82 AUSTRALIAN MALACOSTEACA. 



hand not carinate ; with a small spine above the base of the 

 mobile finger. Fingers strongly carinate. 



Port Jackson ; Tasmania. Found also in New Zealand. 



140. Nectocarcinus tuberculosus. 



Nectocarcinus tuberculosus, A. M.-Edw., Ann. Sci. Nat. (4), 

 t. xiv., p. 220 ; Miers, Zool. " Erebus and Terror," Crust., p. 2. 



Distinguished by having numerous sub-spiniform tubercles 

 on the anterior portions of the gastric and branchial regions, 

 the hands, and carpi, and by having the front divided into two 

 truncated, finely denticulated lobes. [M.~J.~\ 



Tasmania. 



Genus Caphyra, Giu'rin. 



Carapace smooth above. External angle of the basal joint of 

 the external antenna? prolonged into the internal orbital hiatus ; 

 fiagellum excluded from the orbit. Internal antenna- folded 

 almost transversely under the front, their basal joint very thick. 

 Third joint of the external maxillipedes truncated for the 

 insertion of the fourth joint. Fingers of the chelipedes with 

 trenchant borders. Last pair of ambulatory legs elevated on 

 the back, with the terminal joint sharp and a little hooked. 

 [A. M.-JE.'] 



141. Caphyra octodentata. 



Caphyra octodentata, Haswell, 1. c. 



Carapace colourless, thin, smooth, and shining. Front notched 

 mesially, divided into four pairs of teeth, of which one occupies 

 the internal orbital angles, and is separated from the inner three 

 by wide angular fissures. Antero-lateral borders with four 

 acute teeth ; a very obscure raised line crossing the carapace 

 inwards and slightly backwards from the last tooth. Merus of 

 chelipedes with three or four small acute teeth on its inner 

 border ; carpus with an acute prominent spine above ; propodos 

 carinated above, the carina divided into two teeth, of which the 

 posterior is very acute ; external surface of the propodos with 

 an acute spine at its base. 



Palm Island (east coast of Queensland), (Macleay Museum). 



