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Table E. 



N» I. NO 2. N» 3. N" 4. N» 5. NO 6. N" 7. 

 c/ 9 C? cT cf 9 9 



crq 



2,4 



0,77 



3-1 

 0,95 

 0,53 



1,8 

 2,14 

 0,41 



5 

 0,64 



Length of merus. . . , 



Width of merus 



Proportion between length and width of merus 



Length of carpus from articulation to articulation 



Width of carpus •* • 



Proportion between length and width of carpus 



Length of propodus 



Width of propodus 



Proportion between length and width of propodus 



Length of dactylus 



Length of dorsal hook with regard to the prin- 

 cipal one 0,33 



Thickness of dorsal hook with regard to the 



principal one 0,3 



N° I and N" 2, Cotypes of Syn. neomeris (de Man) from the 



N" 3, adult male, long 26,5 mm. and N" 6, ova-bearing female, long 26 



N° 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 from Stat. 258. 



The eggs are rather numerous, large, i — 1,2 mm. long, 0,72 — 0,7 

 of the Mergui female N" 2 are long 0,8 mm. and 0,55 mm. thick. 



JUV. 



NO 8. NO 9. 

 juv. 



0,9 

 0,3 



3 



0,39 

 0,24 



1,6 



0,94 



0,225 



4,2 



0,3 



0,43 



0,33 



Mergui-Archipelago ; 

 mm. from Stat. 99; 



5 mm. broad ; those 



f 6. Syiialpheiis Gravicri Cout. 



Synalphcus Gravieri H. Coutiere, Alpheidae Maid, and Laccad. Archip. 1905, p. 870, fig. 2. 

 Syiialplieiis Gravieri J. Pearson, On the Macrura, in : Herdman's Report on the Pearl Oyster 



Fisheries, 1905, p. 82. 

 Alphcus prolificns A. Ortmann, in: Zoolog. Jahrb. V. Abth. f. Syst. 1S90, p. 484. 



Stat. 49'. April 14. 8°23'.5 S., ii9°4'.6E. Sapeh-Strait. 70 m. Coral and shells. 6 specimens 



of different size, one of which with eggs. 

 Stat. 51. April 19. Madura-bay and other localities in the southern part of Molo-Strait. 



Depth from 69 — 91 m. Fine grey sand. 3 specimens, one of which with eggs. 

 Stat. 164. August 20. i°42'.5 S., I30°47'.5 E. Between Misool and New Guinea. 32 m. Sand, 



small stones and shells, i specimen. 

 Stat. 240. November 22 — December i. Banda-anchorage. Lithothamnion-bank in 18 — 36 m. 



2 young specimens. 

 Stat. 258. December 12/16. Tual-anchorage, Kei-islands. 22 m. Lithothamnion. 19 specimens 



of diftcrent size, many of which with eggs. 

 Stat. 260. December 16 and 18. 5° 36^5 S., I32°55'.2E. 2,3 miles N., 63° W. from the North 



point of Nuhu Jaan, Kei-islands. 90 m. Sand, coral and shells. 2 egg-bearing 



females of small size. 

 Stat. 279. January 11/13. Rumah-Kuda-bay, Roma-island. 36 m. Mud and sand, i egg-bearing 



female. 

 Stat. 310. February 12. 8° 30' S., II9°7'.5E. 73 m. Sand with few pieces of dead coral, i adult 



egg-bearing female and i young specimen. 

 Stat. 315. February 17/18. Anchorage East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Depth up to 



36 m. Lithothamnion. i female with eggs. 



The numerous specimens, collected by this expedition, are very well in accordance with 



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