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2G. Phymodius rugipes. 



Actasodes rugipes, Heller, Sitzungsber, der Akad. Wmenach. Wien, 



xliii. (1) p. 330, pi. i. Bg. 20 (1861). 



Seychelles, 4-12 fms. (No. 194), a small male. 



This species, originally described from the lied Sea, has hoen 

 hitherto a desideratum in the Museum collection. The coloration 

 (in spirit) is a brilliant red, with whiter blotches, whereof the 

 largest is in the middle line; of the carapace. It is distinguished 

 from the other species of Phymodius, to which genus 1 think it 

 must be referred on account of its strongly-lobulated carapace, which 

 is less transverse than in Carpilodes, where it is referred by A. Milne- 

 Edwards (X. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. ix. p. L81, 1873), by the rugose 

 ambulatory legs, whose merus-joints, in the specimen I have ex- 

 amined, are denticulated along their upper margins. The basal an- 

 tenna! joint enters slightly within the inner orbital hiatus, but not 

 more so than is usual in Phymodim (P. ungulatus, P. monticulosus). 



' 27. Chlorodius niger (Forslcal). 



Seychelles, 4-12 fms. (No. 194). an adult female. 

 On p. 21") 1 have referred to the distribution of this species as 

 exemplified in the series in the British-Museum collection. 



28. Chlorodius miliaris, A. M.-Edw. 



Two specimens, adult males, were collected at the Seychelles with 

 the preceding (No. 194). 



This fine species has been hitherto a desidei-atum in tho British- 

 Museum collection. The specimens before me merely differ from 

 M.-Edwards's description, based on specimens from New Caledonia, 

 in the less elevated protogastric lobes, and in having the somewhat 

 rounded frontal lobes separated by a rather deep median notch ; the 

 three posterior antero4ateral teeth are spiniform. The black colora- 

 tion of the chelae covers the distal part of the outer surface of the 

 palms, where it forms a rectangular black patch. 



29. Chlorodopsis melanodactylus, A. M.-Edw. 



Etoile Island, 13 fms. (No. 191), four specimens; African or 

 Eagle Island, 10 fms. (No. 184), an adult male. Seychelles, 4-12 fms. 

 (No. 194) ; several specimens of both sexes and different sizes. 



They agree in all essential characters with the description and 

 figure of A. M.-Edwards, based on New-Caledonian examples, and 

 with a specimen from the Oriental seas, without special locality, in 

 the Museum collection (H.M.S. 'Herald'). 



Chlorodopsis pilumnoides of Adams and White* is a nearly 



* Crustacea of H.M.S. ' Samaraug,' p. 41, pi. ix. ng 3 (1843). 



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