. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 10 A. L. RICE Rochinia carpenteri (Thomson, 1873) Following on from the Dorhynchiis passage, Thomson wrote (p. 176) "Another handsome new species, Amathia carpenteri. Norman (Fig. 35), was common in the sandy chalk-mud of the "Holienia ground". The genus ha<J previously been familiar as a Mediterranean ; As in the case of Dorhynchiis. this statement would clearly not identify the species but. as before, the illustration (Fig. 7), which in this case is good, is readily identifiable and can again be linked with the s
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 10 A. L. RICE Rochinia carpenteri (Thomson, 1873) Following on from the Dorhynchiis passage, Thomson wrote (p. 176) "Another handsome new species, Amathia carpenteri. Norman (Fig. 35), was common in the sandy chalk-mud of the "Holienia ground". The genus ha<J previously been familiar as a Mediterranean ; As in the case of Dorhynchiis. this statement would clearly not identify the species but. as before, the illustration (Fig. 7), which in this case is good, is readily identifiable and can again be linked with the specimen on which it was based (() reg. no. ). Again as in D. ihomsoni. the authorship of this species was consistently attributed to Norman until its correct attribution was established by Sivertsen and Holthuis (1956) and the illustrated specimen was selected as the lectotype by Christiansen (1969).. Fig. 7 Thomson's original illustration of Rochinia carpenteri (From The Depths of the Sea. fig. 35, p. ). Cymonomus granulatus (Norman in Thomson, 1873) The third new crab species is more problematical. Thomson did not illustrate this species and mentions it in the following passage following directly on from the reference to Rochinia carpenteri. 1 quote from a preliminary notice of the Crustacea by the Rev. A. Merle Norman: "Ethusa granulala (sp. n), the same species as that found off Valentia, hut exhibiting. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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