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the genus. A Sacctdiiia frequently occurs on the abdomen, and I have not noticed this 

 in the case of the two other species of the genus which occur commonly at Madras. 



The largest specimen I have seen, out of several hundred examples, is a male witli tlie 

 carapace 2G'5 mm. long and 27 mm. wide (not including the spines), while the average 

 size is considerably less. 



Distribution. South India and Ceylon. 



Genus Levcosia, Fabr. 



173. Letjcosia ceaniolaris (Linn.). 



L. craniolaris (Linn.), Bell, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxi. p. 28.3 (1855). 



Ramcswaram and Muttuwartu Par {Thurston); Ceylon {Halt/); Gulf of Martaban 

 (Oatcs); :\Iadras(J'. B. IT.). 



Distribution. Indian Seas, Malay Archipelago, China. 



174. Leucosia Whitmeei, Miers. 



L. Jfliitmeei, INIiers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvi. p. 342 (1875); id. Trans. Linn. Soc. scr. 2, 

 Zool. vol. i. p. 2:38, pi. xxxviii. figs. 10-18 (1877). 



Gulf of Martaban, two males [Oates). 



The thoracic sinus is deep and well-defined, witli two lai-gc flattened reniform tubercles, 

 placed immediately over the base of the chelipede (not mentioned by Miers though shown 

 in his figure) ; the anterior tubercle is somewhat larger than the posterior. The front is 

 excavated superiorly and tridentate, with the median tooth very minute. The anterior 

 half or more of the carapace is sparingly punctate, and towards the posterior border there 

 are four dark spots (five according to fliers), arranged in a semilunar line, and the ground- 

 colour of the carapace is light in the vicinity of thesj)ots. Tliehand is compressed, both 

 towards its inner and its outer margin. The male abdomen is constricted between the 

 penultimate and antepenultimate segments ; on the latter there is a "f-shaped sulcus, 

 and on the former a distal median ridge. 



The carapace is 12'5 mm. long and 10 mm. broad. 



Distribution. Samoa; Fijis (Miers). Shark's Bay, W. Australia (Brit. 3Ius.). 



Genus PsETTDOPiiiLVRA, Micrs. 



175. PSEUDOPHILYRA Melita, Dc ]\Ian. 



p. Melita, De Man, Mergui Crust, p. 191) (1888). 



Muttuwartu Par, a female with ova and a m;xle (Thurston) ; Gulf of Martaban, two 

 females witli ova and two males {Gates). 



I have compared these and found them identical with one of De Man's original speci- 

 mens (a young male). As the colour markings liave not been described, and as tliey are 

 still visible in the above examples, I add the following brief account as a supplement to 

 the original description : — The front is dark brown, and a large irregularly circular brown 



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