232 Mr. E. J. Miers on Malaysian Crustacea. 



being coalescent. Length 8^ lines, breadth nearly 1 inch 

 1 line. 



This species has been hitherto known only from the very 

 short generic definition of Dr. Stimpson, which, however, 

 embraces all the characteristic peculiarities of the species, and 

 which agrees exactly with the example before me, except in 

 one point. Stimpson says (I.e.), " Antennae ut in Carpilio." 

 In the specimen now before me the antennae are of the same 

 structure as in Liomera, the basal joint being very short and 

 united at its summit to an inferior prolongation of the front, 

 and not, as in Carpilius, joined to the front along its inner 

 margin. I have little doubt that Stimpson erroneously wrote 

 Carpilius for Liomera, as he does not say that Lachnopodus 

 is distinguished from Liomera by any peculiarity in the struc- 

 ture of the antennae. 



I do not think that Lachnopodus is generically distinct, as 

 Milne-Edwards has described a Liomera (L. longimana) with 

 hairy ambulatory legs. 



Actma Riippellii. 



JEgle Riippellii, Krauss, Siidafrik. Crust, p. 28, pi. i. fig. 1 (1843). 



? JEgle rugata, Adams and White, Zool. Samarang, Or. p. 43, pi. viii. 



fig. 5 (1848). 

 Actcea Riippellii, A. M.-Edwards, N. A. Mus. Hist. Nat. i. p. 270 



(1865) ; Hilgendorf, Monatsb. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, p. 787 



(1878). 

 Actcea rugata, A. M.-Edwards, I. c. p. 269 (1869). 



An adult male is in the collection, without definite locality, 

 agreeing exactly with the figure of Krauss, and also with 

 specimens in the Museum collection from the Mauritius. It 

 is extremely probable that the ^Egle rugata of White is, as 

 noted by Hilgendorf, not specifically distinct, although the 

 type specimen from the Philippines in the Museum collection 

 has the lobules of the carapace covered with more numerous 

 and smaller granules, and the chelipedes and legs are more 

 densely hairy. But I see some reason to doubt the correctness 

 of Hilgendorf 's identification of Heller's A. Kraussii with the 

 foregoing. 



In specimens from Egypt in the Museum collection, which 

 I refer to A. Kraussii, the carapace is wider in proportion to its 

 length and less distinctly granulated. Both carapace and legs 

 are much more densely pilose. 



Menippe {Myomenipp>e) panope. 



Cancer panope, Herbst, Nat. Krabben, iii. p. 40, pi. liv. fig. 5 (1801). 

 Cancer Hardwickii, Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 40 (1831). 

 Menippe gratiulosa, Strahl, Arch. f. Nat. xxvii. p. 105 (1861) ; A. M.- 

 Edwards, Ann. Sue. Entom. France, vii. p. 275 (1867) ? 



