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The Malacostraca of Natal 
Small specimens occupying shells of Vatica mamilla, collected from 
Durban Bay by Mr. A. L. Bevis and Mr. D. R. Boyce, are in near 
agreement with the available accounts of this species. But while 
Henderson writes that the ophthalmic scales have ‘‘ merely two or three 
spinules towards the apex,” I find the distal margin fringed with six 
teeth in a very small specimen. The large left cheliped has all the 
borders of its fourth joint serrated, as noted by Alcock, but neither 
author shows the great comparative length of the laterally grooved 
fingers in the second and third perzopods, a feature attracting 
attention in our specimens, along with the close pad on the convex 
border of the preceding joint, especially noticeable in the limbs of the 
left side. Faint longitudinal streaks of red have been retained on 
these legs. 
Genus CLIBANARIUS, Dana, 1852. 
See Ann. 8. Afr. Mus., vol. vi, pt. 4, p. 352, 1910. 
CLIBANARIUS VIRESCENS (Krauss). 
See Reference above given. 
Specimens of this little species, obtained by Mr. Dale in Durban 
Bay, have been submitted to me by Mr. Chubb. They fully agree 
with the description given by Krauss, except for some alterations of 
colour, the blues and greens having no doubt faded, but the cross-band 
and dark apex of the fingers are still conspicuous in the second and 
third perzeopods. 
CLIBANARIUS LonGITARsSUS (de Haan). 
1849. Pagurus longitarsus, de Haan, Crust. Japon, Decas., 7, p. 211, 
pl. 50, fig. 3. 
1852. Clibanarius longitarsis, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exp., vol. xii, p. 
464. 
1888. C.0., de Man, Arch. Naturg., vol. lin, p. 441. 
1899. Clibanarius longitarsus, Nobili, Ann. Mus. Genoa, ser. 2, vol. 
20, p. 492 (20), 
1905. Clibanarius longitarsis, Alcock, Indian Decap. Crust., pt. 2, 
fase. 1, p. 158 (with synonymy). 
Round this species cluster others, such as C. striolatus, Dana, and 
C. padavensis, de Man, with bewildering proximity. This makes it 
difficult to guarantee any particular name without illustrative figures, 
which it is not just now convenient to offer. 
