Thomson. — On New Zealand Orchestidae. 205 



1879. Nicea nova-zealandicB. 



1879. G. M. Thomson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 11, 

 p. 235, pi. 10, fig. Bl. 



1879. Nicea fivihriata. 



1879. G. M. Thomson, I.e., p. 236, pi. 10, fig. B2. 



1886. Allorchestes tieo-zedlanicus. 



1886. Thomson and Chilton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 



vol. 18, p. 144. 

 1889. G. M. Thomson, I.e., vol. 21, p. 260, pi. 13, 



fig. 3. 



1886. Nicea neo-zealanica. 



1886. Thomson and Chilton, I.e., p. 144. 



1888. Allorchestes georgianus. 



1888. Pfeffer, Krebse v. Siid-Georg., 2 theil, p. 77, 

 pi. 1, fig. 1. 



1888. Hyale prevostii. 



1888. Stebbing, Eep. Chall. Amph., p. 144. 



1895. Hyale noviB-zeaiandice. 



1895. G. M. Thomson, I.e., vol. 27, p. 211. 



1895. Hyale fivibriata. 



1895. G. M. Thomson, I.e., vol. 27, p. 211. 



Body stout, reaching to a length of 21 mm. First antennae 

 reaching slightly beyond the peduncle of the 2nd pair ; 2nd 

 antennae scarcely half as long as body. Coxal plate of 1st 

 gnathopoda having an acute apophysis on the posterior mar- 

 gin ; propodos oblong, palm transverse. Second gnathopoda 

 in the female somewhat similar to the 1st pair; in the 

 male the carpos is very short and scoop-like ; the propodos 

 is very variable in form, more or less ovoid, with the palm 

 very oblique, usually defined by two spines, and often densely 

 fringed with hairs. Pereiopoda with small setose spines ; 

 claws with a fine sensory (?) seta. 



Hab. — In rock-pools between tide-marks, and throughout 

 the littoral zone on all parts of the New Zealand coast and 

 the islands lying to the south and south-east as far as Mac- 

 quarie Island. 



This is a widespread species in both hemispheres. I have 

 on several occasions got it from the stomachs of coast-haunting 

 fishes (moki, &c.). 



2. Hyale pontica, Rathke. 



(For full synonymy, see Delia Valle, I.e., p. 523, where, how- 

 ever, there is considerable confusion as to some of the 

 forms. Our species is by him mixed up with H. prevostii, 

 from which it is quite distinct.) 



