274 Mr. E. J. Miers on Crustacea from 
project beyond the scabrous pad at the distal end of the 
penultimate joint. The fifth legs are more distinctly che- 
late, the dactylus closely applied to the projecting lobe at 
the distal end of the penultimate jomt. ‘The uropoda are 
nearly symmetrical, the left little larger than the mght. 
Colour (in spirit) yellowish; eye-peduncles orange, the 
chelipedes pinkish ; there are faint indications of longitudinal 
orange or brownish bands on the jomts of the legs. Length 
of carapace about 4 lines (9 millim.) ; of the second leg on. 
the left side about 9 lines (19 millim.) ; the larger chelipede 
is incapable of full extension, therefore its dimensions are not 
given. 
In what I regard as the typical state of this species, 
because most nearly resembling Costa’s figure, the palm of 
the left chelipede is more elongated, with the lower margin 
nearly straight, outer surface of lower finger concave at base ; 
in another variety, which I will designate var. ovata, the 
palm is more ovate, lower margin convexly arcuated, the 
fingers somewhat shorter, the lower nearly flat on its outer 
surface. In both the concavity of the wrist is very distinct. 
In a single specimen of small size the granules on the outer 
surface of the wrist and palm are smaller and less crowded, 
wrist without any concavity on its upper surface, hand more 
elongated and less flattened on its outer surface, dactylus as long 
as the palm and less strongly spinulose. ‘This variety (or 
species) may be designated provisionally var. gracilimana. 
M. Brito de Capello has recently described * two species 
(Pagurus Bocaget and P. algarbiensis) from the Portuguese 
coast which appear to belong to this genus, and must be desig- 
nated Diogenes Bocagec and D. algarbiensis. They are 
distinguished by having the sides of the carapace armed with 
a spinose crest, and by the anterior legs being “ covered with 
spines,’ &c. 
Pagurus striatus (Latr.). 
Several small specimens inhabiting shells of Conus pro- 
metheus, var. siamensis, Hwass., and Mesalia brevialis, Lamk., 
are referred to this species; their coloration, however, differs 
somewhat from that of P. striatus as described by Milne- 
Edwards and Roux, and as exhibited in dried specimens from 
the Mediterranean in the British-Museum collection. The 
coloration of the legs in the specimen preserved in spirits from 
Goree is a deep purplish red, variegated with pale blue and 
lighter red markings, and with numerous small whitish spots 
* Jornal de Sciencias etc. de Lisboa, 1874, p. 128. 
