EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Squilla latreillei (Eydoux and Souleyet). 

 i. — Last two abdominal somites, telson and right uropods of a female specimen from the Persian 



Gulf : dorsal view. 

 2. — Last two abdominal somites, telson and left uropods of a male specimen from the Persian 



Gulf : dorsal view. 

 3. — Right eye in dorsal view. 

 4. — Left half of last four thoracic somites in dorsal view. 



Squilla gibba, Nobili. 



5. — Anterior half of the type specimen, a male, in dorsal view. 



6. — Right eye in dorsal view. 



7. — Antero-lateral angle of carapace in lateral view. 



8. — Raptorial claw of male. 



9. — -Raptorial claw of female. 

 10. — Fifth, sixth and seventh thoracic somites in lateral view. 



11. — Last two abdominal somites, telson and uropods of the type specimen : dorsal view. 

 12. — Last abdominal somite and telson of female in dorsal view. 



Squilla decor ata (Wood-Mason). 

 13. — Right eye in dorsal view. 



14. — Left half of last four thoracic somites in dorsal view. 



15. — Last two abdominal somites, telson and right uropods of a small female from the Yé River en- 

 trance : dorsal view. 

 16. — The same in ventral view. 



Squilla microphthalma, H. Milne- Edwards. 

 17.- — Right eye in dorsal view. 



18. — Left half of last four thoracic somites in dorsal view. 



19. — Last two abdominal somites, telson and uropods of a female from the Madras Coast. 

 20. — The same parts of a female from Karachi. 



Squilla fasciata, De Haan. 

 21. — Anterior half of the female specimen from the Andamans : dorsal view. 

 22. — Raptorial claw of the same specimen. 

 23.- — Last two abdominal somites and telson of the same specimen : dorsal view. 



