22 AUSTRALIAN MALACOSTRACA. 



and carpus covered with granulations. Ambulatory limbs stout, 

 one or two rows of pointed tubercles on the third and fourth 

 joints. [A.M.-E.'] 



Abrolhos, "Western Australia (Maeleay Museum). Found 

 also in New Caledonia, and the Sandwich and Yiti Islands. 



G-enus Schizophrys, "White. 



Carapace orbiculate triangular or rarely elongated. Spines of 

 rostrum distinct, with one or more accessory spines upon their 

 outer margins. Orbits large. Basal joint of antennae rather 

 slender, with two spines at its distal end. Fingers of anterior 

 legs excavated at the tips. [J/.] 



35. Schizophrys aspera. 



Mithrax aspera, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., t. i., p. 320. 



JDionc ajinis, De Haan, Faun. Jap., Crust, p. 94, pi. xxii., fig. 4. 



Mithrax spiriifrons, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 4e serie, t. vii., p. 202, (1S07). 



Schizophrys aspera, Stimpson, Amer. Acad, of Sci. and Arts, 

 January, I860 ; A. Milne-Edwards, Eecherches sur la faune 

 carcinologkpae de la Nouvelle Caledonie, Nouv. Arch, du Museum, 

 t. viii., p. 231, pi. x fig. 1. 



Carapace covered with granulations which are larger and more 

 acute on the more prominent regions of the carapace. Cornua 

 of the rostrum usually twice as long as broad, each generally 

 terminating in two points, the outer shorter than the inner, rarely 

 simple, sometimes with an additional spinule. Lateral borders 

 armed with six sub-equidistant, strong spines, with a smaller spine 

 behind on the branchial region. A small triangular tooth in the 

 middle of the lower orbital border. 



Torres Straits (Maeleay Museum). A widely distributed 

 tropical species. 



Genus Pleuropiiricus, A. Milne-Edwards. 



Carapace nearly circular, little convex. Front prominent, 

 orbits large. Lateral borders regularly curved, ornamented with 

 teeth. Antcnnary region narrow, basal joint of the external 

 antennae enclosed. Antennules folding up very obliquely in the 



