1913. | 8S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 65 
3. The corneal portion of the eyes is less expanded ; in specimens from 80 to 90 
mm. in length the corneal index is about 9:0 whereas it is about 7:0 in 
examples of S. nepa of a similar size. 
4. In the raptorial claw the spine which terminates the outer inferior margin of 
the merus is smaller and in the adult male the distal end of the propodus is 
very broad and the external margin of the dactylus is only very feebly 
sinuous (fig. 52). 
5. The submedian carinae of the fourth abdominal somite never end in spines :— 
Carinae. Abdominal somites. 
Submedian an aie Es 5, 6. 
Intermediate up ae ce (3) 4, 5, 6. 
Lateral .. an we a6 (A) Se, Si, Os 
Marginal se nie us Ty 2 Sa Ay 
Not infrequently the marginal teeth of the telson are a trifle shorter than in the 
preceding species and the dorsal rows of pits are less strongly marked. ‘There are two 
to four submedian denticles, eight to ten intermediate, one lateral, and one praelateral. 
Living specimens of S. holoschista closely resemble S. nepfa in colour, but the dark 
transverse patches on the second and fifth abdominal somites are absent and the general 
tone of all the other markings is greenish rather than smoky-grey. This greenish 
colouring is especially distinct on the median and marginal carinae of the telson. ‘The 
yellowish pigment has the same distribution as in S. nepa. 
I have examined one hundred and three specimens of this species :— 
Sandheads, Ganges Delta. A. J. Milner. Id, 76 mm. 
7301—6 
( N. Annandale, } 
LET a ate | F. H. Gravely and S. W. K. 
53,52, 76—gomm. 
aK Off Vizagapatam Coast, Madras. ) 
| 
2 ‘Investigator.’ 2 ets 
58289 Tio) tine. § IS, 32, 73—93 mm. 
3069 
sist ¢ Madras. Madras Museum and purchased, 53, 12 2? , 49—90 mm. 
aa Madras. Madras Museum. 73,129,59—88 mm. 
TYPES. 
ne Cuddalore and Porto Novo, 403 Wels Jetibl, 19d, 212, 63—95 mm. 
S. India. 
nee Ceylon. Colombo Museum. Id ,22,70—85 mm. 
“ (no locality). 23,42, 67—83 mm. 
British Museum. 
Madras. J. R. Henderson. I3, 64 mm. 
(1893, sub S. nepa.) 
Rameswaram I., G. of Manaar. J. R. Henderson. Id, 77 mm. 
Trivandrum Museum, 
Cape Comorin. 2,76 mm. 
Distribution.—East Coast of India from the Ganges Delta to Ceylon. 
