1913. | S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 85 
The corneal portion of the eyes is set very obliquely on the stalk and its breadth, 
in the specimens examined, is about one quarter the median length of the carapace 
excluding the rostrum. The antennular peduncle is as long as the carapace (rostrum 
excluded). The mandibular palp is entirely missing. 
The outer inferior margin of the merus of the raptorial claw is rounded distally 
and the dorsal carina of the carpus terminates bluntly before reaching the distal edge 
(fig. 71). The dactylus bears six or seven' teeth including the terminal one and its 
outer margin is convex and very obscurely notched at the base. 
The lateral margins of the fifth, sixth and seventh thoracic somites are bilobed 
(fig. 70). The anterior lobe on the fifth consists of a sharp antrorse spine ; the other 
lobes are rounded. The sculpture on the somites is shown in fig. 70. In addition to 
the intermediate and submedian carinae there are on the sixth and seventh somites 
four longitudinal carinae between the submedians, while on the eighth somite there are 
three. The whole surface is covered with numerous short ridges that are sometimes 
confluent with one another and so form a coarse mesh-like reticulation. 
On the abdominal somites the usual four pairs of carinae may be distinguished 
and, in addition, between the submedians there are three complete carinae and occa- 
sionally traces of others. Outside the submedians there are one or more additional 
carinae which are sometimes incomplete. 
The whole surface external to the submedian carinae is beset with short irregular 
tubercles and ridges (fig. 72). The lateral carinae of the first five somites are bicarinate ’ 
and traces of similar sculpture are sometimes found on the intermediates. None of 
the median carinae end in spines :— 
Carinae. Abdominal somites. 
Submedian aye es oe (4) 5, 6. 
Intermediate ae 35 so (5) a Bn chy Ss We 
Lateral a He 56 (G5 Sy ZnS Os 
Marginal Ab “s fe E525 95 455% 
The telson bears numerous carinae and tubercles disposed as shown in fig. 72. 
The median carina terminates in a long and slender spine. The marginal teeth are 
longer than is customary and there may or may not be a denticle on the edge in front 
of the lateral. There are three or four submedian denticles, six to eight intermediate 
and one lateral. 
The inner and longer spine of the ventral process of the uropods bears a sharply- 
acute lobe on its edge and the margin anterior to this lobe is concave. The inner 
margin of the process is serrate. 
Of the two specimens examined, the smaller example from the Burmese coast 
differs in several details from the larger individual which was sent me from Japan— 
the type locality. It is possible that the differences are due merely to age or to normal 
variation, but the Indian specimen may represent a distinct race. 
1 The larger specimen bears six teeth—the customary number; the smaller example (fig. 71) 
possesses only one raptorial claw which is furnished with seven. 
» Not shown in fig. 72. 
