72 AUSTRALIAN HALACOSTRXCA. 



parallel crests. Surface covered with a short pubescence. 

 Ocular peduncles thick and little mobile. Ambulatory legs 

 thick and strong, last pair the largest. 



Port Jackson ; Port Stephens ; dredged in a few fathoms. 

 Found also in Japan and New Caledonia. 



Genus Melia, Latr. 



Carapace sub-quadrate, almost flat ; front broad, the eyes 

 situated towards the angles. Basal joint of the antennae 

 cylindrical, not reaching the front. Ambulatory legs slender. 



121. Melia ? brevipes. Plate i., fig. 7. A.M. 



Melia ? brevipes, Haswell, 1. c. 



Carapace smooth, broader than long, convex, especially in its 

 anterior half. Pront not deflexed, margin entire, slightly arched. 

 Lateral borders slightly arched anteriorly, with an acute tooth 

 directed forward near the antero-lateral angle. Third joint of 

 the external maxillipede notched at its antero-internal angle for 

 articulation with the fourth joint. Anterior legs stout, wrist 

 with an acute tooth internally ; hand smooth, with a deep groove 

 close to its lower border at the distal extremity ; upper finger 

 also canaliculated externally. Ambulatory legs rather short, 

 smooth, and with a few hairs above and below. Length 

 7/16ths inch ; breadth | inch. 



Griffiths' Point, "Western Port. (W.A.H.) 



Genus Actumnus, Dana. 



Carapace a little transverse, very convex, the surface curving 

 downwards anteriorly and at the sides. Basal joint of the 

 antennae only joining a process of the front. Fingers spoon- 

 excavate. 



125. Actumnus pugilator. A.M. 



Actumnus puf/ihrfor, A. M.-Edw., Nouv. Arch, du Mus., ix., 

 p. 195, pi. vii., fig. 1. 



Carapace narrow, very convex and smooth ; regions distinct ; 

 front bilobed, deflexed and rounded in front. Antero-lateral 

 borders divided into three principal teeth (without reckoning 

 the oi'bital angle) in front of which is a small denticle. Larger 

 chelipede short and very massive; hand with a series of five 



