1913. ] S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 69 
Cheefoo, China. Swinhoe. Id, 76 mm. 
(Miers, 1880, sub S. nepa.) 
Shanghai. Swinhoe. 
(Miers, 1880, sub S. nepa.) 23,12, 89—103 mm. 
Chusan, China. P. W. Bassett Smith. 33,42, 31'5—88 mm. 
(Pocock, 1893, sub S. affinis.) 
The two largest specimens are typical, but in three of the small ones the tubercles on the dorsal 
aspect of the carpus are undeveloped. 
Foochow, China. F, W. Styan. 32, 78—87 mm. 
In the Jaigest specimen the median carina is not continuous, but shows a small gap on either 
side near the base of the anterior bifurcation. In one of the smaller specimens also the right 
limb of the bifurcate part is finely interrupted near its anterior end. 
Amoy, China. Stevens. Ig',1@, Ior, 108 mm. 
(Miers, 1880, swb S. nepa.) 
The dorsal punctuation of the carapace and abdomen is very poorly developed. In the larger 
specimen the anterior half ef the bifurcate portion of the median carina of the carapace is 
entirely missing and a wide gap separates the base of the forked portion from the simple 
posterior part; in the smaller specimen the carina is, as usual, continuous. In both there 
are only very feeble indications of the tubercles on the dorsal aspect of the carpus (considering 
the size of the specimens these should be well developed), the anterior lateral process of the 
6th thoracic somite is noticeably shorter than the posterior and the anterior process of the 
7th somite, which in other specimens is acutely produced, is represented merely by a blunt 
obtuse and rounded angle (fig. 56). The spinulation of the abdomen is normal. 
Philippine Is. 156 djs Were, Io, 8: mm. 
(Miers, 1880, sub S. nepa.) 
In this specimen the median carina of the carapace is interrupted at the base of the bifurcate 
part as in var. perpensa and S. interrupta. For the rest it very closely resembles the 
Hawaiian examples and those reported from Mauritius, though the rostrum is a trifle shorter. 
The submedian carinae of the last three, the intermediate carinae of the last five, and the 
lateral carinae of all six abdominal somites are produced posteriorly in the form of spines. 
The following specimens from other sources have also been examined :— 
Prof. K. Kishinouye. 
Bay of Tokio, Japan. ; Most common and widely ? 30,22, 38—168 mm. 
distributed.’’ K. K. 5 
Mr. Alan Owston. 
Okinose, Sagami, Japan. Ig,1I@, 150 and 165 mm. 
It is possible that the specimens labelled Mauritius, along with those in the British 
Museum collection from the Hawaiian and Philippine Is., deserve to be separated from 
the rest under a distinct varietal or subspecific name, but the material available is not 
sufficient to justify such a course. It should, however, be remembered that these 
examples differ from those found on the coasts of China and Japan in the longer rostrum 
with strongly upturned lateral margins and in the more complete spinous formula 
