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The following species, besides those referred to below, are probably well established : — 
Section A : — 
Mcituta lunaris (Herbst) = Matutci planipes, Fabricius ( fide Hilgendorf), and 
Matuta rubrolineata, Miers, Matuta leneifera, Miers, var. Indian and 
Indo-Malaysian Seas ; Pacific Ocean ; Chefoo, Australia. 
Matuta circulifera , Miers. Indo-Malaysian Seas. (Regarded by M. de Man as 
a variety of Matuta lunaris.) 
Section B : — 
Matuta granulosa , Miers. Oriental Seas ; Amboina. 
Matuta maculata, Miers. Chinese Seas ; Panagatan Shoal. 
Matuta picta, Hess ( = Matuta distinguenda, Hoffman, and Matuta obtusijrons, 
Miers, var. '?). Indo-Pacific Seas. 
Matuta victrix, Fabricius. 
Cancer victor, Fabricius, Species Insect., ii. (Appendix) p. 502, 1781. 
Matuta victor, Fabricius, Entom. Syst. Suppl., p. 369, 1798. 
„ Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. ii. p. 115, pi. xx. figs. 3-6, 1837. 
„ Hilgendorf, Monatsber d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 810, 1878. 
victrix, Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bond. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. i. pt. v. p. 243, pi. xxxix. 
figs. 1-3, 1877, et synonyma. 
,, ,, de Man, Notes Leyden Mus., iii. p. 110, 1881. 
Philippine Islands, Samboangan, 10 to 20 fathoms. Two males, and an adult and a 
sterile female. 
Adult 3 . 
Lines. 
Millims. 
Length of carapace, .... 
19 
40-5 
Breadth of carapace, about . 
20 £ 
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Matuta victrix, var. crebrepunctata, Miers. 
Matuta victrix, var. crebrepunctata, Miers, tom. cit., p. 244, pi. xxxix. fig. 4, 1877, not synonym. 
Ternate, October 15, 1874 (an adult male). 
Adult 3 . Lines. Millims. 
Length and breadth of carapace, about . . . . 15 31 - 5 
Matuta banksii, Leach. 
Matuta banksii, Leach, Zool. Miscell., vol. iii. p. 14, 1817 (1). 
„ „ Miers, tom. cit., p. 245, pi. xl. figs. 1, 2, 1877. 
„ „ de Man, tom. cit., p. 115, 1881. 
Samboangan, Philippine Islands, 10 fathoms (two males and a female, with Matuta 
victrix). 
