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  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  WESTERN 
  INDIAN 
  OCEAN. 
  

  

  palm 
  is 
  keeled 
  along 
  the 
  distal 
  half 
  of 
  its 
  upper 
  margin, 
  and, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  the 
  wrist, 
  is 
  very 
  evenly 
  punctulatcd. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hilgendorf 
  has 
  already 
  recorded 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Mozam- 
  

   bique 
  and 
  Ibo 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Mauritius. 
  

  

  In 
  two 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  the 
  k>and- 
  

   wich 
  Islands 
  (IF. 
  H. 
  Pease), 
  referred 
  to 
  L. 
  intosus 
  (Randall), 
  with 
  

   which 
  species 
  L. 
  nitidus 
  (Heller) 
  is 
  very 
  probably 
  identical, 
  the 
  

   carapace 
  is 
  relatively 
  broader, 
  the 
  front 
  less 
  prominent, 
  and 
  the 
  

   palms 
  of 
  the 
  chelipedes 
  much 
  more 
  rugose 
  above. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  a 
  

   larger 
  series 
  would 
  demonstrate 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  uniting 
  these 
  

   with 
  L. 
  dodone, 
  when 
  it 
  would 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  widely 
  distributed 
  

   Indo-Pacific 
  species. 
  

  

  18. 
  Liomera 
  punctata 
  (M.-Ediu.). 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  male 
  from 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Darros 
  Island 
  (No. 
  200), 
  in 
  which, 
  

   however, 
  the 
  red 
  punctulation 
  has 
  comjiletely 
  disappeared, 
  is 
  referred 
  

   here. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  the 
  Seychelles 
  (Dr. 
  E, 
  P. 
  Wright) 
  ; 
  Madagascar, 
  Tamatave 
  

   (^liev. 
  Deans 
  Cowan) 
  ; 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  Daedalus 
  Shoal 
  (Lt.-Col. 
  Playfair) 
  ; 
  

   Ceylon, 
  Galle 
  {Dr. 
  W. 
  Ondaatje). 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  were 
  from 
  the 
  Mauritius, 
  and 
  A. 
  Milne-Edwards 
  re- 
  

   cords 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia 
  ; 
  hence 
  it 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  a 
  

   wide 
  Oriental 
  distribution. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  adult 
  examples 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  much 
  

   more 
  deeply 
  incised 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones. 
  

  

  By 
  M. 
  A. 
  Milne-Edwards 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Xaidho 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Liomera, 
  which 
  should 
  include 
  all 
  those 
  species 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  cara- 
  

   pace 
  is 
  markedly 
  transverse, 
  as 
  in 
  Carpilodes, 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  anterior 
  

   of 
  the 
  antero-lateral 
  teeth 
  obsolete 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  posterior 
  rounded, 
  

   the 
  legs 
  not 
  cristated, 
  the 
  finger-tips 
  not 
  distinctly 
  excavated, 
  and 
  

   the 
  basal 
  antenual 
  joint 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  subfrontal 
  process, 
  but 
  not 
  

   included 
  within 
  the 
  inner 
  orbital 
  hiatus. 
  

  

  19. 
  Actsea 
  rufopunctata 
  (M.-Edw.). 
  

  

  Seychelles, 
  4—12 
  fms., 
  a 
  small 
  female 
  (No. 
  194). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  this 
  widely 
  distributed 
  form 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  from 
  the 
  jSIauritius 
  {Old 
  Collection); 
  Da3dalus 
  Shoal, 
  Red 
  

   Sea 
  {Lt.-Col. 
  Plai/fair); 
  Ceylon, 
  Galle 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  Ondaatje); 
  Keehng 
  

   or 
  Cocos 
  Island 
  {Lt. 
  Burnahy) 
  ; 
  Eijis 
  {H.M.S. 
  '■Herald'); 
  and 
  

   Samoa 
  Islands 
  {Rev. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Whitmee) 
  ; 
  also 
  pi'obably 
  from 
  the 
  Hotspur 
  

   Bank, 
  S. 
  Atlantic 
  (the 
  specimen 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  on 
  Dr. 
  

   Coppinger's 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Magellan 
  Straits 
  and 
  S. 
  Atlantic), 
  

   and 
  Madeira 
  (Pev. 
  P. 
  Boog 
  ]Vatson). 
  The 
  specimens 
  from 
  Madeira 
  

   have 
  lost 
  the 
  characteristic 
  coloration, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  closely 
  resemble 
  

   Oriental 
  examples. 
  

  

  