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  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  37. 
  Galene 
  granulata. 
  (Plate 
  XX. 
  fig. 
  A.) 
  

  

  Carapace 
  narrower 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  its 
  length 
  than 
  Galene 
  bispi- 
  

   nosa, 
  Herbst, 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  granulated, 
  the 
  

   granules, 
  however, 
  somewhat 
  unevenly 
  disposed 
  ; 
  the 
  cervical 
  and 
  

   cardiaco-branchial 
  sutures 
  are 
  distinctly 
  defined. 
  In 
  G. 
  hispinosa 
  

   (Herbst) 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  granulated 
  only 
  near 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins. 
  

   The 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  are 
  distinctly 
  developed, 
  but 
  the 
  

   two 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  (those 
  over 
  the 
  inner 
  orbital 
  hiatus) 
  are 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  

   these 
  teeth 
  are 
  very 
  distinct 
  in 
  Galene 
  bispinosa 
  (Herbst). 
  The 
  

   antcro-lateral 
  margins 
  have 
  three 
  distinct 
  tuberculiform 
  teeth 
  ; 
  

   there 
  are 
  but 
  two 
  developed 
  in 
  G. 
  bispinosa 
  ; 
  the 
  palms 
  of 
  the 
  

   chelipedes 
  are 
  granidated 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  their 
  outer 
  surface, 
  

   whereas 
  in 
  G. 
  bispinosa 
  the 
  granulations 
  exist 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   near 
  the 
  articulation 
  with 
  the 
  wrist. 
  

  

  Of 
  G. 
  granulata 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  a 
  

   small 
  male 
  from 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  7-12 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  173). 
  

  

  The 
  characters 
  enumerated 
  above, 
  important 
  though 
  they 
  may 
  

   appear, 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  dependent 
  on 
  the 
  age 
  and 
  size 
  

   of 
  the 
  specimen, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  whose 
  carapace 
  is 
  only 
  5g 
  lines 
  

   (11^ 
  millim.), 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  Length 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  of 
  G, 
  bispinosa 
  from 
  Singapore 
  (A. 
  R. 
  Wallace) 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  collection, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  examined; 
  

   but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  justified 
  in 
  uniting 
  the 
  two 
  forms 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  any 
  specimens 
  with 
  transitional 
  characters. 
  Both 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  G. 
  bispinosa 
  and 
  of 
  G. 
  granulata 
  are 
  imperfect, 
  that 
  of 
  G. 
  bispi- 
  

   nosa 
  having 
  lost 
  the 
  postabdomen, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  G. 
  granulata 
  all 
  ex- 
  

   cept 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ambulatory 
  legs. 
  

  

  38. 
  Halimede 
  ? 
  coppingeri. 
  (Plate 
  XX. 
  fig. 
  B.) 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  curious 
  little 
  species 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  anteriorly 
  somewhat 
  

   deflexed, 
  with 
  the 
  antero-lateral 
  margins 
  somewhat 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  postero-lateral 
  ; 
  body 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  alike 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  

   velvety 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  sulci 
  defining 
  the 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  

   are 
  indistinguishable 
  ; 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  tuberculated, 
  the 
  tubercles 
  

   rather 
  large, 
  and 
  ai'ranged 
  in 
  rather 
  irregular 
  transverse 
  series. 
  

   The 
  front 
  is 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  median 
  notch 
  into 
  two 
  rather 
  prominent 
  

   rounded 
  lobes, 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  exterior 
  angles 
  form 
  less 
  

   prominent 
  teeth. 
  The 
  upper 
  orbital 
  margin 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  blunt 
  

   tubercle 
  behind 
  the 
  outer 
  frontal 
  lobes. 
  The 
  antero-lateral 
  margins 
  

   have 
  four 
  very 
  distinct 
  tuberculiform 
  teeth, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   situated 
  immediately 
  behind 
  the 
  exterior 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  orbit. 
  The 
  

   epistoma 
  is 
  transverse, 
  the 
  pterygostomian 
  regions 
  without 
  spines 
  

   or 
  tubercles. 
  The 
  postabdomen 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  

   distinct. 
  The 
  eye-peduncles 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  robust 
  ; 
  the 
  antennules 
  

   nearly 
  transversely 
  folded 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  antennal 
  joint 
  reaches 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  subfrontal 
  process, 
  and 
  thus 
  enters 
  within 
  the 
  inner 
  orbital 
  

   hiatus 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  following 
  joints 
  are 
  slender 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  filiform 
  

   and 
  rather 
  long. 
  The 
  merus-joiut 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  maxillipedes 
  is, 
  as 
  

  

  