﻿200 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  collection 
  are 
  two 
  males 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Thursdajr 
  

   Island, 
  3-4 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  175), 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  female 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  

   at 
  Port 
  Darwin 
  (No. 
  176). 
  

  

  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  specimens 
  present 
  the 
  rostral 
  characters 
  

   attribnted 
  by 
  Haswell 
  to 
  his 
  L. 
  spinifei% 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  

   series 
  the 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  are 
  absent. 
  Traces 
  of 
  them, 
  

   as 
  very 
  obscure 
  tubercles, 
  exist 
  in 
  tbe 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  L. 
  longi- 
  

   spinus 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  the 
  spines 
  of 
  the 
  cardiac 
  and 
  branchial 
  

   regions 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  and 
  postero-lateral 
  margins 
  are 
  much 
  

   more 
  strongly 
  developed 
  than 
  in 
  others. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  Australian 
  localities, 
  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  records 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  

   Darnlejf 
  Island, 
  and 
  Cape 
  Grenville. 
  

  

  23. 
  Lamhrus 
  laevicarpus, 
  Miers. 
  

  

  Two 
  small 
  males 
  are 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger's 
  second 
  collection, 
  obtained 
  

   in 
  the 
  Arafura 
  Sea 
  off 
  the 
  N.W. 
  coast 
  of 
  Australia 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  

   32-36 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  160). 
  They 
  agree 
  in 
  all 
  particulars 
  with 
  the 
  

   typical 
  specimen, 
  without 
  definite 
  locality, 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection. 
  

  

  24. 
  Lambrus 
  longimanus 
  {Linn.). 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  defined 
  it 
  ('Annals', 
  xix. 
  p. 
  21, 
  1879) 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  referred 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  specimen 
  from 
  Flinders, 
  Clairraont, 
  

   obtained 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  11 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  108) 
  ; 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  

   Port 
  Molle, 
  14 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  93) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  with 
  ova, 
  

   from 
  Fitzroy 
  Island, 
  10 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  113). 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  already 
  noted, 
  ranges 
  from 
  the 
  Mauritius 
  

   through 
  the 
  Indian 
  and 
  Malaysian 
  seas 
  to 
  the 
  North-eastern 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Australia. 
  

  

  25. 
  Lambrus 
  nodosns 
  (Jacquinot 
  and 
  Lucas). 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  male 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  collection 
  from 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  4 
  fms. 
  

   (No. 
  122), 
  belongs 
  here. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  are 
  

   recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haswell, 
  the 
  original 
  types 
  being 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

   In 
  the 
  second 
  collection 
  are 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Thursday 
  

   Island, 
  3-4 
  fms. 
  (Nos. 
  175-177). 
  

  

  Small 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  resemblance 
  

   to 
  the 
  L. 
  intennedius, 
  described 
  by 
  myself 
  from 
  the 
  Corean 
  seas*, 
  

   where 
  also 
  are 
  perhaps 
  to 
  be 
  referred 
  small 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Shark 
  Bay, 
  W. 
  Australia 
  {Rwjner, 
  H.M.S. 
  'Herald'), 
  in 
  the 
  British- 
  

   Museum 
  collection, 
  from 
  which 
  L. 
  nodosus 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   prominent 
  and 
  globoscly-rounded 
  tubercles 
  of 
  the 
  chelipedes. 
  In 
  

   L. 
  intermedius 
  the 
  marginal 
  tubercles 
  of 
  the 
  chelipedes 
  are 
  flattened 
  

   and 
  (in 
  the 
  typical 
  specimen) 
  tlio 
  palms 
  are 
  quite 
  smooth 
  on 
  

   their 
  upper 
  surfaces. 
  Very 
  small 
  granules 
  exist, 
  however, 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  p. 
  30 
  (1879). 
  

  

  