﻿CRUSTACEA. 
  235 
  

  

  two 
  may 
  be 
  sexual. 
  In 
  two 
  smaller 
  examples 
  from 
  Balambaugan 
  

   (male 
  and 
  female), 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  the 
  

   carapace 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  strongly 
  granulated 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  adult, 
  and 
  

   this 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  Portunidae, 
  e. 
  g. 
  in 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  

   Nejytunus. 
  

  

  M. 
  de 
  Man 
  has 
  quite 
  recently 
  recorded 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  

   island 
  of 
  Amboina 
  {vide 
  Notes 
  Mus. 
  Leydeu, 
  v. 
  p. 
  153, 
  1883). 
  

  

  77. 
  Kraussia 
  nitida, 
  Stimpson. 
  

  

  Two 
  small 
  specimens 
  (males) 
  from 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  4-5 
  fms. 
  

   (No. 
  165), 
  evidently 
  belong 
  here. 
  

  

  The 
  distinctions 
  between 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  K, 
  integra 
  (De 
  Haan), 
  

   are 
  very 
  slight, 
  K. 
  nitida 
  differing, 
  as 
  Stimpson 
  has 
  noted, 
  only 
  in 
  

   its 
  somewhat 
  narro^yer 
  carapace, 
  with 
  more 
  prominent 
  and 
  excavated 
  

   frontal 
  lobes 
  ; 
  yet 
  these 
  distinctions 
  are 
  constant 
  and 
  easily 
  perceived 
  

   in 
  the 
  specimens 
  I 
  have 
  examined. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  referable 
  to 
  A', 
  intcgra 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  

   from 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  Siquijor 
  {Cuming), 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Sama- 
  

   rang 
  ' 
  collection 
  without 
  special 
  locality. 
  

  

  78. 
  Telpliusa 
  (Geotelphusa) 
  crassa 
  ? 
  

  

  ? 
  Telphusa 
  crassa, 
  A. 
  M.-Echvards, 
  Nouv. 
  Arch. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  v. 
  

   p. 
  177, 
  pi. 
  ix. 
  fig. 
  2 
  (1869). 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  in 
  imperfect 
  condition 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  obtained 
  at 
  

   Thursday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  (No. 
  125), 
  that 
  I 
  refer, 
  though 
  with 
  

   some 
  doubt, 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  as 
  M. 
  -Edwards's 
  diagnosis 
  is 
  very 
  short, 
  

   and 
  the 
  specimen 
  figured 
  of 
  much 
  smaller 
  size 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  I 
  have 
  

   before 
  me. 
  In 
  this 
  example 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  rudimentary 
  epibranchial 
  

   tooth, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  are 
  faintly 
  

   striated, 
  shallow 
  depressions 
  indicate 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   cervical 
  suture, 
  and 
  the 
  chelipedes 
  are 
  more 
  unequal 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   figure 
  of 
  M. 
  -Edwards; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  spine 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  wrist, 
  behind 
  and 
  below 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  second, 
  much 
  smaller 
  

   tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  palm 
  is 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  fingei's 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   palm, 
  with 
  rather 
  small 
  denticulations 
  and 
  having 
  between 
  them, 
  

   when 
  closed, 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  interspace. 
  Length 
  of 
  carapace 
  about 
  

   1 
  inch 
  4 
  lines 
  (35 
  millim.), 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  1 
  inch 
  4 
  lines 
  

   (45 
  millim.). 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  four 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection, 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  My. 
  MacEarlane 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Torres 
  

   Straits, 
  which 
  are 
  apparently 
  referable 
  here. 
  The 
  smaller 
  agree, 
  

   excejjt 
  in 
  having 
  some 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  postfrontal 
  crest, 
  with 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  Milne-Edwards 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  there 
  exist 
  much 
  

   more 
  distinct 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  orbital 
  and 
  lateral 
  epibranchial 
  

   teeth. 
  In 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  fingers 
  have 
  between 
  them, 
  when 
  closed, 
  

   but 
  a 
  small 
  interspace. 
  

  

  