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—CRUSTACEA. 5554. Birgus latro {L<strong>in</strong>n.).Du Lise Island, Glorioso Group ;beach, (an adult female).Specimens are <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> British-Museum collecti<strong>on</strong> from <strong>the</strong> Mauritius{Lachj F. Cole), Malayasian seas {Dr. P. Bleelcers coll.), andFiji Islands, Nairai {H. M.S. ^ Herald'), besides o<strong>the</strong>rs from <strong>the</strong>*Samarang ' and ' Herald ' collecti<strong>on</strong>s without special <strong>in</strong>dicati<strong>on</strong> oflocality.5, Ccenobita perlata, M.-Edw.Eagle and African Island, beach (No. 210). Five males arereferx'ed to this species, mostly <strong>in</strong>habit<strong>in</strong>g shells of <strong>the</strong> genusDolium.Specimens are <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> British-Museum collecti<strong>on</strong> from <strong>the</strong> Mauritius.In this species <strong>the</strong>re is usually an oblique series of somewhat moreel<strong>on</strong>gated tubercles <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper surface of <strong>the</strong> palm, occupy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>place of <strong>the</strong> series of oblicjue ridges <strong>in</strong> C. riujosa. The basaljo<strong>in</strong>t of <strong>the</strong> right fifth ambulatory leg is <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> adult male furnishedwith an el<strong>on</strong>gated curved styliform lobe, as noted by DeHaan ;this does not exist <strong>in</strong> a small male from Batjan {coll. Dr.Bleel-er) which I have designated C. perlata var. ? aff<strong>in</strong>is, and whichmay bel<strong>on</strong>g to a dist<strong>in</strong>ct species.G. Pagurus punctulatus, M.-Ediu.Darros Island, beach (jN'o. 199) ; a small example <strong>in</strong> a shell ofVoluta geo(jrapliica (L.).Specimens of this very comm<strong>on</strong> species are <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum collecti<strong>on</strong>from <strong>the</strong> Mauritius {Old Collecti<strong>on</strong>); Rodriguez ( 6r. Gulliver);Seychelles {Dr. E. P. Wright); Madagascar {Dr. J. E. Gray);Celebes, Batjan {Dr. BleeJcer) ; Borneo {L. Dilhvijn) ; Philipp<strong>in</strong>eIslands (C'^jHiar/); Duke of York Island {Bev. G.Broiun) ; Australia,Bramble Key {J. B. Jukes) ; and o<strong>the</strong>.r Australian specimens withoutspecial locality; Fiji Islands, Ngau {E.M.S. 'Herald'); andSamoa Islands {Eev. S. J. WJiitmee).A. White* refers to this species under <strong>the</strong> designati<strong>on</strong> of P. megisto(Herbst) ;but' <strong>on</strong> exam<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of his figure f I f<strong>in</strong>d that Milne-Edwards's citati<strong>on</strong> of this as an imag<strong>in</strong>ary (or manufactured) typeis correct; and <strong>the</strong>refore I reta<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> M&me P. punctnlatus, which.is usually adopted for <strong>the</strong> species {cf. Hilgendorf, Crust, <strong>in</strong> V<strong>on</strong> derDecken's Reisen <strong>in</strong> Ost-Afrika, iii.(1) p. 95, 1869).7. Pagurus guttatus, Olivier 1As our specimen differs somewhat from <strong>the</strong> brief descripti<strong>on</strong> published,I subjo<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g :The carapace is depressed, with <strong>the</strong> postfr<strong>on</strong>tal, lateral, l<strong>on</strong>gi-* List Crust. Brit. Mus. p. 60(1847).t Naturgesch. der Krabben u. Krebse, iii. p. 23, pi. Ixi. Cg. ] (1804).

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