BY W. A. HASWELL, M.A., B.Sc. 193 



acute, about half the length of the inner ramus. Length |ths 

 inch. 



Hab. Off Broughton Islands, near Port Stephens, dredged in 

 about twenty-five fathoms. 



fam. tanaim:. 



Genus Apsetjdes, Leach. 



Apseudes australis, sp. nov., Plate IV., fig. 2. 



Head broad ; a triangular acute rostrum between the bases of 

 the antennae, vvith a mesial and two lateral shallow grooves ; a 

 short spine in the middle of the epistome. Thoracic segments 

 transverse, the epimera large, sparsely setose. Abdomen 

 ornamented with a few longish fine hairs ; terminal joint as long 

 as all the rest together, twice as long as broad, rounded at the 

 extremity. First joint of the internal antennas long, compressed, 

 longitudinally grooved ; second joint scarcely one-third of the 

 length of the first ; third very small ; fiagellum as long as 

 peduncle ; secondary fiagellum nearly two-thirds of the length 

 of the principal fiagellum. Lower (outer) antennas scarcely 

 longer than the fiagellum of the upper ; the second joint of the 

 fiagellum the largest, a lamelliform ovate appendage fringed 

 with slender hairs situated at its inner and distal angle ; third 

 joint very small ; fourth nearly as long as the second, but narrower; 

 last joint smaller than the fourth ; fiagellum equal in length to 

 about two-thirds of the peduncle, ornamented with slender hairs. 

 First pair of thoracic limbs with the merus, carpus and propodos 

 compressed, the merus triangular with its distal border transverse, 

 with a strong seta at each distal angle and a few fine hairs ; 

 carpus smaller with its distal border oblique, a strong seta at its 

 supero-distal angle ; propodos narrower than the carpus but 

 longer, its distal border short, transverse, a strong spine on either 

 side of the point of insertion of the dactylos ; rather compressed, 

 slightly hooked at the end. Second pair of thoracic limbs with 

 the basos very broad, a small tooth on its posterior border ; a 



