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however, do not seem to be conspicuous enough to justify the establish- 

 ing of a distinct species, and I prefer to regard my specimen as be- 

 longing to the species referred to, with which it agrees nearly in all 

 other details. 



While living the whole dorsal surface of body and of the longest 

 segment of raptorial limb is coloured brownish green, sprinkled with 

 dark green spots. The lateral portions of the carapace, the exposed 

 thoracic and abdominal segments as well as the dorsal surface of the 

 longest segment of raptorial limb are marked by a pattern of light 

 bluish green colour. The antennules and antennae are vermilion fad- 

 ing into light blue. The flagellae are of a vermilion colour also. 

 Lively green colouring of the tubercles on the last two segments does 

 not occur in the specimen 



The single female specimen measures 395 mm in length. 



Locality. — Takanoshima in the gulf of Tateyama, Prov. Awa. 



Genus Gonodactylus Latreille. 

 3. Gonodactylus chiragra (Fabricius). 



Gonodactylus chiragra, Miers, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) V, 

 p. 118, ( 1880) — Brooks, Rep. Voy. Challenger, XVI, ii. p. 

 56, PI. XV. Fig. 4 (1886) — Jurich, Die Stomatopoden der 

 Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, p. 375, PI. XXVI [II], Figs. 

 4, 5 (1904). 



Gonodactylus smithii, Pocock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) XI, 

 p. 475- PI XX, B, Fig. I (1893) 



Locality — Nineteen males and seven females from Okinawa ; two 

 females from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands ; one male and one female 

 from the Seven Islands, Prov. Idzu. There are also one male and 

 two females from Okinawa, which show in the ornamentation of the 

 last two segments the characteristic features of G. smithii Pocock. 



4. Gonodactylus glabrous Brooks. 



