178 Transactions. — Zoology. 



is glabrous." Dactylos with some obtuse denticulations along 

 its lower or inner border, with short stiff hairs between. 



Left chelipede has the carpos wdth an enlarged upper edge 

 bearing two series of tubercles and tufts of hairs ; propodos 

 ovoid, its upper surface and that of the dact^^los granular. 



Ambulatory feet long, with a few hairs on the upper and 

 lower edges of the joints ; carpos of the anterior pair spinous 

 on the upper edge. 



Abdomen without plates. 



Length of the male, 20 mm. ; breadth of carapace, 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Filhol states that the species occurs somewhat 

 rarely along all the coasts of the colony, but becomes more 

 abundant towards the south, especially in Stewart Island. 



I have recently received from Stewart Island a few im- 

 mature specimens which appear to belong to this species. 



5. Eupagurus lacertosus, Henderson. 



1888. Eupagurus lacertosus, Henderson, Eep. Anom. Chall. 

 Exped., p. 63, pi. vi., fig. 7. 



E. lacertosus, var. nana. I.e., p. 64, pi. vii., fig. 1. 



Median frontal process of carapace prominent and acute, 

 lateral projections less marked, each tipped by a small spine. 



Ocular peduncles moderately slender. 



Antennules with the second joint of the peduncle subequal 

 with the eye-stalk. 



Antennae having the peduncles exceeding the eye-stalks by 

 almost the whole length of the ultimate joint ; acicle long and 

 slender. 



Chelipedes unequal, both relatively of large size, with a 

 granular and spiny surface. 



Eight chelipede with the upper surface of the carpos 

 covered with tubercular spines, inner border furnished with 

 a row of acute spines the two anterior of which are bifid ; 

 propodos about one-third longer than carpos, upper surface 

 granular, leaving two oblique tubercular ridges. 



Left chelipede with two rows of acute spines on its upper 

 edge, and a large bifid spine near the centre of the anterior 

 and upper border; propodos with an acute central carina, 

 armed with tubercular spines. 



Size : Length of body, 33 mm., but Australian forms taken 

 from shallower water, and distinguished by Henderson as 

 var. nana, do not exceed 12 mm. in length. 



DistribiUion.—Souih-e&st coast of Australia and Tasman 

 Sea. 



Habitat. — In the Tasman Sea, to the west of Cook Strait, 

 near the Australian cable line, in 275 fathoms. 



I do not know this species. 



