1913. | S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. II5 
The colouring of L. maculata is very striking and is usually distinct in spirit speci- 
mens. ‘There are, as a rule, three broad transverse bands of blue-black pigment on the 
carapace; the fifth thoracic and last abdominal somites are blue-black, while the other 
segments of the post-abdomen are broadly bordered both anteriorly and posteriorly with 
the same colour. A typical scheme of colour is shown in fig. 88 ; sometimes the 
pigmentation is better developed (fig. 87) and occasionally it is much less marked, with 
narrow bands on the carapace, the fifth thoracic somite entirely pale, and a large pale 
patch on the last abdominal somite. ‘The telson may show three large blue-black spots, 
isolated (as in Herbst’s figure), or partially connected with one another; more usually 
there is a pale anterior transverse band and a pale bilobed distal patch. In one speci- 
men the anterior band is divided by oblique bars of pigment into three separate spots 
(fig. 89). In the uropods the spines of the bifurcate process are blue-black distally as is 
also the inner exopodal segment. The peduncular segment is blue-black proximally 
and the outer segment of the exopod is divided obliquely into dark proximal and pale 
distal areas. ‘The endopod is blue-black except for a narrow transverse band at the base. 
The specimens in the Indian Museum are registered as follows :— 
i Fiji Is. Australian Museum. I? ,182 mm. 
as New Guinea. Australian Museum. 1¢, 283 mm. 
a Christmas I., Polynesia. D. G. Stead. (Raptorial claws only.') 
a0s8 Nicobars. F. A. de Roepstorff. 12,77 mm. 
sil Andamans. Homfray and Tytler. Id, ca. 93 mm. 
0H Andamans. B. Ford. (Fragment.) 
8630°1 Madras. Madras Museum. 23,137, 144 mm. 
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seur3 Coconada, Madras Pdy. G. W. Wicks. 63,32, 69-185 mm. 
3087 (No history.) £2 7 98 nn 
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The following specimens from other sources have also been examined :— 
Christmas I., Polynesia. D. G. Stead. Io, 270 mm. 
Ceylon. Colombo Museum. 23,22, 99-251 mm. 
Lysiosquilla maculata seems to occur only in shallow water ; though never found 
in abundance, it has a wide Indo-pacific distribution extending from Japan and Oceania 
to South Africa. It has been recorded from the following localities: Japan (De Haan, 
Fukuda), Hawaiian Is. (Randall, Miers), Marquesas Is. (Bigelow), Duke of York Is. 
(Miers) ,Samoa (Miers, Thallwitz, Bigelow, Balss) , Fiji (Miers), Rotuma (Borradaile), New 
Guinea (Nobili, Thallwitz, Whitelegge), Amboina (Brooks, de Man, Ortmann, Nobili), 
Goram (Miers), Batjan (de Man), Flores (Thallwitz), Celebes (de Man), Philippine Is. 
(Miers, Brooks), Penang (Miers) , Tuticorin and Madras (Henderson), Mysore (‘Thallwitz), 
Rodriguez (Miers) and Durban (Stebbing). 
1 The raptorial dactyli are 89 mm. in length, and must have belonged to a specimen measuring 
over 300 mm. 
