1$ ATJSTEALIAH MALACOSXltACA. 



orbits open below, with two fissures above. A long curved 

 supraorbital spine. Basal joint of the antennae with a spine at 

 its antero-external angle. First pair of legs slender, as long as 

 the carapace; second pair more than twice as long as the first, 

 following pairs shorter than the second. 



29. Chlorinoides tenuirostris. 



Chlorinoides tenuirostrls, Kaswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 

 Vol. i\\, p. 443, pi. xxvi., fig. 1. 



Carapace armed in the middle line with a row of four long 

 pointed spines, of which two are on the gastric region and two 

 on the cardiac ; ten shorter spines or tubercles on the lateral 

 portions of the gastric region ; live more or less prominent 

 spines on the hepatic and pterygostomial regions one close to 

 the anterior angle of the buccal orifice ; three longer and four 

 shorter spines on the branchial region, a tubercular eminence 

 towards its posterior boundary. Rostral cornua slender, acute, 

 divergent from their base, two-thirds of the length of the 

 carapace. Spine at the antero-external angle of the base of the 

 antenna? prominent, sub-acute; a compressed blunt spine 

 situated below the orbit, arising from the base of the antenna' ; 

 another much shorter immediately on the outer side of the orifice 

 of the green gland. Anterior legs as long as the carapace, slender, 

 sub- cylindrical ; third joint with a small spine at the distal end 

 of its upper surface ; hand very slightly dilated in the male. 

 Second pair nearly two and a half times as long as the carapace 

 and rostrum ; third joint in this and the following pairs with a 

 prominent acute spine above at the distal extremity. Abdomen 

 tuberculated. 



Darnley Island, Torres Straits (Macleay Museum). 



G-enus Micippoides, A.Milne-Edwards. 



Carapace sub-triangular. Spines of rostrum rather short, 

 deflexed, acute. No prae-ocular spine. Basal joint of the 

 antenna' enlarged, without spine or tubercle at its distal end. 

 Anterior legs in the male with the palm dilated. Ambulatory 

 legs of moderate length. 



