131 AUSTHALIAN MALACOSTEACA. 



Matuta victor, Fabr., Eut. Syst, Suppl., p. 309 (1798) ; 

 ?M.-Edw., Hist. Nat. Crust., ii., p. 115, pi. xx., figs. 3-6 (1837) ; 

 Begne Animal de Cuvier, Atlas, Crustacea, pi. vii., fig. 1. 



Matuta peronii, Leach, Zool. Miscell., iii., p. 13, pi. 127, figs. 

 1, 2 (1817). 



Matuta lesuerii, Leach, Zool. Misc., iii., p. 11 (1817). 



Matuta victrix, Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2nd Series), Zoology, 

 Vol. 1, p. 213, pi. xxxix., figs. 1-3 (1877). 



Carapace finely but distinctly granulated ; two anterior 

 tubercles of the carapace obsolete, the remainder faintly marked. 

 Lateral marginal spine long, directed slightly forwards. Front 

 slightly emarginate, with the lobes rounded ; hand not granulous 

 upon its external surface, the tubercles on the upper half sharply 

 defined ; a small tubercle, followed by a very strong conical 

 spine at the base of the oblique ridge, which is interrupted at 

 the base, and obscurely defined. Ridge upon the external 

 surface of the mobile finger strongly beaded. Spots upon the 

 carapace numerous, minute, simple, scattered, and without any 

 tendency to form reticulating lines. \_M.~] 



Port Jackson. A widely distributed species. 



257. Matuta lineifera. A.M. 



Matuta lineifera, Miers, 1. c, p. 245, pi. xxxix., fig. 7. 



Carapace very finely granular, tubercles strongly marked, the 

 two anterior distinct as well as those of the postero-lateral 

 margins. Front emarginate, the lobes more acute than in M. 

 victrix ; hand of male nearly as in that species, but with the 

 spine at the base of the oblique ridge shorter. Carapace marked 

 with dark red, thread-like, usually uninterrupted lines, forming 

 irregular loops and circles. [M.~\ 



]N T . W. Australia, Nicol Bay (Brit. Museum) ; Chowder Bay. 



258. Matuta granulosa. A.M. 



Matuta (jranulosa, Miers, 1. c, p. 215, pi. xxxix., figs. 8 & 9. 



Carapace rather coarsely granulated, especially towards the 

 lateral marginal spines. Two anterior dorsal tubercles obsolete, 

 the others and those on the postero-lateral margins very indistinct. 

 Lateral marginal spines short, conical, and rather obtuse. Trout 



