1913. | S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 117 
Colour light horn-brown. Exposed thoracic segments with a broad black basal 
band. Post-abdominal segments with a similar band at each suture. Carapace and 
penultimate joint of raptorial limbs with three broad bands, appearing beneath the sur- 
face, a large black blotch on each side of the telson, and on the rami of the appendages 
of the sixth segment ; a conspicuous white longitudinal band on each side of the 
dorsum.’’ 
As noted by De Vis this species belongs to the maculata section of Lysiosquilla. It 
seems to be easily distinguished by the irregular wrinkling on the exposed thoracic 
somites, by the sculpture of the last segment of the abdomen and by the dilated apex 
of the terminal spine of the raptorial claw. 
L. miersi is known only from a single specimen (sex and length not noted) found on 
sand banks at Moreton Bay, Queensland. 
3. Lysiosquilla capensis, Hansen. 
1895. Lysiosquilla capensis, Hansen, Isop. Cumac. u. Stomatop. Plankton. Exped., p. 74. 
1910. Lysiosquilla capensis, Stebbing, Ann. S. African Mus., VI, p. 400. 
Hansen’s short description of this form runs as follows: ‘‘ eine Art, die von allen 
anderen dadurch leicht zu unterscheiden ist, dass sie ausser dem Enddorn 14 Dornen 
an dem Dactylus besitzt, 7 Uropoddornen und Telson wie bei Lys. maculata (F.) getormt 
(1 Exemplar von Port Elisabeth im Museum zu Strassburg).’’ A fuller account of 
this specimen is badly needed. 
Lysierichthus pulcher, Hansen, which according to its author is the larva of L. 
capensis, is recorded from the Atlantic, N.W. of the Cape of Good Hope ( 2320095, 
150’ E..). 
4. Lysiosquilla crassispinosa, Fukuda. 
1910. Lysiosquilla crassispinosa, Fukuda, Annot. Zool Japon., VII, p. 146, pl. iv, figs. 4, 4a. 
Fukuda gives the following diagnosis of this species :—‘‘ Eyes with the corneal 
region nearly globular. The manus of raptorial limb bearing, besides the usual serra- 
tion, ten or more acute jointed spines on the inner margin ; dactylus armed with ten 
teeth including the terminal one. Rostrum triangular, terminating in an acute median 
spine. Carapace smooth, with all its angles rounded. Last two thoracic and first two 
abdominal segments provided with a pair of inconspicuous carinae. All abdominal 
segments with their postero-lateral angles ending in spines. The whole dorsal surface 
of the last two segments and a part of that of the fifth abdominal segment covered 
with irregularly shaped granules. Eight stout spines or lobes on the postero-lateral 
margin of the telson, the median crest of which is broad and somewhat obscurely 
defined. “The inner spine of the dorsal prolongation of uropod much longer than 
outer.’’ For further details Fukuda’s long and careful description should be consulted. 
The unique example of this curious species, afemale 275 mm. in length, is recorded 
from the Sagami Sea, Japan. 
