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scarcely any intermarginal hiatus. The ambulatory legs are defi- 

 cient except one fifth leg, which has the joints except the last 

 compressed and bordered with long hairs ; the upper margin of the 

 merus is acute and obscurely crenulated ; dactyl hairy, styliform, 

 and short, with a small terminal claw. Colour (in spirit) light yel- 

 lowish white. Length of carapace 3| lines (6^ miUim.), breadth 

 4J lines (about 9| miUim.). 



The single female in the collection was obtained at Thursday 

 Island, 4-5 fms. (No. 165). 



There is also a female in the Museum collection obtained near 

 Java {H.M.S. ' Samarang '). 



As I have examined no male specimens of this curious species, and 

 am ignorant of the position of the male verges, I do not venture to 

 remove it from the vicinity of Pilumnus, in which' genus it is re- 

 tained by Mr. HasweU. There is, I think, no doubt of the specific 

 identity of our example with the specimen figured in the ' Catalogue 

 of Australian Crustacea,' though whether this be identical with the 

 P.fimhriatus of M.-Edwards remains somewhat uncertain, on account 

 of the brevity of the diagnosis of the latter author. This species 

 certainly cannot be retained in Pilumnus as at present restricted ; 

 and I am inclined to think it should be removed from the Cancroidea 

 to the Grapsoidea. I am, however, unable at present to indicate 

 its exact affinities. 



Mr. HasweU records it from Port MoUe. 



64. Piltunnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan). 



Two specimens are in the collection from Port Jackson (No. 104). 



The British Museum contains specimens from Port Jackson 

 (Cuming), Port Phillip, Victoria (i)r. J. B. Kinahan), and the Austra- 

 lian seas, no definite locality (Stutehbury) ; also from New Zealand. 



In my ' Catalogue of the New-Zealand Crustacea,' p. 21 (1876), 

 I have already pointed out the possible identity of Pilumnopeus 

 crassimanus, A. M.-Edwards, with P. serratifrons. I believe Mr. 

 HasweU is right in regarding Heteropanope australiensis, Stimpson, 

 as also synonymous with this species (Cat. p. 70). 



65. Ozius guttatus, var. speciosuB. 



Ozius speciosus, Hilgendorf, in Van der Beckmis Reisen in Ost-Afrika 

 iii. p. 74, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1869). •' ' 



An adult female is in the coUection from Flinders Island, North- 

 east Australia. Mr. HasweU records it from Port Denison and Port 

 Curtis. 



To the same variety, as I think it must be designated, belongs an 

 adult female in the British-Museum coUection from Mauritius (Lady 

 Franfes Cole). 



In the typical form of Ozius guttatus, as described and figured by 

 Prof. Alph. Milne-Edwards in his Keport on the Crustacean Eauna 



