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Genus Dromia, J. C. Fabricius. 

 1798. Dromia, J. C. Fabricius, Suppl. Ent. Syst., p. 359. 



Dromia dormia (Linn.). 



1763. Cancer dormia, Linn., Amoen. Acad., vol. vi. p. 413. 



1910. Dromia dormia, Stebbing, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., vol. vi. p. 342. 



A large specimen of what I suppose to be this species was obtained by the Scotia 

 in lat. 48° 06' S. s long. 10° 05' W., the depth reached by the trawl being 1742 fathoms, 

 at Station 451, May 13, 1904. 



Some small specimens, taken on the shore, Houtjes Bay, Saldanha Bay, belong to 

 this family, but their position in it remains for the present indeterminate. 



Genus Pseudodromia, Stimpson. 

 1858. Pseudodromia, Stimpson, Pr. Ac. Sci. Philad., vol. x. p. 226 (64). 



Pseudodromia latens, Stimpson. 



1858. Pseudodromia latens, Stimpson, Pr. Ac. Sci. Philad., vol. x. pp. 226, 240. 



1910. „ „ Stebbing, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., vol. vi. part iv. p. 340 (with references). 



Locality. — Saldanha Bay, South Africa, from 5 fathoms, May 20, 1904 ; Station 482. 



Family Latreilliid^e. 



1899. Latreillidce, Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. lxviii. part ii. pp. 130, 165. 

 1902. Latreilliidm, Stebbing, Gilchrist's Mar. Invest., "S.A. Crust.," part ii. p. 23. 



Genus Latreillia, Roux. 



1828. Latreillia, Roux, Crust. Mediterranee, part v. pi. xxii. 



1894. Latreillea, A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, Res. Camp. Sci. Monaco, fasc. vii. p. 59. 



Latreillia elegans, Roux. 



1828. Latreillia elegans, Roux, Crust. Mediterranee, pi. xxii. 



1902. ,, „ Stebbing, S.A. Crust., part ii. p. 24 (with synonyms). 



The small specimens obtained by the Scotia indicate that the relations of length 

 between the fingers and palm of the chelipeds are variable. The feathering of the 

 penultimate joint of the fifth perseopod is well shown. It is highly desirable that 

 specimens of this remarkable organism should be preserved separately, if possible, 

 when first captured, as otherwise they shed their limbs with vexatious freedom, 

 the sharp prickles on the long, stiffly geniculating joints tending to hopeless entangle- 

 ment with extraneous objects. 



Locality. — Off Pyramid Point, Ascension, from a depth of 45 fathoms, June 10, 

 1904 ; Station 507. 



