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times the breadth of the head. Abdomen terminated by a large 

 foliaeeous plate which is rounded posteriorly. Legs of the four 

 first pairs slender, those of the three last pairs very broad, having 

 the basos very broad and flattened, and the anterior border of 

 the ischium prolonged in the form of an oval plate. Length 

 nearly 2 in. [M.-lSdw.'] 



Sydney (Heller). 



489. Ourozeuktes sp. ? A.M. 



In the Australian Museum collection are two specimens of 

 a species of Ourozeuktes, which differs so remarkably from 

 Milne-Edwards' figure of the preceding species, that they are 

 probably distinct. The outline of the body is not oval but 

 broad in front and narrowing gradually behind, and the abdomen 

 is about one and a half times as long as broad, and narrowing 

 considerably posteriorly. I put it down provisionally under a 

 new name Ourozeuktes pyriformis. 



Family uEGIDjF. 



Body oval and convex. Epimera conspicuous. Abdomen 

 4-(> jointed. Antenna? inserted on the margin of the front. 

 Maxillipedes elongate, 4-6 jointed, all the joints lamellate, the 

 terminal ones broad and short. Three anterior pairs of feet 

 sometimes terminating in a long curved claw or peduncle, often 

 simply unguiculate ; four posterior pairs never provided with 

 long curved dactyli. 



Sub-Family JEyince. 



Three anterior pairs of legs with long strong curved dactyli ; 

 the remainder with the dactyli small. 



Genus tEga, Leach. 



Body oval and convex. Eyes large. Front not prominent. 

 External antenna? separated from each other by a process of the 

 epistome. Internal antenna? approximated at base, very short, 

 with the basal joints broad and flattened, occupying the front 

 margin of the head. Caudal appendages flattened, reaching 

 about to the extremity of the terminal segment. 



