2 Annals of the South African Museum. 



consignment, Mr. J. F. Quekett wrote, saying, " The spirit specimens 

 are from Durban, except two from Algoa Bay, which are so marked. 

 The dried specimens are mostly from Agulhas Bank, Cape Colony, 

 but the Mantis shrimps are from here." There is, therefore, some 

 vagueness in regard to the place of origin of the dried specimens. 

 It has not appeared necessary to mention them all on the present 

 occasion. Also some Penseidea and Caridea have been left over for 

 future consideration. The collection furnishes an interesting new 

 species of the genus Mamaia ; this again showing close relationship 

 to European and Japanese kindred. When its description and 

 illustration were already in the hands of the printer, a second and 

 in some respects finer specimen was sent me by Mr. F. W. 

 FitzSimons, Director of the Port Elizabeth Museum. This and a 

 fresh example of another interesting species from the same source 

 and locality will be further noticed in their turn. 



Along with two new species of Isopoda the report discusses in 

 various groups some established species on which it appeared that 

 fresh light could be thrown or desired. In the Palaemonidse the new 

 generic name Macroterocheir is proposed in place of what seems to 

 be the illegitimate use of the term Macrobrachium. The name 

 Squilla oratoria, de Haan, is upheld as prior to Berthold's S. affinis. 

 Lastly, it should be noted that some references are given to William 

 Stimpson's report on the Brachyura and Anomura collected by the 

 North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Stimpson died in 

 1872, pathetically believing that his manuscript and drawings for 

 that work had been destroyed in the great fire at Chicago during 

 the preceding year. His report, however, was subsequently found 

 to be safe at the Navy Department, and was transferred to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, which has now earned the thanks of the 

 scientific world by publishing it under the able editorship of Miss 

 M. J. Eathbun. 



BRACHYURA GENUINA. 

 OXYRRHYNCHA. 



FAMILY MAMAIID^. 



1905. Mamaiida, Stebbing, S.A. Crust., pt. 3, p. 22, and Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, vol. xviii., p. 157. 



In the restricted sense this family corresponds with Alcock's 

 sub-family Maiinse. 



