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Length of carapace of largest, 3 "7 cm. 

 Three males, one in shell of Murex tribulus. 

 Localities -.—{l) Beyt Island E. (Balapur) ; (2) off Dwarka. 



Previously recorded from : — Tavoy, Museum collector ; Eed Sea, Ortmann ; 

 Mergui, de Man and Anderson ; Singapore, Walker ; Sydney, Ortmann. 



Clibanarius humulis, Dana (7). 

 Heller (17). 



Carapace longer than broad, and well calcified in front of the cervical groove. 

 Rostrum very short and slender. Eye-stalks long and slender, equal in length to the 

 antennal peduncles, and slightly shorter than the antennular peduncles. 



Ophthalmic scales short, with their free edges spinose and approximated. The 

 antennal acicle very slightly overlaps the base of the terminal joint of the peduncle, 

 and bears numerous long setae. 



Chelipedes stout, equal, and as long as the carapace. Extensor surface of the 

 wrist and fingers studded with conical tubercles, between which setae occur. There is 

 a hiatus between the bases of the closed fingers, which latter are blackened and 

 corneous at their tips. 



The second and third legs are much longer than the chelipedes, and are smooth 

 and sparsely setose. The propodite of the third left leg is somewhat modified, its 

 outer surface being a little flattened and its upper border crested. Dactyli also 

 slightly flattened and terminating in sharp blackened claws. 



Colour in formalin, dirty white ; propodites, dactyli, wrist and fingers, light 

 brown. 



Two specimens — males. 



Length of carapace of largest, 2 '2 cm. 



One specimen in shell of Nassa granifera. 



Localities : — (l) Off Dwarka ; (2) N. coast, Beyt Island. 



Previously recorded from : — Betra Par, Laccadives, Investigator ; Raratonga 

 (West Pacific). 



GALATHEID^. 

 Family: Porcellanid^. 



Porcellana, Lamarck. 



Lamarck (21), Stimpson (34), Haswell (14), Milne-Edwards (9). 



Characters of the genus : — 



Carapace suborbicular, or subovate. The length usually greater than the breadth. 

 Frontal region prominent and dentate, the teeth usually well developed. Orbits deep. 



