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45. Carpilodes cinctimanus (White). 



Carpilius cinctimanus, White, Append. Jukes's Voy. ' Fly/ p. 336, pi. ii. fig. 3 (1847) . 

 Liomera cinctimana, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 176, pi. v. fig. 4 (1873) . 

 Carpilodes cinctimanus, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 234 (1880). 



(= ? Liomera lata, Dana). 



Ceylon {Haly, Nevill). 



The general ground-colour of this species is bright red. The fingers are black, and a 

 black band encircles the hand, though in young individuals it is sometimes absent. The 

 dactyli of the ambulatory legs have a white band encircling their middle portion, while 

 the narrow apical part is black. 



Distribution. Erorn Mauritius and the Seychelles, to the Pacific and west coast of North 

 America. 



Genus Liomera, Dana. 



46. Liomera punctata (Milne-Edw.). 



Xantho punctatus, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, t. i. p. 396 (1834); A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. ix. p. 199, pi. vii. fig. 6 (1873). 

 Liomera punctata, Miers, 'Alert ' Crust, p. 528 (1884). 



(= L. maculata, Haswell). 



Tuticorin, an adult male ; Muttuwartu Par, a young male ( Thurston) ; Ceylon 

 (Nevill). 



The carapace of the larger specimen is 18 mm. long and 30 mm. broad. The red spots 

 on the carapace soon fade in spirit. There is a characteristic light-coloured band at the 

 base of the mobile finger of each chelipede. 



Distribution. Madagascar, Seychelles, Amirante Is., Red Sea, Malay Archipelago, N. 

 Australia, New Caledonia. 



47. Liomera Rodgersii (Stimpson). 



Lachnopodus Rodgersii, Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. March 1858, p. 32. 

 Liomera Rodgersii, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 231, pi. xiii. fig. 3 (1880) ; De Man, 

 Brock's Crust, p. 237 (1888). 



Ceylon [Haly). 



Distribution. Malay Archipelago. 



Genus Lophact^ea, A. Milne-Edwards. 



48. LoPHACTiEA GRANULOSA (RiippeH). 



L. granulosa (Riipp.), A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. t. i. p. 247 (1865). 



(= Cancer Umbatus, Milne-Edw.). 



Rameswaram, a male; Tuticorin, three males and three females (Thurston). Not 

 uncommon on the reef at Eameswaram (J. B. H.). 



In most of these there is an ill-defined granular ridge on the upper surface of the hand, 

 and in one female it is sharp and prominent ; this ridge is one of the chief distinguishing 

 features of the closely-allied L. cristata, A. Milne-Edw. In the same female the granu- 



