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26. Phymodius rugipes. 



Aotaaodes rugipes, Heller, SUzwagsher. der Akad. Wissensoh. Wien 

 zlui. (1) p. 330, pi. i. flg. 20 (1861). ' 



Seychelles, 4-12 fms. (No. 194), a small male. 

 _ This species, originally described from the Eed Sea, has been 

 hitherto a desideratum in the Museum collection. The coloration 

 (m spirit) is a brilliant red, with whiter blotches, whereof the 

 largest is in the middle line of the carapace. It is distinguished 

 from the other species of Phymodius, to which genus I think it 

 must be referred on account of its strongly-lobulated carapace, which 

 IS less transverse than in Oarpilodes, where it is referred by A Milne- 

 ' Edwards (N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. ix. p. 181, 1873), by the rugose 

 ambulatory legs, whose merus-joints, in the specimen I hare ex- 

 amined,_ are denticulated along their upper margins. The basal an- 

 tennal joint enters slightly within the ipner orbital hiatus, but not 

 more so than is usual in Phymodius (P. ungulatus, P. monticulosus). 



27. Chlorodius niger {Forshal). 



Seychelles, 4-12 fms. (No. 194), an adult female. 

 On p. 215 I have referred to the distribution of this species as 

 exemplified in the series in the British-Museum collection. 



28. Chlorodius miliaris, A. M.-Edw. 



Two specimens, adult males, were collected at the Seychelles with 

 the preceding (No. 194). 



This fine species has been hitherto a desideratum in the British- 

 Museum collection. The specimens before me merely differ from 

 M.-Edwards's description, based on specimens from New Caledonia, 

 in the less elevated protogastric lobes, and in having the somewhat 

 rounded frontal lobes separated by a rather deep median notch ; the 

 three posterior antero-lateral teeth are spiniform. The black colora- 

 tion of the chelae covers the distal part of the outer surface of the 

 palms, where it forms a rectangular black patch. 



29. Chlorodopsis melanodactylus, A, M.-Edw. 



Etoile Island, 13 fms. (No. 191), four specimens ; African or 

 Eagle Island, 10 fms. (No. 184), an adult male. Seychelles, 4-12 fms. 

 (No. 194) ; several specimens of both sexes and different sizes. 



They agree in all essential characters with the description and 

 figure of A. M.-Edwards, based on New-Caledonian examples, and 

 with a specimen from the Oriental seas, without special locality, in 

 the Museum coUeotion (H.M.S. 'Herald'). 



Chlorodopsis pilumnoides of Adams and White* is a nearly 



* Crustacea of H.M.S. ' Samarang,' p. 41, pi. ix. fig 3 (1848). 



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