260 L. A. BORKADAILE. 



and not merely a young form. I am inclined to think that it will prove to be a distinct 

 species. The specimen before me measures 14 mm. in length and 21 in breadth. The brown 

 colour of the fingers does not spread over the palm. Taken on the reef at Hulule, Male Atoll. 



Genus Garpilodes Dana, 1851. 



61. Caiyilodes stimpsoni, A. M.-Edw., 1865. Alcock, ill. p. 82. 

 Taken on the reef at Goidu, Goifurfehendu Atoll. 



62. ? Garpilodes pediger Ale, 1898. Alcock, ill. p. 83. 



Two small male specimens in the collection may either be the young of this species or 

 belong to G. ruber. The colour is that of G. pediger. They were dredged in Miladumadulu 

 and Fadifolu Atolls in 20 and 23 fathoms respectively. 



63. Garpilodes ruber A. M.-Edw., 1865. 



Garpilodes ruber, A. Milne-Edwards, Norm. Arch. Mus. p. 228, pi. xi. fig. 4 (1865). 

 Dredged in 25 fathoms in South Nilandu Atoll. 



64. Garpilodes vaillantianus (A. M.-Edw.), 1862. Alcock, III. p. 85. 



Taken on the reef in Male and Goifurfehendu Atolls, in Funadu Velu, Miladumadulu, and 

 in Minikoi lagoon. In the latter locality a specimen was found among the leaflets of the 

 Halimeda-weed, where its bright red colour could not be in the least protective. 



65. Garpilodes monticulosus A. M.-Edw., 1873. Alcock, iii. p. 86. 



This species, which lives under stones, was taken on the reef at Male, Goifurfehendu, and 

 Minikoi Atolls. 



66. Garpilodes pallidus Borradaile, 1900. 



Garpilodes pallidus, Borradaile, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 586, pi. XL. fig. 1. 



This species is allied to G. monticulosus and to G. cariosus. It differs from the former in 

 that: (1) There is no narrow transverse ridge behind the mesogastric lobule. (2) The furrows 

 of the carapace are not so deep. (3) The colouring is quite different. 



From G. cariosus it differs in that: (1) The lobules are not pitted, and the carapace has 

 therefore not a worm-eaten appearance. (2) There is no transverse ridge behind the mesogastric 

 lobule, and the branchial lobules are not broken up into smaller ones. (3) The furrows 

 between the lobules are rather shallow. (4) Counting the groove which marks off the meso- 

 gastric lobule and that which runs within the hinder edge, there are altogether three grooves 

 behind the lobule in question, but the middle of the three is shallow, and may consist of 

 two separate dimples, hardly connected across the middle line. (5) The notch between the 

 first two lobules of the edge may be rather indistinct. (6) The pink colour of the legs does 

 not tend to orange (as in most of my specimens of G. cariosus), and even in the most brightly 

 coloured specimens there is no trace of colour on the carapace. 



Taken on the reef at Hulule, Male Atoll. 



