88 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. X, 



1897. Hippolyte gibberosa, de .Man. Zool. Jahrb., S\si.. IX, ]). jOl 



{partim). 

 igo2. Saro>i neglectiis, di: Msin, \h\\imd\. Senck. nalurf. (ies., XX\', 



p. 854, pi. xxvi, fig. 58. 

 1910. Sa:-on iieglectus, Coutiere, Bull. Soc. philonialh.. Paris (loi, II, 



p. 71, figs. pp. 73, 78. 



I have nothing to add to the excellent descriptions and figures 

 given by de Man and Coutiere. There can be no doubt that the 

 species is valid. 



--^- S. Senlinel I., Andamans. ' Investigator.' Two, 24 and 25 mm. 

 ^ifj- Andamans. ' Investigator.' Two, 15 and 23 mm. 



The largest specimen is an ovigerous female. 



Saron neglectus is known from Kagoshima, Japan (Ortmann), 

 New Caledonia (Coutiere), Ternate (de Man), Batavia (de Man), 

 Djibouti, Red Sea (Coutiere) and Madagascar (Coutiere). 



Genus Nauticaris, Bate. 



1906. Naiiticai'is, Caiman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 171. X\TI. p. 31. 



I have seen no Indian examples of this genus. Pearson ' has 

 recorded three species from Ceylon. The first of these, N. grandi- 

 rostris, is, as Dr. Pearson has kindly informed me, synonymous 

 with Saron marmoratus, the second N. unirecedens, Bate, is a 

 species of Hippolysmata, while the third N . futilirostris. Bate, was 

 originally described from Japan. This last form may be a true 

 N auticaris , but inasmuch as the branchial formula and mandibular 

 palp have not been examined, it is impossible to come to an}' 

 satisfactory conclusion regarding its generic status. 



Genus Merhippolyte, Bate. 



1906. Merhippolyte, Caiman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17 I, X\'II, p. 32. 



The identity of the forms recorded under the names Hippolyte 

 spinifrons and Merhippolyte spinifrons is discussed on p. 90; that 

 they have been incorrectly referred to the genus Merhippolyte can 

 scarcely be doubted. 



Merhippolyte calmani, Kemp and Sewell. 



1912. Merhippo/vfe cat /mini, Kemp and Scwcll, Rvc. ind. M\is., 

 \T1, p. 20, pi. i, figs. 1-4.2 



When describing this species Capt. Sewell and I remarked on 

 its close external resemblance to Spirontocaris kanaiensis, Rath- 

 bun,'^ from the Hawaiian Is. ; I have now, thanks to the kindness 

 of Miss Rathbun, been able to examine a specimen and some 

 dissected portions of individuals belonging to that species. 



1 Ceylon Pearl Oyster Rep., IV, p. 81 i 1905). 



2 It should be noted that in fig. 3 the incisor-process of the mandible is fore- 

 shortened, the process is in reality etjual in length to the mandibular palp. 



i^ Bull. I'. S. I'"ish Comm. for 190;,, XXIII, p. S27 1 1906"). 



