122 AUSTKALIAN MALACOSTRACA. 



Carapace ovate-globose, posterior spines short ; sub-equal ; 

 anterior legs scarcely twice the length of the carapace ; hand a 

 third longer than the fingers. [_6.] 



Cape Grrenville (Macleay Museum). 



231. Myra Australis. A.M. 



Myra Australis, Haswell, 1. c, p. 50, pi. v., fig. 3. 



Carapace ovoid, strongly convex, granulated, with a slight 

 keel, and provided on each hepatic region with a prominent 

 mammiform elevation ; intestinal region dilated, crowned with a 

 cluster of granules ; pterygostomial regions very acutely angu- 

 lated. Median posterior spine little longer than the lateral, 

 conical, pointed, and sharply recurved at the apex ; lateral spines 

 flattened, triangular. Front entire, slightly depressed mesially. 

 Arm covered with large granules throughout its whole extent ; 

 wrist, hand and fingers covered with fine granulations ; fingers 

 about half the length of the hand, slightly ridged longitudinally. 

 External maxillipedes and sternum covered with minute granu- 

 lations. Abdomen of male triangular, granulated externally, 

 smooth mesially, its borders concave throughout the greater part 

 of their extent, a prominent tubercle on the penultimate segment. 

 Abdomen of female granulated, broadly ovoid, with well-marked 

 longitudinal sulci, and a tooth on the penultimate segment. 



Sue, Darnley, and Palm Islands ; Cape Grrenville ; Port 

 Denison. 



232. Myra Darnley ensis. 



Myra Damlei/ensis, Haswell, 1. c, p. 52, pi. v., fig. 1. 



Carapace granular, non-carinated, a large tubercle on each 

 hepatic ridge. Front deeply grooved mesially, obscurely four- 

 lobed. Posterior spines large, broad, compressed, sub-triangular, 

 the middle one slightly larger than the others. Maxillipedes 

 and sternum covered with minute granulations. Fingers slightly 

 exceeding the hand in length, striated longitudinally, meeting 

 by the whole extent of their inner margins, which are minutely 

 toothed. Ambulatory limbs slender. Abdomen (male) sparsely 

 granulous, with ;i small tubercle on the penultimate segment. 

 A few ill-defined light yellow marks on the carapace; two light 



