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S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 



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The colouring of L. maculata is very striking and is usually distinct in spirit speci- 

 mens. There are, as a rule, three broad transverse bands of blue-black pigment on the 

 carapace; the fifth thoracic and last abdominal somites are blue-black, while the other 

 segments of the post-abdomen are broadly bordered both anteriorly and posteriorly with 

 the same colour. A typical scheme of colour is shown in fig. 88 ; sometimes the 

 pigmentation is better developed (fig. 87) and occasionally it is much less marked, with 

 narrow bands on the carapace, the fifth thoracic somite entirely pale, and a large pale 

 patch on the last abdominal somite. The telson may show three large blue-black spots, 

 isolated (as in Herbst' s figure), or partially connected with one another; more usually 

 there is a pale anterior transverse band and a pale bilobed distal patch. In one speci- 

 men the anterior band is divided by oblique bars of pigment into three separate spots 

 (fig. 89). In the uropods the spines of the bifurcate process are blue-black distally as is 

 also the inner exopodal segment. The peduncular segment is blue-black proximally 

 and the outer segment of the exopod is divided obliquely into dark proximal and pale 

 distal areas. The endopod is blue-black except for a narrow transverse band at the base. 



The specimens in the Indian Museum are registered as follows : — 



V Fi i iIs - 



75- 15 New Guinea. 



ZËË? Christmas I., Polynesia. 



5H- 6 Nicobars. 



Ë2§î Andamans. 



S ^È Andamans. 



^~- Madras. 



^—^ Coconada, Madras Pdy. 



5f- 7 (No history.) 



Australian Museum. 

 Australian Museum. 

 D. G. Stead. 



F. A. de Roepstorff. 

 Homfray and Tytler. 

 B. Ford. 



Madras Museum. 



G. W. Wicks. 



1 9 , 182 mm. 



I <$ , 283 mm. 



(Raptorial claws only. 1 ) 



1 2 ,77 mm. 



1 c? , ca. 93 mm. 



(Fragment.) 



2d 1 , 137, 144 mm. 



6 c? , 3 9 , 69-185 mm. 



1 9 , 91 mm. 



The following specimens from other sources have also been examined: — ■ 

 Christmas I., Polynesia. D. G. Stead. 1 d 1 , 270 mm. 



Ceylon. Colombo Museum. 2 c? , 2 9 , 99-251 mm. 



Lysiosquilla maculata seems to occur only in shallow water ; though never found 

 in abundance, it has a wide Indo-pacific distribution extending from Japan and Oceania 

 to South Africa. It has been recorded from the following localities: Japan (De Haan, 

 Fukuda), Hawaiian Is. (Randall, Miers), Marquesas Is. (Bigelow), Duke of York Is. 

 (Miers) , Samoa (Miers, Thallwitz, Bigelow, Balss), Fiji (Miers), Rotuma (Borradaile), New 

 Guinea (Nobili, Thallwitz, Whitelegge), Amboina (Brooks, de Man, Ortmann, Nobili), 

 Goram (Miers), Batjan (de Man), Flores (Thallwitz), Celebes (de Man), Philippine Is. 

 (Miers, Brooks), Penang (Miers), Tuticorin and Madras (Henderson) , Mysore (Thallwitz), 

 Rodriguez (Miers) and Durban (Stebbing) . 



1 The raptorial dactyli are £ 

 over 300 mm. 



mm. in length, and must have belo 



. to a specimen measuring 



