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



1886. Stebbing, T. Pi. R. 



On Crustaceans from Singapore and New Zealand. Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society of London, January 19, 1886. pp. 4-G. 



Preliminary descriptions are given of BijJiUs Tiftllarfhrus, n. s., from Sinj^apore, and of TalorcJiestia 

 tumida, n. s., and Phernsa cscrulea, n. s., the two latter so named by Mr. G. M. Thomson, 

 who discovered them in New Zealand. The suggestion that Jlr. Thomson's " Phervsa ?" 

 should be referred to the genus Amphit/iopsis, Boeck, is withdrawn in the full report on 

 the species, 1887. 



1886. Thomson and Chilton. 



Critical List of the Crustacea Malacostraca of Neiv Zealand. Part I. \_Rcad 

 before the Otago Institute, lOth Novemher, 1885.] Transactions of the New 

 Zealand Institute. Vol. XVIIL Art. XXXIII., pp. 141-159. 



To Tribe I. Lsemodipoda, four species are assigned, of which the fourth is given as : — 



" Cyamus ceti, Martens (Voy. Spitzbergen, 1671), etc., etc. Chilton (Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. xvi. 

 p. 252). 



" Hab. Parasitic on whales (Virgia hrevicejis), C. C. It appears to be common on various 

 whales (and sharks 1). I have it from several localities in the New Zealand seas, G. M. T. 

 On small hump-backed whale, Napier, A. Hamilton." 



Tribe II. Crevettina, has .sixty-five species divided between three families: — 



Fam. I. Corophiidie, has species 5-17, beginning with Curophium roniractum, Stimpson, and 

 ending with IpJii'jenia tijpica, Thomson. A note on " Coropliium crassicorne, Bruzclius," 

 says, "This species is taken along with C. contractum, and it is probable that they are only 

 male and female of the same species. C Bonnellii (Milne-Edwards) is probably the 

 same as C. contracfum. — C. C." 



Fam. II. Orchestiidae, begins with species 18, Nicea neo-zelanica, and ends with species 32, 

 Talitrus hrevicornis, M.-Edw. " Following Professor von Martens' suggestion," the authors 

 say, "the specific name neo-zelanicus has been adopted in place of all the various forms of 

 the word meaning 'of or 'from New Zealand.'" Accordingly they ch.ax\QQ. Allorchestes 

 novi-zealundix, Dana, into AUorcliestes neo-zelanica, and Nicea novx-zealandix, Thomson, 

 into Nicea neo-zelanica. But these changes in my opinion are neither lawful nor expedient. 



Fa/71. III. Gammarida?, begins with species 33, Gammarus frafjili,-<, Chilton, and ends with 

 species, 69, Probolium miirsvi (Haswell). Plterusa novx^zealandisR, Thom.sou, is called 

 Phernsa neo zelanica, and CEdicerus novx-zealandix, Dana, is called CEdicerus Tieo-zelanicus. 

 43. Aora ti/pica, Krtiyer, has for sj'nonyms " ? Microdentopus maculatus, Thomson," 

 "(J MicrodeutopiLS mortoni, Haswell," " ? Microdentopus temiipes, Haswell," and 

 "t? Microdentopus macnlatu><, Chilton." After species 60, Anonyx corpulentv^, Thomson, 

 comes the following entry : — 



" 61-63. Ltsianassa sp. 



" Lydunassa Ttrijijeri, Bate (Brit. Mas. Cat. Amph., p. G5, pi. 10, fig. 4). Thomson 

 (Trans. N. Z. Inst. vol. xi., p. 237). 



"The above identification is extremely doubtful; the species referred to it has been found at 

 Dunedin Harbour and Stewart Island, G. JI. T. I have at least three species of the genus 

 from Lyttelton and elsewhere, none of them referable to L. hruyeri without considerable 

 doubt, C. C. [Descriptions of tliese are not published pending the jjublication uf the 

 Challenger report on the Amphipoda.] 



