1901.] CRUSTACEA OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 539 



Loc. One very damaged male, just moulted, from Kelantan. 

 One male and three females from Pulau Bidan, Penang. 



Dim. o' 24 X 34-5. § 30-5 x 44. '^ 2Sx 40-5. ? 20 x 28. 

 Breadth taken is greatest breadth. 



10. Atergatis eoseus Eiipp. 



Carpilms rosexis, man/inatus, Eiipp. Besclireib. 24 Krabben, 

 p. 13, pi. iii. fig. 3 (1830). 



Aterqatls roseus, Kossm. Zool. Ergebn. pp. 19-21 (1877); 

 Lanchester, P. Z. S. Lond. p. 730 (1900). 



Loc. Pulau Bidan, Penang. 



Four males. 



Thei=e all belong to Kossmaun's variety scrohicidatus. In the 

 two smallest the white portion is margined with a red line close to 

 and in line with the external edge of the sides and front ; in the 

 other two this line is present but very faint. In the two smallest 

 examples the red colour of the carapace is lighter, with a tendency 

 to cream-vellow. 



Dim. 19-5x12. 15x9. 14x7-75. 5-5x3. 



Breadth taken is greatest breadth. 



VIII. Genus Chlokodius Eiipp. 



11. Chloeodius NIGER EorskSl. 



Cancer niger, Forsk. Descr. Auim. p. 89 (1775). 



Chlorodius niger, de Man, Merg. Crust, p. 32 (1888) ; id. Zool. 

 Jahrb. Syst. viii. p. 519 (1895). 



Loc. Kelantan. 



A male, damaged ; only carapace and right chela present. 

 There are five teeth on the antero-lateral mai-gins, including the 

 external orbital angle ; the last of these is obtusely spiniform on 

 the left side, but not on the right. 



Dim. 12x8. 



-IX. Genus Chlorodopsis. 



12. Chlorodopsis melanochirus A. M.-Edw. 



Chlorodopsis melanochirus, A. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. ix. 

 p. 228, 1)1. viii. fig. 5 (1873) ; de Man, Arch. Naturg. liii. i. p. 281 

 (1887) ; Hasw. Cat. Austr. Crust, p. 55 (1882). 



Loc. Kelantan. 



Five males and four females, the latter all bearing ova. They are 

 in a very broken state, a great many of the legs being missing. 

 Six of the chelipedes are present, three from the right and three 

 from the left side, and in these I note the following two points : — ■ 



a. The presence, in all, of 4-5 whitish spines on the posterior 

 border of the arms. These are closely similar to those on the 

 antero-lateral borders ; they are, however, easily overlooked while 

 the chelipedes are yet attached to the carapace, both through the 

 nature of the background and the presence of longish brown hairs 

 on the border. 



b. In only one does the black colour of the fingers extend 



