AND OTHER BRITISH PRAWNS. 



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P. longirostris to P. styliferus^ which applies to an Indian prawn, 

 but Miss Rathbun is undoubtedly i-ight * in maintaining that 

 the name L. edwardsi Heller must give place to L. longirostris 

 of M. Edwards. 



Colour. — The colour is rather variable, but the majority are, 



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in life, almost colourless, and of an ojoaque white immediately 

 after death. A close examination shows that the whole body, 

 including the rostrum, is speckled with small red chromatophores. 

 In certain areas these chromatophores are surrounded by a halo 

 of blue pigment, which may sometimes be greatly developed and 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvi. p. 50 (1903). 



