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the last there is a small praelateral denticle. This denticle and each of the teeth forms 

 the termination of a short but well-marked longitudinal carina. There are three 

 or four (rarely two) submedian denticles, seven to nine (rarely six) intermediate and one 

 lateral. The post- anal carina is well marked. 



The bifurcate process of the uropod is finely serrate internally. The inner spine 

 is fully twice the length of the outer and bears a small rounded external lobe near the 

 distal end of its proximal half. The ultimate segment of the exopodite is almost 

 equal in length to the basal segment. 



To this species I refer several extremely young individuals, between 20 and 30 

 mm. in length, in which the spines at the antero-lateral angles of the carapace are not 

 developed. In these examples the corneal index varies from 3-6 to 4-5, the corneal 

 and peduncular axes are very slightly oblique and the median carina of the carapace is 

 obsolete anteriorly. 



The general colour of living specimens of this species is usually smoky-grey. All the 

 carinae of the carapace, abdomen and telson are defined by very dark grey pigment ; 

 on the second abdominal somite there is frequently a dark dorsal patch and a 

 similar patch is occasionally found on the fifth somite. The eyes are bright trans- 

 lucent green, darker at the inner dorsal end of the cornea. The last three segments of 

 the raptorial claw are pure white, those of the appendages of the last three thoracic 

 somites and portions of the uropods are greenish yellow. The ventral surface is 

 uniformly pale. 



The dark grey colouration mentioned above appears to persist fairly well in 

 alcohol, but is sometimes entirely absent. Several specimens from Tuticorin, received 

 in formalin shortly after capture, showed a wholly different type of colouring. There 

 was no trace of dark pigmentation and the whole dorsal surface along with the basal 

 parts of the appendages was suffused with rosy red, tending to dull purple on the 

 telson and to a deep bluish purple on all the segments of the uropods except the outer 

 segment of the exopod. The median and submedian carinae were red and the an- 

 tennular peduncle purple. 



There are two hundred and fifteen specimens in the Indian Museum from the 

 following localities : — • 



~ Hongkong. G. Dennys. 1 d 1 , 1 9 , 99 and 129 mm. 



^p Singapore ? Raffles Museum. 1 d\ 119 mm. 



3 -f- 8 Penang. F. Stoliczka. 1 <? , 3 5 . 84—118 mm. 



3060 \ 



J_ Sandheads, Ganges Delta. J. Barnett. 4<? > 3 ? . 38—58 mil. 



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 448 59 ' 



3455-6 



3462-79 



ö . ~ . ~ . { N. Annandale, F. H. Gravely,) _ s _ _, . _ T ^ T 



Pun, Onssa Coast. j g_ w< K and ^ Caunter j 18 d- , i6 9 , 53 _ioi mm. 



Off Orissa Coast, 7—8 fms. ' Investigator.' 15 <$ , 24 9 , 59—105 mm. 



