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153. Grapsus maculatus (Catesby). 



G. mrini/atus (Catesby), A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 285 (1873). 

 Tuticoriu ( Thurston). 



Dtstnbiition. Atlantic Region (from Florida to the Cape of Good Hope). Tlirougliout 

 the ludo-Pacific Eegion. 



Genus Plagusia, Latr. 



154. Plagusia immaculata, Lam. 



P. immacK/uta (La.m.), Miers, Ann. j\Iag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. loO (1878). 



(= P. (lepressa, Latr., nee Fabr.). 



Madras, common, associated with Grapsus slricjosus {J. R. II.). 



Dlstrihidlou. Bay of Bengal, Malay Archipelago, Chinese Seas, N. Australia, and the 

 Pacific as far as the Sandwich Is. and tlie W. coast of Central America. 



Genus Leiolophus, Miers. 



155. Leiolophus planissimus (Herbst). 



L. plaiiissimus (Herbst), Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 15.3 (1878), idn sijnon. 



Ptameswaram, not uncommon between tide-marks {Thurston, J. B. II.); Madras 

 {J. B. H.). 



Distribution. Atlantic Ptegion (Florida, "West Indies, ]\Iadeira, &c.) ; Indo-Pacific 

 Region, from tlie Mascarenes to Korea, the coasts of California, Chili, and New Zealand. 



Genus Varuna, !Milne-Edw. 



15C. Varuna litterata (Fabr.). 



V. litterata (Fabr.), Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, Zool. t. xviii. p. I7G (1852). 



Ceylon {Uahj) ; Calcutta, several specimens preserved in the same bottle with Para- 

 telplmsa spinigera, a fresh-water species ; Sittoung ; Ganjam {Day). Not uncommon in 

 the backwater at Ennore {J. R. H.). 



If there is no mistake in connection with tlie locality Sittoung, this sjiccies occurs 

 about one hvmdred miles inland in the Sittoung liiver, Burmah ; it has previously been 

 recorded from fresh water by Miers and otliers. 



Distribution. Mauritius, Bay of Bengal, Malay Archipelago, China, Japan, New 

 Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand. 



Genus Mktaplax, Milne-Edw. 

 157. Metaplax distinctus, Mime-Edw. 



M. distincius, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci Nat. ser. 3, Zool. t. xviii. p. 103, pi. iv. fig. .27 (1852) ; Dc 

 Man, iMergni Crust, p. 158, pi. x. figs. 7-9 (1888). 



Ennore {J. B. R.). 



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