196 



The type specimens, which in life were of a creamy colour, were found 

 harbouring in the bracts of the curious Alcyonarian zoophyte Calypterinus 

 allmani. 



In an egg-laden female the carapace (rostrum included) is 6^ millim. long, 

 the abdomen II5 millim. The eggs are oval and nearly 2 millim. in major 

 diameter. 



Arabian Sea, near the Laccadives and off the Travancore coast, 360, 430, 

 and 705 fathoms. 



-r. , , T 8858-8859 /m £ iX. ■ \ 2015 2175 



Regd. Nos. — 5 (Types of the species) : — : — . 



114. Icotiaxiopsis andamanensis, n. sp. Plate II. fig. 1. 



Closely resembles I. laccadivensis, from which it can be recognized by the 

 following characters, besides its larger size : — 



The carapace (rostrum included) measured in the middle line, is little longer 

 than the first 4 abdominal somites combined. 



The rostrum has its edges quite smooth and does not reach to the end of 

 the basal joint of the antennular peduncle. 



The eyes are unrecognizable, having no pigment. 



The massive 1st pair of chelipeds are a little longer than the abdomen, and 

 the fingers and lower border of the palm are more setose than in I. laccadivensis: 

 except for a minute denticle at the far end of the inner border of the ischium 

 and merus and on the lower border of the carpus and for a ridge along the 

 lower border of the palm and fixed finger, they are smooth. In one hand both 

 edges of the finger-cleft of the propodite are smooth, and in the opposite hand 

 the cutting edge of the dactylus is notched to correspond with a slightly enlarged 

 tooth on the fixed finger. 



In the thoracic legs 3-5 the dactylus is subspathulate and has its edge 

 elegantly serrated, the teeth being dark brown. 



In the largest male the carapace (rostrum included) is 10 millim. long, the 

 abdomen 19- millim. An egg-laden female is a little smaller. The eggs are about 

 2 millim. in major diameter. 



Bay of Bengal, off the west coast of the Andamans, 238-290 fathoms. 

 Regd. No. ~ (Types of the species). 



