BY W. A. IIASWELI,, M.A., B.Sc. 761 



22. Galathea corallicola, sp. n. 



Nearly allied to G. amtraliensis ; distinguished from it by the 

 absence of the spines on the gastric region, by having the frontal 

 region rather narrow, the eyes longer, and the hands both longer 

 and broader and with very few spines. In some specimens the 

 hands are broader than in others, and the fingers gape widely. 

 Length about h in. 



Port Molle, Queensland, under blocks of dead coral between 

 tide marks. 



23. Galathea magnifica, sp. n. 



Carapace and rostrum nearly as in G. corallicola, but the latter 

 relatively shorter. Eyes more prominent than in G. corallicola, 

 but not so thick. Chelipedes very small, about §rds of the length 

 of the body, slender ; fingers not gaping. Length £ in. Colour 

 bright red, with a brilliant purple stripe down the centre of the 

 carapace ; legs ornamented with transverse bands of darker red 

 and purple ; fingers dark reddish brown, yellow at the tips. 



A number of specimens of this remarkable species were obtained 

 with the dredge in a depth of about twenty-five fathoms, off 

 Broughton Islands, near Port Stephens. 



24. Galathea aculeata, sp. n. 



Allied to G. corallicola in the form of the carapace and rostrum, 

 but with the central spine of the latter very long, projecting far 

 beyond the others. Chelipedes longer than the body, with few 

 spines, the propodos short and narrow, the fingers not gaping. 

 Length J in. 



Holborn Island, twenty fathoms ; Port Molle, fourteen fathoms. 



25. Galathea deflexifrons, sp. n. 



Closely allied to G. clegans, distinguished from it only by 

 having the rostrum distinctly deflexed, and the denticle on its 

 borders almost obsolete. Colour dark purple. 



Albany Passage, among Comatulids. 



