184 Transactions. — Zoology. 



teriorly till it joins the outer or lower margin of the propodos. 

 Two other crests, less prominent but furnished with finer and 

 more pointed tubercles, surround the upper face of the pro- 

 podos. The inner edge of this part is strongly spinous. The 

 inner edge of the carpos of the left chelipede is very convex, 

 lamellar (?), and toothed." 



Habitat. — Cook Strait. 



I do not know the species. 



13. Eupagurus cristatus, M.-Edw. 



1836. Pagurus cristatus, M.-Edw., Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 2, vi., 



p. 269. 



1837. Pagurus cristatus,- M.-Edw., Hist. Nat. Crust., t. ii., 



p. 218. 

 1876. Euixigurus cristatus, Miers, Cat. Crust, of N.Z., p. 62. 

 1885. Eupagurus cristatus, Pilhol, Miss, de I'ile Campbell, 



p. 412. 



Front margin of carapace prominently produced on the 

 median line. 



Chelipedes granulous or slightly spinous ; carpi having the 

 upper and lower margins in the form of a denticulated crest ; 

 propodi slightly compressed, with one or two thin prominent 

 ridges. 



The description given by Milne-Edwards is too imperfect 

 for identification, and I do not know the species, nor could 

 Miers distinguish it. Yet Filhol says, " This species is not 

 very common in New Zealand. I have found it in Cook 

 Strait, and ranging as far south as Stewart Island." It is 

 very unfortunate that he did not give a description and figure 

 of it, for it is quite unknown to other carcinologists. 



Genus 3. Axiculus, Dana. 



Front acute in the middle. Ocular peduncles long and 

 slender. Antennal acicle short and stout, the flagellum naked. 

 Chelipedes very short, subequal ; fingers opening vertically, 

 excavate internally, black and horny at the tips. Antepenul- 

 timate pair of ambulatory legs subchelate. 



1. Aniculus typicus, Dana. 

 Miers, Cat. N.Z. Crust., p. 64. 



This well-marked species occurs, according to Miers, on 

 the shores of various islands in the Pacific, and on the coast of 

 Australia. It was obtained by Heller at Auckland, but does 

 not seem to have been met with since in New Zealand. I 

 have a specimen collected at Funafuti, which was kindly 

 forwarded to me by the authorities of the Australian Museum 

 (Sydney). 



