312 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voiv. XVI, 



distance on to the palm, but the median traverses its whole length, 

 running externally a little above the lower border. 



Two additional males of this scarce species, recentl}^ obtained 

 by Lieut.-Col C. R. Stevens, I. M.S., are considerably smaller than the 

 large male examined by Alcock ; the carapace of the larger is only 

 5 mm. in length and 83 mm. in greatest breadth. 



i.Lsji Karachi. A. O. Hume and Two. rvPF-s. 



F. Dav. 

 ^i'■i- Karachi. C. R. Stevens. Two. 



Only these four specimens are known. 



Scopimera globosa, de Haan. 

 Plate XII, fig. 2. 



1835. Ocypode {Sropimei'u) globosa, de Haan, in Siebold's Faun, yapon.. 



Crust., p. 53, pi. .\i, figs. 3, 3 a, h. 

 1852. Scopimera globosa, Mihie-Edwards, Ann. Sci. nat., Zool. (3) X\'H[, 



p. I.S3- 



1858. Scopimera fuberciilata. Slimpson, Proc. Acad. Sci. Pliiladelpliia X, 

 p. 98. 



1894. Scopimera globosa, Ortmann, Zool. Jalirb., Syst., VH, p. 747 



1898. Scopimera globosa, Koelbel, in Wiss. Ei'gebn. Reise Grafen Bi'la, 

 Szeclienyi in Osfasien, p. 57-?. 



1902. Scopimera globosa, Dofljin, Abli. K. Raver. Akad . Wiss. XXI, 

 p. 668. 



1907. Scopimera tiiberctilata, Stimpson, Soiit/is. Misc. Coll. XLIX, p. loj. 



1918. Scopimera globosa. Tesch, Decap. Brachvur. ' Siboga' Exped. I, p. 46, 

 pi. iii, fig. 3. 



1918. Scopjmera globosa, Parisi, .4ffi .S'oc Ital. Sci. .Yaf. LVTI, p. c)] . text- 

 fig. 2. 



The carapace is more than one and a half times as broad as 

 long and its depth is shghth' greater than its length. The upper 

 surface is widest posteriorly, but the lateral walls slope outwards 

 as well as downwards, the widest point being between the bases of 

 the second pair of walking legs. The distance between the outer 

 orbital angles is a little greater than the length. 



The upper surface is covered with a ve.y regular microscopic 

 pitting, which gives it a dull appearance, and bears numerous 

 smooth and shiny tubercles. The tubercles are most distinct on 

 the lateral parts of the, upper surface and on the branchial regions 

 they tend to form transverse and oblique rugae; above the base 

 of the last leg there is a clearl}' marked curved and serrulate ridge. 

 On either side of the gastric region there is a conspicuous indenta- 

 tion from w4iich shallow puckers or grooves radi;ite forwards, out- 

 wards and backwards. The gastric and cardiac regions are partialis'' 

 separated from one another by a very inconspicuous transverse 

 furrow; their lateral boundaries are sharply defined. 



The front is bluntly pointed and narrow, its breadth between 

 the bases of the eyestalks being little more than a fifth the extra- 

 orbital width. The edges of the front are raised and on each side 

 there is a low granular ridge which curves inwards proximally, the 



