514 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



1880. Haswell, William A. 



Preliminary Report on the Australian Ampliipoda. The Annals and ]\Iagaziue 

 of Natural History. No, 25. January 1880. Vol. V. Fifth Series. London, 

 1880. pp. 30-34. 



" Between the amphipodous faima of Temperate Australia," Haswell says, " as exemplified in 

 Port Jackson and that of tropical Queensland, a well-marked dividing line may be drawn." 

 The characteristic Australian Amphipoda are to be found on and near the shores of the 

 temperate latitudes ; within the tropics they are comparatively few and not characteristic. 

 " The Orchestidae, however, are quite as abundant on sandy and stony beaches in the tropics 

 as in temperate latitudes." 



Descriptions are given of the new genera Cyproidia, Amaryllis, Glyeera, Polycheria, Xenocheira, 

 Haijlocheira, for which see Notes on Haswell, 1880, pp. 511-513. From the present paper 

 the following quotations may be given : — 



" Probably nearly allied to Euslrus and Iduna is a new generic form, which I have named 

 Macleayia. It has the superior antennae appendioulate, shorter than the inferior pair ; the 

 mandibles are provided with an appendage ; the maxiUipedes are exunguiculate, with the 

 squamiform processes rudimentary ; the gnathopoda are subchelate, the posterior pair being 

 very large ; the posterior pleopoda have one large ramus ; and the telson is small and 

 undivided." [The same definition (see p. 513) is given for Wyvillea, the name Macleayia 

 being dropped without explanation.] 



" In Chloris (mihi) the antennae are well developed, the superior pair shorter than the inferior 

 and provided with an appendage ; the mandibles are palpigerous ; the maxiUipedes 

 unguiculate, subped-iform, provided with a squamiform process on the basal joint only ; the 

 gnathopoda are subchelate, unequal, the second pair being very large; the posterior 

 pleopoda are biramous, with short, conical rami ; and the telson is single and elongate." 

 The same definition is given for Harmonia (see p. 513), the name Chloris being dropped, 

 no doubt for the sufficient reason that it was preoccupied. 



1880. Haswell, William A. 



On some new Amphipods from Australia and Tasmania. From the Proceedings 

 of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Vol. V. pp. 97-105. Pis. 

 V. VI. Vn. 1880. 



This paper includes figures and descriptions of Talifnis assiniilis, n. a.; Talorchestia limicola, 

 n. s.; Talorchestia terrx-reginx, n. s.; Talorchestia (?) mcLrmorata, n. s.; Talorchestia 

 pravidactijla, n. s.; Talorchestia quadrimana (Dana), var.'?; As2}idoj}horeia diemenensis, 

 n. s.; Atylus microdeuteropus, n. s.; Atylus megalophthalmus, n. s.; Pherusa australis, n. s.; 

 Mixra erassipes, n. s.; Gyrtophium (?) hy,<iri.r, n. s. In the Australian Catalogue, 1882, 

 Talitrus affinis is given, apparently by mistake, for Talitrus assimilis, and in 1885, Mr 

 Haswell makes Talitrus affinis a synonym of Talitrus sylvaticus, Haswell. Cyrtophium (?) 

 hystrix he subsequently named " Lsematophilus hystrix." 



The new genus Aspidophnreia is thus defined : — " Coxse of the posterior gnathopoda and of the fu'st 

 and second pairs of pereiopoda greatly expanded, deeper than the respective segments those 

 of the three kst pairs of pereiopoda small, that of the third pair hilobed- — the posterior lobe 

 larger than the anterior. Antennae simple; the superior pair shorter than the inferior 

 Mandibles without an appendage. MaxUlipedes with a pointed dactylos. Gnathopoda 

 subchelate — the posterior pair much larger than the anterior. Posterior pleopoda uniramous 



