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British Museum from China ; it is perhaps a distinct species, hut at any rate may he 

 termed provisionally A. septemspinosa, var. gracilis. 

 Distribution. Indian Seas, Malay Archipelago, China. 



188. Aecania tjndecimspinosa, De Haan. 



A. undecimnpinosa, De Haan, Crust. Japon. p. 135, tab. sxxiii. fig. 8 (1850) ; Miers, 'Alert" Crust, 

 p. 548 (188-1). 



{= A. granulosa, Miers). 



Gulf of Martahan (Oates). 



The single specimen, a male, 9 mm. long and 9'5 mm. wide, is identical with 

 specimens in the British Museum from Moreton Bay, Austi-alia. 



Distribution. Japan {De Raan) ; Moreton Bay ; Seychelles [Miers). 



Genus Nuesia, Leach. 



189. Ntfesia plicata (Herhst). 



N.plicata (Herbst), Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 240, pi. xxsviii. fig. 28 (1877). 

 Gulf of Martahan, an adult female overgrown with Memhranipora Savartii, Aud. 

 {Oates) ; Bameswaram {J. M. II.). 



Distribution. Indian Ocean, Malay Archijoelago, China, Australia (?). 



190. Ntjesia abbreviata. Bell. 



N. abbreviata, Bell, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxi. p. 308, tab. xxxiv. fig. 5 (1855). 



Silavaturai Par {TJmrston) ; Bameswaram {J. E. H.) ; Gulf of Martahan {Oates). 



The carapace is slightly narrower and the chelipedes longer in the male; the ridges on 

 the carapace are also more elevated in this sex. The largest male is 9'5 mm. long and 

 10 mm. wide. 



Distribution. Indian Ocean {Dell) ; Moreton Bay, Australia {Miers). 



Genus Dorippe, Pahr. 



191. Dorippe dorsipes (Linn.). 



D. dorsipes (Linn.), Miers, 'Alert' Crust, p. 257 (1884), ubi synon. 



{= D. quadndens, Fabr.). 



Bameswaram and Silavaturai Vax {Thurston); Ceylon {Haly); Madras, not uncommon 

 {J. B. D.). 



This species reaches a larger size than D. facchino. The upper surface of the carapace 

 is roughened; the eye-stalks are rather long. I have never met with an individual 

 protected hy a shell. 



Distribution. Bed Sea, E. Africa, Indian Ocean, Malay Archipelago, China, Japan, 

 Australia. 



