BY J. J. FLETCHER. 185 



1. P. LEUCKARTI, Siing,, var. typiea 



P. leuckarti, .Sang., non auct.: P. in^ir/nis, Dendy, Vict. Kat. 

 Vol. vi. No. 12, April, 1890, p. 173; Spencer, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Vict. 1894, p. 31. 



With 14 pairs of claw-bearing legs; outer jaw blades without 

 an accessory tooth. 



Hab. — New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 



The re-discovery of this variety in New South Wales is a matter 

 to be desired, as the jaw characters of the tj^pe are unknown. I 

 have seen only Tasmanian specimens — six (three of each sex) 

 kindly lent me by Prof. Spencer. Two of them are dark without 

 any definite pattern; the others have more orange red and show a 

 dark median line with nodosities, not always opposite the legs, and 

 a pattern of secondary diamonds, much like some N.S.W. speci- 

 mens of var. orieiitaJis. The males are remarkable b}^ the absence 

 of white tubercles from the legs of the first five pairs; they are 

 present on all or nearly all the others. 



2. P. LEUCKARTI, Siing., var. occidentalis, var. nov. 



With 15 pairs of walking legs; outer jaw-blades without an 

 accessory tooth. 



Hah. — Bridgetown, inland from Perth, W.A; (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



The specimens, which were put straight into spirit, are small 

 (the largest but slightly exceeding 15 mm.) even allowing for the 

 contraction due to the method of preservation. There is nothing 

 specially remarkable about the coloration, which is mainly blue 

 with a smaller amount of orange. The}^ would pass muster in 

 this respect very well among a collection of similarly preserved 

 eastern specimens. 



The males have white papillae on-most of the legs, but not on 

 those of the first pair. One of the females obtained and jDreserved 

 on March 30th last contained about ten advanced embryos varying 

 slightly in age, of which the proximal one has the body more 

 pigmented than is usually the case with the newl}' born young of 

 the eastern form. As in the latter, the embryos are contained 



