NO. 3666 CRUSTACEA—TIRMIZI AND MANNING 43 
and longer than that of seventh somite; abdominal carinae spined as 
follows: submedian 5-6, intermediate 4-6, lateral 3-6, marginal 
1-5; telson broad, with 3 pairs of slender marginal teeth, prelateral 
lobes present; denticles rounded, 2-3, 7-9, 1; dorsal surface of telson 
lacking well-marked tubercles or ridges lateral to median carina other 
than short carinae of marginal teeth; postanal keel present; uropodal 
exopod with 8-9 movable spines on outer margin of proximal segment; 
lobe on outer margin of inner spine of basal prolongation of uropod 
rounded, margin convex. 
Cotor.—Usually faded in preservative. Fresh specimens have 
median carina and gastric grooves of carapace red; posterior margin 
of carapace, last 3 thoracic somites, and first 5 abdominal somites red; 
median carinule and submedian and intermediate carinae of body 
red, color most intense on submedians; carinae of marginal teeth of 
telson green, apices of teeth reddish; telson with a prominent, large 
red or green spot on the anterior portion of the median carina; spine 
of uropod pink. There may be considerable variation in overall 
pattern. 
Discussion.—The specimens examined by us agree well with ac- 
counts of the species in the literature. The best feature for recognition 
of O. interrupta is the convex lobe on the outer margin of the inner 
spine of the basal prolongation of the uropod; in no other species is 
this lobe so shaped. 
This is the second most abundant stomatopod taken by local 
fisherman off Karachi. 
DistrisutTion.—Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from 
the Persian Gulf to Australia and Formosa. Both Kemp (1913) and 
Baig (1954) recorded its occurrence off Karachi. 
17. Oratosquilla hesperia (Manning, 1968) 
FiqureE 17 
Squilla nepa.—Miers, 1880, p. 25 [part; specimen from Zanzibar]. 
Squilla woodmasont.—Kemp, 1913, p. 74 [part; specimens from Zanzibar, Muscat, 
and Aden reidentified]. 
Squilla massavensis.—? Kemp, 1913, p. 76 [part; specimens from the Gulf of Oman 
and Persian Gulf].—Ingle, 1963, p. 15 [part; specimens from Zanzibar and 
the Persian Gulf reidentified]. 
Squilla hesperia Manning, 1968b, p. 25, fig. 8. 
MartTERIAL.—1<, 62 mm; fish market, Fish Harbour, Karachi; 24 November 
1966; University of Karachi —6<, 52-89 mm; 39, 66-101 mm (in 5 lots); off 
Karachi; University of Karachi.—1 ? , 89 mm; off Karachi; University of Karachi; 
USNM.—19, 113 mm; off Karachi; Central Fisheries Department.—1<, 89 
mm; 19, 66 mm; off Karachi; Zoological Survey Department reg. no. 1877.—8 0, 
60-80 mm; 89, 66-102 mm; 25°04’ N, 65°24-26’E; off West Pakistan; 26 m; 
hard packed mud; Anton Bruun Sta. 237A; IIOE; 22 November 1963; USNM. 
