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  West 
  Australia 
  (Rayner, 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald 
  '), 
  and 
  from 
  Raffles 
  Bay 
  

   (^3Ii(S. 
  Paris). 
  

  

  Its 
  occurrence 
  at 
  Port 
  Essington 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haswell. 
  

  

  16. 
  Schizoplirys 
  aspera 
  {M.-Ediv.). 
  

  

  A 
  nearly 
  adult 
  female 
  is 
  iu 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  

   3-4 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  175). 
  

  

  Professor 
  Alphonse 
  Milne-Edwards 
  * 
  has 
  united, 
  I 
  believe 
  rightly, 
  

   under 
  the 
  designation 
  S. 
  aspera 
  several 
  so-called 
  " 
  species 
  " 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  various 
  authors, 
  and 
  I 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  his 
  memoir 
  for 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  on 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  variable 
  species. 
  

   Nevertheless, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  useful 
  to 
  distinguish 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   varieties 
  under 
  the 
  different 
  specific 
  names 
  formerly 
  adopted, 
  charac- 
  

   terized 
  by 
  the 
  armature 
  of 
  the 
  carapace, 
  rostrum, 
  and 
  chelipedes. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  from 
  Thursday 
  Island 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  

   S. 
  aspera, 
  M.-Edwards 
  (although 
  in 
  it 
  the 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  orbital 
  margin 
  is 
  obsolete). 
  To 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  (with 
  

   which 
  S. 
  serratus, 
  White, 
  and 
  S. 
  spiniger, 
  White, 
  may 
  bo 
  considered 
  

   identical) 
  are 
  also 
  referred 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  

   the 
  lied 
  Sea 
  (?), 
  Mauritius 
  {Lady 
  F. 
  Cole), 
  Madagascar 
  {Rev. 
  Deans 
  

   Cowan), 
  Ceylon 
  {Dr. 
  W. 
  Ondaatje), 
  and 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  {Cuming), 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  adult 
  male 
  from 
  Japan 
  (purchased). 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  variety 
  spinifrons, 
  A. 
  M.-Edwards, 
  characterized 
  by 
  pos- 
  

   sessing 
  an 
  accessory 
  spintile 
  on 
  each 
  rostral 
  spine, 
  belong 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  {J. 
  B. 
  Jukes), 
  Lizard 
  Island 
  {J. 
  B. 
  Jukes), 
  and 
  

   Fiji 
  Islands, 
  Ngau, 
  Ovalau 
  {H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald 
  '). 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  distinct 
  species 
  S. 
  dama 
  (Herbst) 
  from 
  Shark 
  

   Bay 
  and 
  King 
  George's 
  Sound, 
  West 
  Australia 
  {H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald 
  '). 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Haswell's 
  recently 
  published 
  

   Catalogue. 
  

  

  Kossmann 
  has 
  recently 
  t 
  proposed 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  classification 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  which 
  he 
  regards 
  as 
  a 
  subgenus 
  of 
  

   Mithrax. 
  He 
  proposes 
  (unnecessarily, 
  as 
  I 
  believe) 
  a 
  new 
  specific 
  

   designation, 
  M. 
  triangularis, 
  for 
  the 
  typical 
  species 
  generally 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  S. 
  aspera 
  (M.-Edwards). 
  

  

  17. 
  Pseudomicippa 
  ? 
  varians. 
  

  

  Pseudomicippe 
  ? 
  varians, 
  Miers, 
  Ann. 
  ^ 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  ser. 
  6, 
  iv. 
  

   p. 
  12, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  fig. 
  8 
  (1879). 
  

  

  In 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger's 
  first 
  collection 
  a 
  female 
  with 
  ova, 
  from 
  Port 
  

   Denison, 
  4 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  Ill), 
  is 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  

   collection 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  mule 
  and 
  female 
  from 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  3-5 
  

  

  * 
  Nouv. 
  Archiv. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Natiirelle, 
  viii. 
  p. 
  231, 
  pi. 
  x. 
  fig. 
  1 
  (1872). 
  

   t 
  'Zool. 
  Ergeb. 
  einer 
  Eeise 
  im 
  Kiisteugeb. 
  des 
  rothen 
  Meeres,' 
  (i.) 
  p. 
  U 
  

   (1877). 
  

  

  