202 DE. J. G. DE MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOUS 



In the youDger individuals the cardiac and intestinal regions 

 are also minutely granular. The chelipedes of the adult 

 male are twice and a half as long as the length, of the carapace, 

 but in the younger specimens, as in those described by de Haan, 

 they are only twice as long. The fingers of the adult male are 

 comparatively shorter in proportion to the length of the palm 

 than those of the youiiger specimens, and the under margin of 

 the index makes a straight line with the under margin of the 

 palm, the fingers not being curved inwards, as in young 

 specimens. P. longimana, Alph. M.-Edw., is apparently closely 

 allied to this species, and is probably only a variety of it. 



Although the Mergui specimens present a minute granu- 

 lation on the postero-lateral surfaces of the carapace, the same 

 as in Philyra longimana, I am disposed, notwithstanding, to 

 identify them with P. platycheira, which has been recorded by 

 Bell from the Philippine Islands. 



FJiilyra platycheira has hitherto been recorded from Japan, 

 Hong-Kong, and the Philippine Islands as just stated. 



Dimensions of two male specimens : — 



millim. millim. 



Length of the cephalothorax 16 llj 



Breadth of the cephalothorax 15f 7^ 



Length of the chelipedes 41 15 



Length of the arm of the chelipedes 17| 6 



Length of the whole hand 17 6^ 



Length of the palm 11 3|- 



113. Philtea globosa, Fair, 



(Compared with the typical specimens of Fabricius's Leucosia 

 glohosa.) 



Cancer globosus, Fabricius, Entom. Syst. ii. p. 441. n. 9. 



Leucosia globosa, Fabricius, Suppl. Entom. Syst. p. 349. 



Philyra globulosa, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust ac^s, ii. p. 132, 

 and Regne Animal de Cuvier, pi. xxiv. fig. 4. 



Philyra globulosa. Bell, I. c. p. 300. 



This species is represented by six fine specimens, 4 c? and 

 2$. 



I have been enabled, by the courtesy of Prof. Mobius, who 

 forwarded to me the two types of Eabriciu.s's Leucosia globosa, 

 to compare the Mergui specimens with those invaluable records 



