554 Mtt. W. F. LAXC1LESTER ON THE [Dec. 3, 



54. Squilla scorpio Latr. 



Squilla scorpio, Latr. Eneycl. Melh. x. p. 47 L (1825). 



Patani ? or Trengganu *? 



A male and a female ; length about 3 in. 



XXXI. Genus Ltsiosquilla Dana. 



55. Ltsiosquilla spinosa W.-Mason. 



Ltsiosquilla spinosa, W.-Mason, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 p. 222(1875); Miers, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. (5) v. p. 12, pi. i. 

 tigs. 10-12 (1880). 



Squilla indrfensa, Kirk, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. (5) ii. p. 4UG 

 (1878). 



Pulau Bidan, Penang. 



Five young specimens ; length about | in. 



These small individuals seem to belong to this species ; the form 

 of the telson is quite in accordance with Mr. Miers's description. 

 There are from twelve to fourteen spines on the dactyls of the 

 raptorial claws ; and a minute spine on the posterior part of the 

 base of each of the last three thoracic legs. 



Exposed thoracic and abdominal segments suffused with rosy-red, 

 aggregated on the posterior segment into minute red spots ; 

 raptorial limbs with black spots; body with black spots, lying 

 superficially to the red coloration and tending to mass at the 

 postero-lateral angles of the abdomen ; they form, in particular, 

 two conspicuous black marks on the telson just over the sub- 

 median marginal spines. The gut appears through the body-wall, 

 in three individuals, as a median black line. 



XXXII. Genus Ciiloridella Miers. 



56. Chloridella chlorida Brooks. 



Squilla chlorida, Brooks, ' Challenger ' Stomatopoda, p. 40, pi. ii. 

 figs. 1-5(1886). 



Kelantan. 



A male ; length about 3 in. 



I note the presence in this specimen of submedian carina? on all 

 the abdominal segments, fainter on the front segments than on 

 those behind, those of the sixth ending in a small sharp spine ; the 

 inner margin of the inner spine of the ventral prolongation of the 

 uropods carries seven, instead of four or five, spines ; the tubercles 

 on the telson are clearly arranged in three curved rows on each 

 side of the dorsal median carina ; the carapace bears a very faint 

 median carina. I will also add that the penultimate joint of the 

 exopodite of the uropods bears on its outer margin seven strongly 

 curved spines, of which the most distal is about twice as long as 

 the others. 



