362 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC' RESULTS. 



that of the large forms," still lists the var. Jongirostris 

 as distinguishable from the species proper. 



PENEUS ESCULENTUS, Haswcll. 

 (Plate Ixiv., figs. 1-4.) 



Pencpus esculentus^ Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., iv., 

 1879 (1880), p. 38, and Cat. Austral. Crust., 1882, 

 p. 200. 



Penceus monodon, Whitelegge, Jour. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., 

 xxviii., 1889, p. 224. Id. Ogilby, Edible Crust. 

 N.S.W., 1893, p. 203, not including synonymy. 



Penceus esculent us, de Man, "Siboga" Exped., xxxix.a, 

 Decapoda, pt. I., Penaeidse, 1911, p. 96. 



Occurrence. - - Port Curtis, Queensland, 14-16 

 fathoms; one female (Keg. No. P. 2399). Bustard Bay, 

 Queensland, 11-16 fathoms; one male and one female 

 (Reg. Nos. P.2400 and P.2401). 



4-5 miles S.W. of Bustard Head Light, Queensland, 

 11-16 fathoms; four males and two females (Reg. No. 

 E.2054). 



Platypus Bay, Queensland, 7-9 fathoms; two females 

 (Reg. No. E.3162). 



Platypus Bay, Queensland, No. 1, haul 2, 28.7.10 ; one 

 male and one female (Reg. Nos. P.3550 and P.3551). 



11-14 miles N.W. of Pine Peak, Queensland, 24-26 

 fathoms; three males and fourteen females (Reg. Nos. 

 E.3200, E.3202, E.3204, E.3205 and E.3206). 



S. 29 E. Pine Peak, Queensland; three males and 

 three females (Reg. Nos. P.3590, P.3591, P.3592, P.3593, 

 P.3594 and P.3595). 



Southern Queensland ; five males and seven females 

 (Reg. Nos. P.3596, P.3597, P.3598, P.3599, P.3600, P.3601, 

 P.3602, P.3603, P.3604, P.3605, P.3606 and P.3607). 



11-14 miles N.W. of Pine Peak, Queensland, 24-26 

 fathoms; two males and six females (Reg. Nos. E.3201 

 and E.3203). 



Distribution. Apparently found only off the 

 northern and eastern coasts of Australia : other than the 

 localities enumerated above, known from the type 

 locality, Port Jackson, New South Wales, and Port 

 Darwin, Northern Territory of South Australia 

 (Haswell). Ogilby states that: "This is the 'Tiger 

 Prawn' of the Sydney fishermen. . . . This species is 



