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  COLLECTIONS 
  FKOM 
  THE 
  WESTEKN 
  INDIAN 
  OCEAN. 
  

  

  dentated, 
  and 
  carapace 
  and 
  chelipedes 
  less 
  distinctly' 
  granulated 
  ; 
  in 
  

   other 
  particulars, 
  however, 
  they 
  closely 
  resemble 
  the 
  other 
  examples 
  

   in 
  the 
  British- 
  Museum 
  collection. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  I 
  have 
  

   examined 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  subbasal 
  tooth 
  or 
  lobe 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  mobile 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  baud 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  chelipede. 
  

  

  Dana 
  records 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Kingsmill 
  and 
  Society 
  Islands, 
  

   and 
  Stimpson 
  from 
  Loo 
  Choo. 
  It 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  widely 
  distributed 
  

   Oriental 
  form. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  designations 
  Biippellia 
  and 
  Eadora 
  have 
  both 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   occupied 
  in 
  zoology 
  (the 
  former 
  by 
  Wiedemann, 
  in 
  1830, 
  for 
  a 
  genus 
  

   of 
  dipterous 
  insects, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  by 
  Peron 
  and 
  Lesueur, 
  in 
  1809, 
  

   for 
  a 
  genus 
  of 
  Acale/Jid'), 
  I 
  have 
  slightly 
  modified 
  the 
  former 
  name, 
  

   which 
  has 
  so 
  long 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  carciuologists 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  

   crab. 
  

  

  35. 
  Ozius 
  (Epixanthus) 
  frontalis, 
  M.-Ediu. 
  

  

  Mahe 
  Island, 
  beach 
  (No. 
  196); 
  two 
  males 
  — 
  one 
  adult, 
  the 
  other 
  

   very 
  small. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  Madagascar, 
  

   Tamatave 
  {Rev. 
  Deans 
  Coioan) 
  ; 
  Kicol 
  Bay, 
  N.W. 
  Australia 
  (jM. 
  du 
  

   Boulay); 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  Ovalau 
  (B.M.S. 
  'Herald') 
  ; 
  Samoa 
  Islands 
  

   {Bev. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Whitmee). 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Ep'uvanlhus 
  can 
  scarcely, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  gene- 
  

   rically 
  distinct 
  from 
  Ozius 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  used 
  

   as 
  a 
  subgeueric 
  designation 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  with 
  broader, 
  more 
  

   depressed, 
  and 
  flattened 
  carapace 
  {cf. 
  A. 
  M. 
  -Edwards, 
  Nouv. 
  Archiv. 
  

   Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  ix. 
  p. 
  240, 
  1873). 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  species 
  designated 
  by 
  Adams 
  and 
  White 
  Pr/«oj5fws/o)-m{o 
  *, 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection. 
  The 
  smaller, 
  from 
  

   Ligitan, 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  normal 
  specimens 
  of 
  0. 
  fron- 
  

   talis. 
  The 
  larger, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  male, 
  aud 
  is 
  apparently 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  figured, 
  and 
  therefore 
  the 
  type, 
  has 
  the 
  carapace 
  some- 
  

   what 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  convex, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  antero- 
  

   lateral 
  margin 
  shorter 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  notch 
  

   from 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  orbit, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  notched. 
  On 
  

   account 
  of 
  this 
  latter 
  character 
  the 
  species, 
  as 
  represented 
  by 
  this 
  

   specimen, 
  must, 
  I 
  think, 
  bo 
  retained, 
  together 
  with 
  Epixanthus 
  

   dentatus 
  (Ad. 
  & 
  White), 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  (or 
  subgenus) 
  Hettropanope, 
  

   in 
  which 
  Stimpson 
  long 
  ago 
  included 
  it 
  (Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  ISci. 
  

   Philad. 
  p. 
  35, 
  1858). 
  

  

  3G. 
  Eriphia 
  laevinianus 
  (M.-Edw.) 
  

  

  Two 
  females 
  from 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Darros 
  Island 
  (No. 
  200), 
  and 
  a 
  

   small 
  male 
  from 
  the 
  Glorioso 
  Islands 
  (No. 
  220), 
  have 
  been 
  retained 
  

   for 
  the 
  Collection. 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  includes 
  specimens 
  from 
  tho 
  

   Mauritius 
  {Lady 
  F. 
  Cole) 
  ; 
  Madagascar 
  {Dr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Gray) 
  aud 
  Tama- 
  

  

  * 
  Zoology 
  of 
  ' 
  Samarang,' 
  Crustacea, 
  p. 
  4o, 
  pi. 
  ix. 
  fig. 
  1 
  (1848). 
  

  

  