Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

528 COLLECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.palm is keeled along the distal half of its upper margin, and, aswell as the wrist, is very evenly punctulatcd.Dr. Hilgendorf has already recorded this species from Mozambiqueand Ibo and from the Mauritius.In two specimens in the British-Museum collection from the k>andwichIslands (IF. H. Pease), referred to L. intosus (Randall), withwhich species L. nitidus (Heller) is very probably identical, thecarapace is relatively broader, the front less prominent, and thepalms of the chelipedes much more rugose above. It may be that alarger series would demonstrate the necessity of uniting thesewith L. dodone, when it would prove to be a widely distributedIndo-Pacific species.18. Liomera punctata (M.-Ediu.).A small male from the beach at Darros Island (No. 200), in which,however, the red punctulation has comjiletely disappeared, is referredhere.Specimens of the same species are in the British-Museum collectionfrom the Seychelles (Dr. E, P. Wright) ; Madagascar, Tamatave(^liev. Deans Cowan) ; Red Sea, Daedalus Shoal (Lt.-Col. Playfair) ;Ceylon, Galle {Dr. W. Ondaatje).The types were from theMauritius, and A. Milne-Edwards recordsthis species from New Caledonia ; hence it has undoubtedly awide Oriental distribution.In the adult examples in the Museum collection the front is muchmore deeply incised than in the smaller ones.By M. A. Milne-Edwards this species is retained in the genusXaidho ; but it appears to me that it should be referred to the genusLiomera, which should include all those species in which the carapaceis markedly transverse, as in Carpilodes, with the two anteriorof the antero-lateral teeth obsolete and the two posterior rounded,the legs not cristated, the finger-tips not distinctly excavated, andthe basal antenual joint reaching to the subfrontal process, but notincluded within the inner orbital hiatus.19. Actsea rufopunctata (M.-Edw.).Seychelles, 4—12 fms., a small female (No. 194).Specimens of this widely distributed form are in the Museum collectionfrom the jSIauritius {Old Collection); Da3dalus Shoal, RedSea {Lt.-Col. Plai/fair); Ceylon, Galle (Dr. W. Ondaatje); Keehngor Cocos Island {Lt. Burnahy) ; Eijis {H.M.S. 'Herald'); andSamoa Islands {Rev. S. J. Whitmee) ; also pi'obably from the HotspurBank, S. Atlantic (the specimen referred to in the <strong>Report</strong> on Dr.Coppinger's collections in the Magellan Straits and S. Atlantic),and Madeira (Pev. P. Boog ]Vatson). The specimens from Madeirahave lost the characteristic coloration, but otherwise closely resembleOriental examples.