. Xobili, in: Annal. Scienc. Nat. 9^ Serie, Zool. T. IV, 1906, p. 90. 



Panulirus ornatus A. Gruvcl, in: Annales Instit. Oceanograph., T. Ill, Fasc. IV, Paris 191 1, 



p. 47 (partim), PI. VI, fig. 2. 

 Panulirus ornatus H. Balss, Ostasiatischc Dccapoiicn II, Miinchen 1914, p. J?> (partim). 

 Cancer (Astacus) hoinarus J. !■". \V. Herbst, Vcrsuch einer Naturg. Krabben u. Krebse, Bd. II, 



1796, p. 84, PI. XXXI, fig. I. 



Stat. 71. May 10 — June 7. Makassar. Up to 32 m. i male of medium size. 

 Postilion-islands. 2 young specimens, presented by Mr. J.\CQUIN of Makassar. 

 Ambon. Reef, i young female and i still younger individual. 



Though Pfekfer after an examination of the types of Fabricius, preserved in the Museum 

 of Kiel, has clearly demonstrated in 1897 the identity of Paniil. ornatus of F.\bricils with the 

 Cajicer (Astaciis) hoinarus of Herbst, whose description has been published two years before 

 that of Fabricius, I nevertheless prefer, in harmony with Messr. Grl'vel and Balss, to use the 

 name of Fabricius, becau.se, already before Herbst, other species have been designated also 

 b)- the name of Jioinariis. 



The male from Makassar is almost 23 cm. long from the anterior margin of the carapace 

 to the end of the telson, the carapace being 82 mm. long, the abdomen 145 mm. The coloration 

 of this specimen is typical and agrees with the figure of Herbst. The upper surface of carapace 

 and abdomen has a verdigris ground-colour; quite anteriorly between the supra-orbital spines 



