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  COLLECTIONS 
  FEOM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  Bcarcely 
  any 
  intermarginal 
  hiatus. 
  The 
  ambulatory 
  legs 
  are 
  defi- 
  

   cient 
  except 
  one 
  fifth 
  leg, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  joints 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  

   compressed 
  and 
  bordered 
  with 
  long 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   merus 
  is 
  acute 
  and 
  obscurely 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  dactyl 
  hairy, 
  styliform, 
  

   and 
  short, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  terminal 
  claw. 
  Colour 
  (in 
  spirit) 
  light 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  white. 
  Length 
  of 
  carapace 
  3| 
  lines 
  (6^ 
  millim.), 
  breadth 
  

   4i 
  lines 
  (about 
  9| 
  millim.). 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Thursday 
  

   Island, 
  4-5 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  165). 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  obtained 
  near 
  

   Java 
  (H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Samaranr/ 
  '). 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  no 
  male 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  curious 
  species, 
  and 
  

   am 
  ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  verges, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  venture 
  to 
  

   remove 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Filumnus, 
  in 
  which 
  genus 
  it 
  is 
  re- 
  

   tained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haswell. 
  There 
  is, 
  I 
  think, 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  

   identity 
  of 
  our 
  example 
  with 
  the 
  specimen 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  

   of 
  Australian 
  Crustacea,' 
  though 
  whether 
  this 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  

   P.Jimbriatns 
  of 
  M.-Edwards 
  remains 
  somewhat 
  uncertain, 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  brevity 
  of 
  the 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  author. 
  This 
  species 
  

   certainly 
  cannot 
  be 
  retained 
  in 
  Pilumnus 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  restricted 
  ; 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  Cancroidea 
  

   to 
  the 
  Grapsoidea. 
  I 
  am, 
  however, 
  unable 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   its 
  exact 
  affinities. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Port 
  Molle. 
  

  

  04. 
  Pilumnopeus 
  serratifrons 
  (Kmahaii). 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  (jVo. 
  104). 
  

  

  The 
  Eritish 
  Museum 
  contains 
  specimens 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  

   {Cumimj), 
  Port 
  Phillip, 
  Victoria 
  (i^r. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Kinahan), 
  and 
  the 
  Austra- 
  

   lian 
  seas, 
  no 
  definite 
  locality 
  {!Stutchhnry) 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  -Zealand 
  Crustacea,' 
  p. 
  21 
  (1876), 
  

   I 
  have 
  already 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  possible 
  identity 
  of 
  Pilumnopeus 
  

   crassimanus, 
  A. 
  M.-Edwards, 
  with 
  P. 
  serratifrons. 
  I 
  believe 
  Mr. 
  

   Haswell 
  is 
  right 
  in 
  regarding 
  Heteropanope 
  australiensis, 
  Stimpson, 
  

   as 
  also 
  synonymous 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  (Cat. 
  p. 
  70). 
  

  

  65. 
  Ozius 
  guttatus, 
  var. 
  speciosus. 
  

  

  Ozius 
  speciosus, 
  Hilcjendorf 
  , 
  in 
  Van 
  der 
  Decken^s 
  Heisen 
  in 
  Ost-Afrika, 
  

   iii. 
  p. 
  74, 
  pi. 
  ii. 
  lig. 
  1 
  (1809). 
  

  

  An 
  adult 
  female 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Flinders 
  Island, 
  North- 
  

   east 
  Australia. 
  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Port 
  Denison 
  and 
  Port 
  

   Curtis. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  same 
  variety, 
  as 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  designated, 
  belongs 
  an 
  

   adult 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  Mauritius 
  (Lady 
  

   Frances 
  Cole). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  Ozius 
  guttatus, 
  as 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  Alph. 
  Milne-Edwards 
  in 
  his 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Crustacean 
  Eauna 
  

  

  