74 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



Genus TETRALIA Dana 



105. TETRALIA GLABERRIMA Dana 



Tetralia glaberriina Dana, U. S. Exploring Expedition, Crust., i, 263, pi. 

 XVI, fig. 3. 



Of a pale yellowish, or flesh-color. Eyes dark. 



Found in crevices among madrepores taken below low-water mark 

 in a bay on the east side of Hongkong Island ; also at the Bonin 

 Islands. 



106. TETRALIA L.ffiVISSIMA ' Stimpson 



Plate IX, Fig. 4, 4a 



Tetralia lavissiina Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., x, p. 38 [35], 

 1858. 



This species is closely allied to T. glaberriina; but the front is 

 scarcely denticulated ; the left or larger hand is rather short and 

 thick, glossy, pubescent as usual at the external base ; fingers very 

 widely gaping and not toothed within, their tips crossing ; dactylus 

 much curved, minutely granulated above. There is a slight tooth 

 at the inner apex of the meros joint in the chelopoda. Dimensions : 

 Length of carapax, 0.273 ; breadth, 0.298 inch. 



Found at Ousima. 



PORTUNID^ 



107. PORTUNUS STRIGILIS- Stimpson 



Plate IX, Fig. 6 



Portunus strigilis Stimpson, Proc. Acad. X^at. Sci. Phila., x, p. 38 [35], 

 1858. 



Body and feet everywhere pubescent, but not densely so. Carapax 

 convex, rather narrow ; proportion of length to breadth, i : 1.07. Sur- 

 face areolate, and everywhere covered with transverse raised lines, 

 closely arranged and somewhat undulated, smaller and more crowded 

 posteriorly than anteriorly. Antero-lateral margin five-toothed, in- 

 cluding the angle of the orbit; teeth of moderate size, the second 

 and fifth generally a little smaller than the others. There is a raised 

 line or slight crest on the postero-lateral margin, continuous with 



^ Tetralia glaberriina (Herbst). 

 ~ Liocarcinus strigilis (Stimpson). 



