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3. The corneal portion of the eyes is less expanded ; in specimens from 80 to 90 



mm. in length the corneal index is about 9-0 whereas it is about yo in 

 examples of 5. nepa of a similar size. 



4. In the raptorial claw the spine which terminates the outer inferior margin of 



the merus is smaller and in the adult male the distal end of the propodus is 

 very broad and the external margin of the dactylus is only very feebly 

 sinuous (fig. 52). 



5. The submedian carinae of the fourth abdominal somite never end in spines : — 



Carinae. Abdominal somites. 



Submedian . . . . . . 5,6. 



Intermediate .. .. .. (3)4,5,6. 



Lateral .. .. .. .. (1) (2) 3, 4, 5, 6. 



Marginal .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Not infrequently the marginal teeth of the telson are a trifle shorter than in the 

 preceding species and the dorsal rows of pits are less strongly marked. There are two 

 to four submedian denticles, eight to ten intermediate, one lateral, and one praelateral. 

 giving specimens of 5. hotoschista closely resemble 5. nepa in colour, but the dark 

 transverse patches on the second and fifth abdominal somites are absent and the general 

 tone of all the other markings is greenish rather than smoky-grey. This greenish 

 colouring is especially distinct on the median and marginal carinae of the telson. The 

 yellowish pigment has the same distribution as in 5. nepa. 



I have examined one hundred and three specimens of this species : — 

 A. J. Milner. 

 1 N. Annandale, 

 ( F. H. Gravely and S. W. K. 



Sandheads, Ganges Delta. 

 Puri, Orissa Coast. 



, 76 mm. 



,59, 76— 90 m n 



Off Vizagapatam Coast, Madras. 

 7-J — 9 fms. 



' Investigator.' 



1 cf , 3 ? , 73—93 mm. 



Madras Museum and purchased. 5 d , 129, 49—90 mm. 



-g- Madras. Madras Museum. 



7445-50 Cuddalore and p orto Nov0) T _ H _ Hm 



S. India. 

 3 -y^ Ceylon. Colombo Museum. 



"^-° (no locality). 

 British Museum. 



Madras. J. R. Henderson. 



(1893, sub S. nepa.) 

 Rameswaram I., G. of Manaar. J. R. Henderson. 

 Trivandrum Museum. 

 Cape Comorin. 



7 c? , 12 9 , 59—88 mm. 

 TYPES. 



19 c? , 21 9 , 63 — 95 mm. 



1 c? , 2 9 , 70—85 mm. 

 2cf,4?, 67—83 mm. 



1 c? , 64 mm. 



1 <? , 77 mm. 



1 9 , 76 mm. 

 Distribution. — East Coast of India from the Ganges Delta to Ceylon. 



