1879.] THE COREAN AND JAPANESE SEAS. 51 



cothoje of Milne-Edwards K The latter, which is placed by Dana in 

 the (.ebiida, IS only known to me by the figures and descriptions of 

 Its author ; it presents decided affinities with the Paguridea in the 

 form of the fourth and fifth legs of the cephalothorax, eyes, anteunse, 

 and anterior legs, which are more distinctly Macrurau in type. 

 Uaucothoe has been considered by Mr. Speuce Bate' to be but the 

 immature condition of Pa gurus ; and he figures and notices a speei- 

 rnen of that or a closely-allied genus that had been taken floating on 

 the surface of the sea. Whether his contention be correct or not 

 (and his remarks and figures do not appear to me to suffice to decide 

 the question), there can, I think, be httle doubt that the specimens 

 ot Fomatocheles I have examined are mature ; and the fact that they 

 had been found at considerable depths permanently ensconced within 

 the shell ot Dentalium seems confirmatory of tha't opinion. From 

 l^laucotkoe Pomatocheles is easily distinguished by the form of the 

 chelae ot the anterior legs and of the carapace, not' to mention other 

 characters. 



Galatheidea.' 

 Galathea orientalis. 



Galathea orientalis, Stimpson, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil, p 252 

 (1858). ■ ^' 



A large series of this species was collected, the specimens agreeing 

 in all respects with Stimpson's description, and the number of spines 

 on the gastric region and late/al margins being remarkably constant • 

 only It is to be noted tliat the large spine on the inner surface of the 

 wrist varies considerably in size, sometimes not being much larger 

 than the other spiuules of the anterior legs; there is usually a small 

 tooth on the inner margin of the immobile finger. 



This species, like the Filumnus hirsutus and Cymodocea trilobata 

 to be described in the second part of this Keport, is a verv common 

 inhabitant of the Chinese seas, having been dredged at no fewer than 

 nme different localities in or near the Corean Straits, at depths 

 varying from 12 to 50 fathoms. Stimpson's specimens were from 

 the Ly-i-moon Straits, near Hong-Kong. 



MUNIDA JAPONICA. 



Munida japonica, Stimpson, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 252 

 (1858). ^ 



A single specimen was collected in the Corean Straits, lat. 33° 

 14' N., long. 182° 55' E., at a depth of 40 fathoms. The legs are, 

 unfortunately, wanting ; but in the form of the carapace and rostrum, 

 and the number and position of the spines of the cephalothorax, it 

 agrees perfectly with Stimpson's description, whose specimens were 

 collected at Kagosima, Japan. 



„L■^^™• ^°^- ^^'- ^^'■- 1' ^^'^ P- 334 (1830); Hist. Nat. Crust, ii. p. 306 

 (1830 ; and Atlas, iu Cuv. E. A. Crust, (ed. 3), pi. xliii. fig. 2 



'.Kep. Brit Assoc, p. 63 (1865); Ann. & Mag. Kat. Hist. ser. 4, ii. p. 115, 

 pi. IX. lig. 3 (186b), 



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