Malacostracoun Crustaceans from MuJiii/si'a. '2i)'^ 



Distr. Zanzibar, S.W. Japan, Tahiti, Samoa, Bass Strait. 



No. CCXXII. Il'ih. Singapore. 



A male. The chclipedes are lost, so tiiat I cannot be quite 

 certain of its identity with Stinipson's species. 



Dim. : Base of rostrum to posterior margin of carap. 5'25 

 millim. ; base of rostrum to tip of telson 18-5. 



XXIV. Genus PAL^iMON, Fabr. 

 33. Pahemon carcinus, var. Lainarrei, ^I.-Ecl\v. 



Piil<emon Lamurrei, M.-Edw. llii^t. Nat. Crut^t. t. ii. p. 397 (1837); de 

 Haai), Crust. Jap. p. 171 (183'J); Ortmann, t. c. p. 701, pi. xlvii. 

 tig. 2 (1891). 



PaUemon carcinus, fiend. Trans. Linn. Soc, 2nd ser. Zool. vol. v. p. 441 

 (1893). 



Disir. India, Malaj Archipelago, Ecuador, Amazon. 



No. XXVII. JIab. Kuching, freshwater. 



Dental formula }^, and there is a wide gap between teeth 

 8-9 above. The rostrum exceeds the scaphocerite by one 

 fourth of its own length, while the second pair of pereiopods 

 exceeds the scaphocerite by half the carpus and the hand. 

 The carpus and hand are covered with minute teeth at 

 moderately wide intervals. 



Dim. : Orbital margin to posterior margin of carap. 36*5 

 millim. ; length of second pair of legs 10.5, of merus 18, of 

 carpus 25, of palm and fingers 42. 



XXV. Genus Pen^us, Fabr. 



34. Penceus velulinus, Dana. 



Peiidfus vehtthius, Dana, U.S. E.xpl. Exp., Crust, p. G04, pi. xl. fig. 4 

 (1852) ; Sp. Bate. Chall. Macr. p. 2o3, pi. xxxiii. tig. 1 (1888) ; 

 Ortmann, t. c. p. 452, pi. xxxvi. tig. 6 (1891) ; Henderson, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, 2nd ser. Zool. vol. v. p. 449 (1893). 



Distr. Red Sea, Mauritius, I\lalay Archipelago, India, 

 Japan, N. & W. Australia, Sandwich Is. 



No. CXXX. JJab. Singapore. 



A male. The tip of the tel.^^on is broken off in this speci- 

 men, but there is no doubt that it belongs to this species ; 

 the form of the male appendage is very characteristic. 

 Dental formula §; the peduncle of the antonnule.*' just 

 reaches the tip of the scaphocerite, 



Di)n. : Length from orbilal margin to posterior margin of 

 carap. d'5 millim. 



35. Penaus indicus, M.-Edw. 



Pe)>(Pi(s iiulicus, M.-Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust, t. ii. p. 415 (1837) ; 



