I913.] S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 51 
17. Squilla hieroglyphica, Kemp. 
Plate III, figs. 38—41. 
1911. Squilla hieroglyphica, Kemp, Rec. Ind. Mus., VI, p. 96. 
This species is closely allied to the preceding, but differs from it in the following 
characters :— 
1. The median carina of the carapace is distinct in front of the small mid-dorsal 
pit, but the anterior bifurcated part is entirely absent. The lateral margins 
are not angled in front of the rounded postero-lateral corners and the anterior 
width is only about half the median length, including the rostrum (fig. 38). 
2. The rostrum is as long as wide and its strongly convergent lateral margins meet in 
a narrow rounded apex. Inits carination it resembles that of S. /aevts (fig. 38). 
3. The cornea of the eyes is set transversely on the stalk. The anterior margin 
of the ophthalmic somite is broadly convex and does not project as a pro- 
minent lobe between the base of the eyestalks (fig. 38). 
4. The propodus of the raptorial claw does not possess a spine at the distal end 
of its inferior margin. ‘The dactylus is armed with only five teeth including 
the terminal one (fig. 39). 
5. The anterior lateral process of the fifth thoracic somite is broader and shorter, 
and the posterior process of this somite and the lateral margins of the two 
succeeding somites are more broadly rounded. The lateral portions project 
almost horizontally outwards and do not reach downwards as much as in the 
preceding species ; this feature, taken in conjunction with the slightly greater 
proportional length of the free thoracic somites, is responsible for the widely 
different aspect of these parts in lateral view (c/. fig. 37 x I} and fig. 40 5). 
6. The following abdominal carinae end in spines :— 
Carinae. Abdominal somites. 
Submedian mc ee a 5, 6. 
Intermediate we a 5% Bh, Fyn (8). 
Lateral .. Ae Re se Bo ls Sip (Oe 
Marginal Be ae ays Boy Bh tbe, 5c 
7. On the telson there are five submedian denticles, ten to twelve intermediate 
and one lateral. There is no praelateral denticle. On the ventral surface there 
is a sharp and long post-anal carina (fig. 41). 
8. There are eight or nine movable spines on the outer margin of the basal joint 
of the exopodite of the uropod. 
The mandibular palp, as in S. daevis, is entirely missing. 
The unique example of S. ieroglyphica is of a dark yellow colour and appears to 
have been preserved in spirit for many years ; jet-black markings are, however, dis- 
tinct and on the telson seem to be quite characteristic. ‘The surface of the carapace 
and abdomen is very sparsely covered with large black chromatophores which are 
aggregated and sharply define the outer margins and median carina of the rostrum, 
the anterior portion of the gastric groove and the posterior margin of the segments of 
