﻿CRUSTACEA. 
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  26. 
  Phymodius 
  rugipes. 
  

  

  Actaeodes 
  rugipes, 
  Heller, 
  SitzmK/sher. 
  tier 
  Ahacl. 
  Wissensch, 
  Wien, 
  

   xliii. 
  (1) 
  p. 
  ;3;J0, 
  pi. 
  i. 
  fig. 
  20 
  (1801). 
  

  

  Sej'chelles, 
  4-12 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  194), 
  a 
  small 
  male. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  originally 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  has 
  been 
  

   hitherto 
  a 
  desideratum 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection. 
  The 
  coloration 
  

   (in 
  S2)irit) 
  is 
  a 
  brilliant 
  red, 
  with 
  whiter 
  blotches, 
  whereof 
  the 
  

   largest 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  carapace. 
  It 
  is 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Phymodius, 
  to 
  which 
  genus 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  referred 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  strongly-lobulated 
  carapace, 
  which 
  

   is 
  less 
  transverse 
  than 
  in 
  Carpilodes, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  referred 
  by 
  A. 
  Milne- 
  

   Edwards 
  (N. 
  Arch. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  ix. 
  p. 
  181, 
  1873), 
  by 
  the 
  rugose 
  

   ambulatory 
  legs, 
  whose 
  merus-joints, 
  in 
  the 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  ex- 
  

   amined, 
  are 
  denticulated 
  along 
  their 
  upper 
  margins. 
  The 
  basal 
  an- 
  

   tennal 
  joint 
  enters 
  slightly 
  within 
  the 
  inner 
  orbital 
  hiatus, 
  but 
  not 
  

   more 
  so 
  than 
  is 
  usual 
  in 
  Phymodius 
  (P. 
  unyulatus, 
  P. 
  monticulosus). 
  

  

  27. 
  Chlorodius 
  niger 
  (Forsl-al). 
  

  

  Seychelles, 
  4-12 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  194). 
  an 
  adult 
  female. 
  

   On 
  p. 
  215 
  I 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  

   exemplified 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection. 
  

  

  28. 
  Chlorodius 
  miliaris, 
  A. 
  M.-Edw. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens, 
  adult 
  males, 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  Seychelles 
  with 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  (No. 
  194). 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  hitherto 
  a 
  desideratum 
  in 
  the 
  British- 
  

   Museum 
  collection. 
  The 
  specimens 
  before 
  me 
  merely 
  differ 
  from 
  

   M.-Edwards's 
  description, 
  based 
  on 
  specimens 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia, 
  

   in 
  the 
  less 
  elevated 
  protogastric 
  lobes, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   rounded 
  frontal 
  lobes 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  deep 
  median 
  notch 
  ; 
  the 
  

   three 
  posterior 
  antcro-lateral 
  teeth 
  are 
  spiniform. 
  The 
  black 
  colora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  cheloe 
  covers 
  the 
  distal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   palms, 
  where 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  rectangular 
  black 
  patch. 
  

  

  29. 
  Chlorodopsis 
  melanodactylus, 
  A. 
  M.-Edw. 
  

  

  Etoile 
  Island, 
  13 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  191), 
  four 
  specimens; 
  African 
  or 
  

   Eagle 
  Island, 
  10 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  184), 
  an 
  adult 
  male. 
  Seychelles, 
  4-12 
  fms. 
  

   (No. 
  194) 
  ; 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  and 
  different 
  sizes. 
  

  

  They 
  agree 
  in 
  all 
  essential 
  characters 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  

   fi-Ture 
  of 
  A. 
  M.-Edwards, 
  based 
  on 
  Now-Caledonian 
  examples, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  Oriental 
  seas, 
  without 
  special 
  locality, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  {H.M.S. 
  '■ 
  HerakV). 
  

  

  Chlorodopsis 
  liilumnoides 
  of 
  Adams 
  and 
  White* 
  is 
  a 
  nearly 
  

  

  * 
  Crustacea 
  of 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Samaraiig,' 
  p. 
  41, 
  pi. 
  ix. 
  flg 
  3 
  (184S). 
  

  

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