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Thalamita cooperi Borradaile. 



Thalamita cooperi Borradaile, Fauna and Geogr. Maldive and Laccadive Archi- 

 pelagoes, vol. 1, p. 206, text fig. 37, 1903. 



The species has previously been recorded from the Amirante Islands, 

 Goidu, Hulule and Minikoi — atolls in the Indian Ocean. One specimen 

 was collected at Palmyra Island. 



Thalamita prymna Milne Edwards. 



Thalamita t>iv)nna Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust., vol. 1, p. 461, 1837: 

 Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, p. 108, 1877 



The species has been recorded from localities in the Indian Ocean, the 

 East Indies, the Philippines, Australia, Lord Howe Island, the Liu Kiu 

 Islands, Japan, Tongatabu and Palmyra, the latter locality being reported 

 by Streets. 



The species was not taken by the expeditions of 1913 and 1922, but is 

 listed here in consideration of Streets' previous record. 



Assecla holothuricola Streets. 



Assecla holothuricola Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, p. Ill, 1877. 



The type locality, as reported by Streets, is Palmyra Island where it 

 was taken from the digestive tract of a holothurian. No specimens were 

 collected by the expedition of 191 3 and 1922 but the species is listed here 

 in consideration of Streets' record. 



Podophthalmus vigil (Fabricius). 



Podophthahnus vigil Miers, Vovage of the Challenger, vol. 17, Brachyura, p. 207, 

 1886. 



According to Miers the species is distributed throughout the Indo- 

 Pacific region. It was reported from the Fanning Group by Streets. No 

 specimens were collected by the expedition of 191 3 and 1922 but the 

 species is listed here in consideration of Streets' previous record. 



Family INACHIDAE 



Menaethius monoceros (Latreille). 



Menaethius moHoccros Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 64, p. 197. 1895. 



The species has a wide distribution ranging from the east coast of 

 Africa and the Red Sea through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to New 

 Caledonia, northeast Australia, Lord Howe Island, Japan, Samoa, Tonga- 



