254" [August, 



quam precedens, ultimo paulo oblongo, apice rotundato. Pedes antici mediocres; 

 8 sequentes tenuissimi, nudi aut nudiusculi. 



Long, 2'" 3'". Hab. ad oras portus " Bay of Islands " Novi-Zealandiae. 



2. Hymenicds Novi-Zealandi^. Carapacem, frontem, pedesque H. vario 

 similis. Abdomen maris lineare, segmentis penultimo precedentibusque duobus 

 latitudine aequis, ultimo triangulato, non oblongo, obtuso. An varietas varii ? 



Hab. ad oras portus "Bay of Islands." 



3. Hymenicus pubescens. Carapax pubescens, ferme orbiculatus aut vix 

 ovato-orbiculatus, postice arcuatus, rostro parvulo simplicissimo, rotundato et 

 marginem pubescente, margine carapacis omnino integro, inermi. Abdomen 

 tnaris angustum, lineari-subtriangulatum, segmentis penultimo precedentibusque 

 duobus fere aequis, postice parce angustantibus, ultimo subtriangulato, paulo 

 oblongo, obtuso. Pedes breviter pubescentes ; antici mediocres; sequentes 

 teaues. 



Long. \h"'2"'. Hab. in portu " Bay of Islands." 



ELECTION. 



Robert Swift, Esq., of St. Thomas, West Indies, was elected a Corres- 

 pondent, and Mr. William H. Allen, President of Girard College, was 

 elected a Member of the Academy. 



