1913-] S. Kemp: Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region. 117 



Colour light horn-brown. Exposed thoracic segments with a broad black basal 

 band. Post-abdominal segments with a similar band at each suture. Carapace and 

 penultimate joint of raptorial limbs with three broad bands, appearing beneath the sur- 

 face, a large black blotch on each side of the telson, and on the rami of the appendages 

 of the sixth segment ; a conspicuous white longitudinal band on each side of the 

 dorsum." 



As noted by De Vis this species belongs to the maculata section of Lysiosquilla. It 

 seems to be easily distinguished by the irregular wrinkling on the exposed thoracic 

 somites, by the sculpture of the last segment of the abdomen and by the dilated apex 

 of the terminal spine of the raptorial claw. 



L. miersi is known only from a single specimen (sex and length not noted) found on 

 sand banks at Moreton Bay, Queensland. 



3, Lysiosquilla capensis, Hansen. 



1895. Lysiosquilla capensis, Hansen, Isop. Cumac. u. vStomatop. Plankton. Bxped., p. 74. 

 1910. Lysiosquilla capensis, Stebbing, Ann. S. African Mus., VI, p. 406. 



Hansen's short description of this form runs as follows : " eine Art, die von alien 

 anderen dadurch leicht zu unterscheiden ist, dass sie ausser dem Enddorn 14 Dornen 

 an dem Dactylus besitzt, 7 Uropoddornen undTelson wie bei Lys. maculata (F.) geformt* 

 (1 Exemplar von Port Elisabeth im Museum zu Strassburg) . " A fuller account of 

 this specimen is badly needed. 



Lysierichthus pulcher, Hansen, which according to its author is the larva of L. 

 capensis, is recorded from the Atlantic, N.W. of the Cape of Good Hope (32 30' S., 

 15VE.). 



4. Lysiosquilla crassispinosa, Fukuda. 



1910. Lysiosquilla crassispinosa, Fukuda, Annot. Zool Japon., VII, p. 146, pi. iv, figs. 4, 4a. 



Fukuda gives the following diagnosis of this species: — " Eyes with the corneal 

 region nearly globular. The manus of raptorial limb bearing, besides the usual serra- 

 tion, ten or more acute jointed spines on the inner margin ; dactylus armed with ten 

 teeth including the terminal one. Rostrum triangular, terminating in an acute median 

 spine. Carapace smooth, with all its angles rounded. Last two thoracic and first two 

 abdominal segments provided with a pair of inconspicuous carinae. All abdominal 

 segments with their postero-lateral angles -ending in spines. The whole dorsal surface 

 of the last two segments and a part of that of the fifth abdominal segment covered 

 with irregularly shaped granules. Eight stout spines or lobes on the postero-lateral 

 margin of the telson, the median crest of which is broad and somewhat obscurely 

 defined. The inner spine of the dorsal prolongation of uropod much longer than 

 outer.' ' For further details Fukuda' s long and careful description should be consulted. 



The unique example of this curious species, a female 275 mm. in length, is recorded 

 from the Sagami Sea, Japan. 



