BORRADAILE— ON THE PONTONIINuJE 375 



Colour, purple, brownish in parts and varying in depth with the region of the body. 

 Length of longest specimen 1 3 mm. 

 Torres Straits, on Comanthus. 



25. Periclimenes (Falciger) suvadivensis Borradaile, 1915 (Plate 55, fig. 16). 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xv. p. 212. 



Definition : Body rather slender and compressed ; rostrum outreaching antennular 

 stalk, outreached by antennal scale, straight, except at the end, which is gently upcurved, 

 diminishing evenly to its end, with formula ^ , two of the teeth standing behind 

 the orbit ; hepatic, antennal, and suborbital spines present ; antennule slender through- 

 out ; its second and third joints equal, its first joint equal to the second and third 

 together, its outer flagellum long and only cleft near the tip; antennal scale longer than 

 carapace, narrow, outcurved, its distal spine projecting at the end ; third maxilliped 

 reaching end of first joint of antennule ; first leg outreaching antennular stalk by wrist 

 and hand, arm shorter than wrist, hand about half as long as wrist, fingers slightly 

 longer than palm ; second leg outreaching antennal scale by hand, wrist, and small 

 part of arm, its wrist bearing at the end a short stout spine above, its arm a small spine 

 below, wrist and palm subequal, fingers rather more than half the length of palm, 

 simply toothed ; last three legs very long and slender, outreaching antennal scale, 

 bearing a few stout hairs, their dactylopodites simple, slender, and nearly straight; 

 uropods considerably outreaching telson. 



Length of the longest of' the two specimens, 14 mm. 



Suvadiva Atoll, Maldive Is. 



26. Periclimenes (Falciger) seychellensis Borradaile, 1915 (Plates 54, 55, 

 figs. 14 a — i). 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xv. p. 212. 



Definition : Body moderately stout, not much compressed ; rostrum outreaching 

 antennular stalk, and antennal scale, deep, its ventral edge excavate at base, its dorsal 

 edge concave throughout, its formula —-, with two teeth behind the orbit; antennal and 

 hepatic spines present ; first joint of antennular stalk moderately expanded, stylocerite 

 nearly half the length of this joint, distal spine small, second and third joints subequal, 

 slender, flagella longer than stalk, the outer cleft for about \ of length of thicker 

 part ; antennal scale longer than antennular stalk, rather broad, subtruncate, with 

 distal spine projecting beyond end ; third maxilliped reaching end of first joint of 

 antennule ; first leg reaching end of antennal scale, its arm, wrist, and hand subequal, 

 its fingers rather longer than its palm ; second legs equal, each outreaching antennal 

 scale by fingers and half palm, its fingers and all joints unarmed, wrist and arm 

 subequal, hand nearly half as long again as wrist, palm and fingers subequal ; last 

 three legs slender, sparsely hairy, with a long spine at end of propodite, dactylopodites 

 long, slender, simple, nearly straight. 



Length of the longer of the two specimens, 17 mm. 



Praslin, Seychelles. 



