2 900.] FROM SINGAPOBE AND MALACCA. 733 



( 1865) ; Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 44 (1882) ; Henderson, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 356 (1893). 



Hah. Singapore. From the New Harbour, in 6 fms. Two 

 females ; the larger a deep red, the smaller a lighter red. 



Dim. $13-5x10-5. $10x7-5. 



32. Act.sa nodulosa Adams & White. 



Actasa noclulosa, Ad. & White, ' Samarang ' Crust, p. 39, pi. viii. 

 f. 4 (1848); A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 277 (1865) ; 

 Miers, 'Challenger ' Brachyura, p. 120 (1886) ; Henderson, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. p. 356 (1893). 



Hah. Singapore ; reef. A female and two males. The female 

 is a dull grey-white, the males white flecked with orange. 



Dim. 6 7x5-25. d 6x4-5. $8x6-5. 



33. Actcea RtPPELLii Krauss. 



jffigle ruppellii, Krauss, Siidafrik. Crust, p. 28, pi. i. f. 1 (1843). 



JEgle rugata, Ad. & White, ' Samarang ' Crust, p. 43, pi. viii. 

 f. 5 (1848). 



Actcm ruppellii; A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 270 

 (1865). 



Actwa rugata, id. torn. cit. p. 269. 



Actcea ruppellii, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. 

 p. 232 (1880) ; Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. p. 109 

 (1887). 



Acta>a rufopunctata, de Man, Mergui Crust, p. 26 (1888). 



Actcea ruppellii, Henderson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. v. 

 p. 358 (1893) ; de Man, Zoolog. Jahrb. Ed. viii. p. 499 (1895). 



Hub. Singapore ; shore, and up to 12 fms. Three males and 

 three females. These were generally found curled far down in the 

 cavities of pieces of eroded stone, which had to be broken in 

 order to find them. In all, the whole of the nasogastric and part 

 of the protogastric lobes are red ; the ground-colour a faint 

 yellow, with scattered red spots both on the carapace, legs, and 

 under surface. 



Dim. 6 27x21. d 25-5x19-5. d 23x18. $27x20. 

 $ 26-5x20. $ 20-5x15-5. 



34. ActjEA aeeolata Dana. 



Aetata areolata, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, pt. i. p. 162, 

 pi. viii. f. 1 a (1852) ; A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. t. i. p. 264 

 (1865) ; Miers, ' Alert ' Crust, p. 209 (1884) ; de Man, Mergui 

 Crust, p. 25 (1888) ; Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xx. 

 p. 109 (1887). 



Hob. Singapore ; under stones between tide -marks. Three 

 females and a young male. 



As in the ' Alert ' specimens, so in these, the inter-regional 

 grooves are much more clearly defined than in Dana's figure. 

 But their general resemblance with the figure, and their close 



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