752 DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN DECAPOD A, 



a few scattered punctations. Carapace light brown with darker 

 blotches ; fingers of the chelipedes of a dark brown, which is 

 prolonged a little on the inner and outer surfaces of the propodos. 



Torres Straits (Macleay Museum). 



4. Cycloxanthus punctatus, sp. n. 

 Carapace with the regions well defined, ornamented with 

 scattered punctations ; front very prominent, entire, deflexed ; 

 antero-lateral borders forming a re-entering angle with the front, 

 strongly arched, with four faintly-marked lobes. Chelipedes 

 closely pitted externally, so as to appear reticulated. Ambulatory- 

 legs compressed, ornamented with scattered punctations ; terminal 

 joint with four longitudinal ribs or carinse. 



Parramatta Eiver (Macleay Museum). 



5. Liomera maculata, sp. n. 

 Carapace very wide, convex, smooth and shining, punctate 

 close to the anterior border, the regions but faintly indicated. 

 Front rather deeply incised, the lobes rounded. Antero-lateral 

 margins with three obscure lobes, the last marked off behind by 

 a short groove, and separated from the second by a longer and 

 deeper groove. Internal angle of lower orbital border tooth- 

 like. Hand with a few longitudinal rows of minute punctations 

 on its outer surface ; fingers pointed. Ambulatory legs smooth 

 and shining, the upper and lower borders of the terminal joint 

 tomentose. Carapace and legs light cream colour, the former 

 ornamented with numerous round red spots, and with three large 

 more diffuse blotches on the anterior portion ; fingers light brown 

 except at the base, which partakes of the general ground colour ; 

 ambulatory legs each marked with two transverse bands of red. 



Endeavour Eiver (Macleay Museum). 



6. Pilumnus Terrse-Reginse, sp. n. 



Carapace convex, ornamented with scattered stiffish hairs, a 

 patch of small granulations on the mesobranchial regions, and a 



