X, D, 8 Kemp : Stomatopod Crustacea 171 



Squilla hieroglyphica Kemp. 



Squilla hieroglyphica ICemp, Mem. Ind. Mus. (1913), 4, 51, PI. Ill, 

 figs. 38-41. 

 No. 0-341. Herran Street Market, Manila, Luzon, December, 1911, 1 

 5, 48 mm. 



This species appears to be very scarce and has hitherto been 

 known only from a single example of unknown origin in the 

 Indian Museum collection. 



The specimen from the Philippines differs in some respects 

 from the type, but may undoubtedly be referred to the same 

 species. 



The rostrum is about as long as wide, but is much broader 

 apically than in the type, and there are fewer spines on the 

 abdominal carinae, namely: 



Carinte. Abdominal somites. 



Submedian 6 



Intermediate 5,6 



Lateral 5, 6 



Marginal 2, 3, 4, 5 



On the telson there are traces of a praslateral denticle, and 

 between the primary marginal spines there are 4 submedian 

 denticles, 7 or 8 intermediate, and 1 lateral. As in the type 

 specimen the raptorial claw bears 5 slender teeth, including 

 the terminal one, and there is no trace of the mandibular palp. 



The entire surface of the specimen is curiously eroded. This 

 I believe to be due to the action of formalin, and the same cause 

 may also account for the fact that the curious patches of black 

 pigment, found on the telson of the type specimen, are here 

 entirely missing. 



Squilla oratoria De Haan var. perpensa Kemp. 



Squilla oratoria var. perpensa Kemp, Mem. Ind. Mus. (1913), 4, 70, 

 PI. V, figs. 57-59. 

 No. 0-100. Manila Bay, Luzon, 1910, 1 d", 83 mm. No. 0-341. Herran 

 Street Market, Manila, Luzon, December, 1911, 2 d", 1 ?, 61-&2 mm. 



Except for the fact that in one specimen the anterior bifur- 

 cated portion of the median carina of the carapace is semi- 

 obsolete, the specimens are quite typical of this widely distributed 

 form. 



Squilla oratoria, sensu stricto, is apparently restricted to more 

 northern waters, although I have myself examined a single rather 

 aberrant example from the Philippines which is preserved in the 

 British Museum. The variety perpensa is recorded from an 

 area ranging from Hongkong and N. Australia to the Per- 

 sian Gulf. 



