4 Mr. E. J. Miers on the Sqtiillidae. 



Squilla. 



S. Ferussacii, Roux. Mediterranean. 



S. miles, Hess. Australia. 



S. scorpio, Latr. Seas of Asia and Australia. 



S. Dufresnii, Leach (hied.). Hab. ? 



S. prasino-lineata, Dana. Brazil. 



S. supplex, Wood-Masnn. India, Bombay. 



S. multicarinata, White. Seas of Eastern Asia. 



S. costata, Be Haan. Japan. 



S. mantis, Latr. Mediterranean, British Channel. 



S. empusa, Say. Atlantic Region. 



S. neglecta, Gibbes. Charleston Harbour, United States. 



S. dubia, M.-Edwards. West Indies, east coast of America. 



S. nepa, Latr. Indo-Pacific Region. 



S. armata, Milne-Edwards. Chili, Auckland Islands. 



S. raphidea, Fabr. Indo-Pacific Region. 



S. Desmarestii, Risso. Mediterranean, British Channel. 



S. fasciata, De Haan. Japan. 



PSEUDOSQUILLA. 



P. ciliata (Fab'.). Indo-Pacific Region ; Cuba (Von Martens). 

 P. oculata (Brulle). Canaries, Madeira. 



P. monodactyla (A. M.-Edwards). Hab. ? 



P. ornata, Miers. Philippine Islands, Tahiti ? 



P. sty hf era (M.-Edwards). Chili. 



P. empusa (De Haan). Japan. 



P. Lessonii (Guerin). Chili, California? 



P. Cerisii (Roux). Mediterranean. 



GONODACTYLUS. 



G. scyllarus (Linn.). Indo-Pacific Region. 



G. japonicus, De Haan. Japan, China. 



G. cultrifer, White. China. 



G. ? Bradyi (A. Milne-Edwards). St.-Vincent Bay. 



G. Bleekeri, A. Milne- Edwards. Batavia. 



G. chiragra (Fabr.). Indo-Pacific Region, Mediterranean, W. Indies, E. 

 coast of S. America. 



G. graphurus, IMiite (ined.), Miers. Indo-Pacific Region. 



G. Guerinii, Wlxite. Fiji Islands. 



G. trispinosus, TVJiite (ined.), Dana. Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Aus- 

 tralia (Swan River and Sharks' Bay). 



G. trispinosus, var. pulchellus, Miers. Ceylon. 



G. glyptocercus, Wood-Mason. Nicobars. 



G. Folinii, A. M.-Edivards. Cape St. Vincent, Mauritius ? 



G. excavatus, Miers. Hab. ? 



G. furcicaudatus, Miers. Hab. ? 



The Squillidse, as will be seen from the foregoing list, 

 inhabit all the warmer temperate and tropical seas of the globe ; 

 and the geographical range of the various species is often very 

 extended. As the females deposit their eggs in holes in the 

 ground, the ova are never seen upon specimens in collections ; 

 but the females may always be distinguished from the males 



