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5. mikado appears to be a larger species than S. stridulaiis. 

 The two specimens exa.mined are 122 and 144 mm. in length, 

 whereas 5. siridulans is not known to exceed 100 mm. 



Text-fig. I. — Squill a stridulans, Wood-Mason. . 

 a. Anterior part of carapace, rostrum, etc. b. Eye. 



c. Lateral parts of 5th, 6th and 7th thoracic somites. 



a< 



Text-fig. 2. — SquiHa mikaiio, sp. nov. 

 II. Anterior part of carapace, rostrum, etc. b. K\c. 



c. Lateral parts of 5th, 6th, and 7th thoracic somites. 



Both the specimens of 5. mikado show traces of the large 

 dark mid-dorsal patches on the second and fifth abdominal somites 



