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  females 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  collection, 
  the 
  one 
  obtained 
  at 
  Friday 
  Island, 
  

   Torres 
  Straits, 
  10 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  158), 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  Arafura 
  Sea, 
  

   32-3u 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  160). 
  These 
  specimens 
  are 
  both 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  

   size, 
  one 
  with 
  ova 
  measuring 
  only 
  2g 
  lines 
  (5 
  millim.) 
  in 
  length. 
  

   They 
  differ 
  from 
  M. 
  A. 
  Milne-Edwards's 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  in 
  

   being 
  (in 
  spirit) 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  ashy-grey 
  colour, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  very 
  uneven, 
  well-marked 
  depressions 
  ex- 
  

   isting 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  cardiac 
  region 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  each 
  branchial 
  

   region 
  ; 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  viewed 
  under 
  the 
  microscope, 
  is 
  

   minutely 
  and 
  very 
  closely 
  granulated, 
  but 
  appears 
  smooth 
  to 
  the 
  

   naked 
  eye. 
  

  

  Milne-Edwards's 
  examples 
  are 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia 
  and 
  Lifu, 
  

   and 
  are 
  much 
  larger, 
  the 
  carapace 
  measuring 
  over 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  

   (13 
  millim.) 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  inequalities 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  observable 
  

   in 
  our 
  specimens 
  may 
  very 
  probably 
  disappear 
  as 
  the 
  animal 
  in- 
  

   creases 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  therefore 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  regard 
  the 
  Australian 
  specimens 
  

   as 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

  

  Ci/chxanthus 
  j^i'nctatus, 
  Haswell 
  (Catalogue, 
  p. 
  50), 
  from 
  the 
  

   Paramatta 
  River, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  form, 
  to 
  judge 
  from 
  

   the 
  brief 
  diagnosis*. 
  

  

  44. 
  Carpilodes 
  venosus, 
  M.-Ediv. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  from 
  Port 
  Molle 
  (No. 
  95), 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  beach, 
  belongs 
  

   here. 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  (preserved 
  in 
  spirit) 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  purplish-red 
  hue, 
  

   and 
  has 
  the 
  sulci 
  defining 
  the 
  areolets 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  very 
  distinctly 
  

   defined, 
  and 
  altogether 
  corresponding 
  in 
  arrangement 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  sulci 
  in 
  De 
  Haan's 
  figure 
  of 
  his 
  C. 
  ohtusus, 
  which 
  is, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   a 
  mere 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  this 
  example 
  is 
  a 
  

   little 
  over 
  7 
  lines 
  (15 
  millim.), 
  and 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  nearly 
  1 
  inch 
  

   (25 
  millim.). 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  larger 
  female 
  example 
  from 
  the 
  Japanese 
  seas, 
  presented 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Capt. 
  H. 
  C. 
  St. 
  John, 
  U.N., 
  and 
  received 
  

   since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  my 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Podophthalmia 
  of 
  his 
  

   collection 
  — 
  length 
  of 
  carapace 
  over 
  10 
  lines 
  (22 
  millim.), 
  width 
  

   1 
  in. 
  5 
  lines 
  (36 
  millim.) 
  — 
  the 
  colour 
  (in 
  spirit) 
  is 
  a 
  lighter 
  orange- 
  

   red, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  less 
  distinctly 
  defined 
  

   or 
  partially 
  obliterated 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  age 
  of 
  

   the 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Stimpsont 
  mentions 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  C. 
  venosus 
  (as 
  Liomera 
  

   obtusa) 
  at 
  Ousima 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  Japanese 
  seas 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  the 
  Philippine 
  

   Islands, 
  Corregidor(Cwmi»/7), 
  designated 
  C. 
  venosus, 
  and 
  others 
  from 
  

   Sir 
  C. 
  Hardy's 
  Island, 
  dredged 
  in 
  11 
  fms. 
  (J. 
  B. 
  Juices), 
  &c. 
  Its 
  

   range 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  Mauritius 
  to 
  New 
  Caledonia. 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  useful 
  here 
  to 
  mention 
  that 
  Panopeus 
  acutidens, 
  Haswell 
  {t. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  51, 
  pi. 
  i. 
  fig. 
  2), 
  is 
  scarcel}' 
  to 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  distinct 
  from 
  E'pixanthus 
  den- 
  

   tatus 
  {Panopcus 
  dentatus, 
  Ad. 
  & 
  White), 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  authentic 
  specimens 
  

   in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection. 
  

  

  t 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Wat. 
  Sci. 
  Phil. 
  p. 
  31 
  (1858). 
  

  

  