﻿CETJ8TACEA. 
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  Haan, 
  from 
  the 
  Japanese 
  seas*, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  his 
  description 
  

   and 
  figure, 
  and 
  from 
  a 
  Japanese 
  specimea 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collec- 
  

   tion, 
  in 
  the 
  following- 
  characters 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  carapace 
  is 
  somewhat 
  more 
  

   depressed, 
  and 
  granulated 
  onlj' 
  toward 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  gastric 
  and 
  

   cardiac 
  regions 
  being 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  legs 
  are 
  naked, 
  

   the 
  merus-joints 
  much 
  slenderer 
  and 
  less 
  compressed 
  than 
  in 
  D. 
  gra- 
  

   nulata, 
  and 
  smooth, 
  not 
  granulated 
  ; 
  the 
  following 
  joint 
  is 
  bicarinated 
  

   as 
  in 
  D. 
  granidata, 
  but 
  the 
  carince 
  are 
  not 
  granulated. 
  lu 
  the 
  

   single 
  male 
  example 
  of 
  B. 
  (jranulata 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  the 
  palm 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  (right) 
  chelipedo 
  is 
  granulated 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  surface, 
  in 
  D. 
  aus- 
  

   traliensis 
  it 
  is 
  smooth. 
  These 
  observations 
  and 
  the 
  figure 
  (jl) 
  of 
  the 
  

   chela 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  adult 
  examples 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Bowerbank, 
  as 
  

   the 
  specimen 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  is, 
  more- 
  

   over, 
  a 
  female. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  D. 
  astuta, 
  

   Fabricius 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  specimens 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Ocean 
  and 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection, 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  narrower, 
  the 
  legs 
  slender, 
  and 
  the 
  carpus-joint 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  pairs 
  not 
  longitudinally 
  bicarinated. 
  In 
  D. 
  sima, 
  

   M.-Edw., 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  thii-d 
  legs 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  

   robust, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  spine 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  suborbital 
  angle, 
  

   which 
  is 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  ANOMUEA. 
  

   1. 
  Cryptodromia 
  lateralis. 
  

  

  PDromia 
  lateralis, 
  Grai/, 
  Zool. 
  Miscell. 
  p. 
  40 
  (1831). 
  

  

  Dromia 
  verrucosipes, 
  White, 
  List 
  Crust. 
  Brit. 
  Mas. 
  p. 
  55 
  (1847). 
  

  

  Cryptodromia 
  lateralis, 
  Stimpson, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philad. 
  p. 
  239 
  

   (1858) 
  ; 
  Heller, 
  Reise 
  der 
  Novara, 
  Crust, 
  p. 
  71 
  (1865) 
  ; 
  Miers, 
  

   Cat. 
  Neiv-Zeal, 
  Crust, 
  p. 
  57 
  (1876) 
  ; 
  Hasivell, 
  Cut. 
  Austr. 
  Crust. 
  

   p. 
  139 
  (1882). 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson, 
  5-7 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  104), 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  this 
  

   species. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locahty 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  

   collection 
  {Antarctic 
  Expedition 
  and 
  J. 
  Brazier). 
  Other 
  Australian 
  

   localities 
  indicated 
  by 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

   Nicol 
  'Qq,}- 
  {M. 
  du 
  Boiday); 
  Brisbane 
  {Cimiing); 
  Tasmania 
  {Cuming, 
  

   Ronald 
  Qunn) 
  ; 
  Bass 
  Straits 
  [J. 
  Macgillivrcui, 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Rattlesnake'); 
  

   Fremantle 
  {Dr. 
  Bowerbanlc); 
  King 
  George's 
  Sound, 
  West 
  Australia 
  

   {F. 
  M. 
  Bayner, 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald 
  ') 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  Japan, 
  Madjica- 
  

   himsi 
  {H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Samarang'), 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  Bohol 
  {Cuming), 
  

   and 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  without 
  doubt 
  the 
  Cryptodromia 
  lateralis 
  of 
  

   Heller 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Gray's 
  short 
  diagnosis 
  also 
  agrees 
  with 
  our 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  serves 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   salient 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  — 
  the 
  nodosities 
  of 
  the 
  chelipedes 
  

   and 
  ambulatory 
  legs. 
  In 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  specimens, 
  however, 
  these 
  

   prominences 
  are 
  much 
  less 
  apparent, 
  and 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  carinoe 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  Siebold, 
  Fauua 
  Japonica, 
  Crust, 
  p. 
  122, 
  pi. 
  xxxi, 
  fig. 
  2 
  {sima), 
  1841. 
  

  

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