270 Transactions. 



Halicarcinus planatus, Fabr. Index Faunae N.Z., p. 250 ; 

 Stebbing, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1900, p. 524. 

 Numerous specimens from Te Whakuru (Miss Shand). 



Hymenicus marmoratus, Chilton. Index Faunae N.Z., p. 250. 



Specimens from Te Whakuru (Miss Shand) agree with the 

 type specimen, which came from Lyttelton, but I am doubtful 

 whether the species is a good one ; it may be identical with one 

 of those described by earlier authors. A revision of the New 

 Zealand Hymenosomidce is very much needed ; and I allow the 

 species to stand in the meantime till full comparison with others 

 can be made. 



Elamena producta, T. W. Kirk. Index Faunae N.Z., p. 251. 



A male specimen from Ouenga (Dr. Dendy) agrees with Kirk's 

 description and figures. Kirk's specimens were from Welling- 

 ton ; I have seen no specimens from the South Island. 



Macrura. 

 Palsemon affinis, M.-Edwards. Index Faunae N.Z., p. 255. 



Numerous specimens of this common species were sent by 

 Mr. Shand. 



Xiphocaris curvirostris (Heller). Index Faunae N.Z., p. 255; 



Thomson, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool., viii, p. 447. 



Numerous specimens brought to me by Mr. Shand from Chat- 

 ham Island (fresh water) ; they seem to be quite the same as 

 those found so abundantly in the Avon, Heathcote, and other 

 New Zealand streams. 



Mr. G-. M. Thomson has already pointed out that it is note- 

 worthy that the fresh- water shrimp found in Australia and Nor- 

 folk Island, Xiphocaris compressa, De Haan, is quite different 

 from that found in New Zealand streams. 



Stomatopoda. 

 Lysiosquilla spinosa (Wood Mason). Index Faunae N.Z., p. 256. 

 This species has been recorded from the Chatham Islands, 

 under the name Squilla indejensa, by Mr. T. W. Kirk (Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., xi, p. 394). 



Amphipoda. 

 Orchestia chiliensis, M.-Edwards. Index Faunae N.Z., p. 257. 

 I have some specimens from Te Whakuru (Miss Shand) thai 

 must, I think, be referred to this species as defined by Mr. G. M. 

 Thomson (Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxi, p. 199). 



