obtained in the Indian Seas. 343 



This species differs from /. laccadivensis in being of larger 

 size, upper border of palm spinose in all its extent, fingers 

 more setose, rostrum shorter, pleura of second to fourth 

 abdominal scii;inents more pointed, eyes Avithout pigment, 

 fixed finger in neither hand has two basul enlarged teeth 

 separated by a notch. In /. andamanensis the rostrum is 

 shorter and its edges smooth, eyes longer and mox*e slender, 

 pleura of second to fourth abdominal segments are not 

 vertically produced or pointed, upper border of palm is not 

 spinose, carapace with rostrum measured in the mid-dorsal 

 line is merely a little longer than the first four abdominal 

 segments combined. 



This species will be figured in an early issue of '^ Illustra- 

 tions of the Zoology of K.l.M.S. ' Investigator/ " 



ANOMURA. 



Fam. Pylochelidae. 

 Cheiroplat.eAj Spence Bate. 



Two specimens (male and female) of a new species of this 

 genus were obtained at Sta. 327, off the Arakan coast, 

 419 fathoms. Each was housed in the mud-lined cavity of 

 a piece of water-logged bamboo. They are closely allied to, 

 but quite distinct from, C. cenobiia (Spence Bate, Chall, 

 Macr. Crust, pt. i. 1888, p. 12). 



These specimens have been handed over to IMajor Alcock, 

 Superintendent of the Indian Museum, by whom they will 

 be described in his monograph on the Indian Paguridea, 

 which will shortly be published. 



This new species will be figured in " Illustrations of the 

 Zoology of R.I.M.S. ' Investigator.' " 



Fam. Lithodida?. 

 LiTHODES, Latreille. 



Lithodes Agassizii, S. I. Smith. 



Lithodes Ayassizii, S. I. Smith, Bull. Mus. Oomp. Zool. x. 1882, p. 8, 

 pi. i. ; Henderson, Chall. Anom. p. 42. 



A large female of this species, measuring with outspread 

 legs about 2^ feet across, was taken at Sta. 301, northern 

 part of the Arabian Sea, 1000 fathoms. 



