BY WILLIAM A. IIASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 55 



Carapace rhomboidal, closely granulated, the posterior border 

 armed with, two triangular compressed teeth ; cardiac region 

 elevated to form a prominent pyramidal eminence surrounded by 

 a narrow fissure, continuous with which anteriorly is a pair of 

 similar fissures separating the genital region from the branchials. 

 Genital region armed with a short, blunt spine ; a pair of similar 

 spines on the posterior half of the gastric region, and one on each 

 branchial region ; on each hepatic region a triaiigulr tooth, 

 bounded behind by a narrow fissure similar to that which surrounds 

 the intestinal eminence. Front moderately prominent, bidentate. 

 Sternum and external maxillipedes covered with close-set granules, 

 which become elongated into spinules towards the anterior 

 extremities of the latter. Limbs covered all over with similar 

 granules. Arm obscurely triquetrous ; hand ridged above and 

 internally ; fingers acuminate, meeting when closed by the entire 

 extent of their finely-toothed inner margins. Abdomen of male 

 marked on its compound segment by a protuberance on each side. 

 Female abdomen with the intersegmental lines on the compound 

 segment distinct. Colour pale reddish-grey, with reddish-orange 

 spots, which are arranged as follows : — one on each side of the 

 front ; one on the external maxillipedes and pteiygostomial region, 

 one on the arm, one on the wrist, and one on the hand ; and one 

 on each of the third, fourth and fifth articulations of the ambulatory 

 limbs. 



Length and breadth about 3 lines. 



Hah. In deep water outside Sydney Heads ; dredged by H. M. 

 S. "Challenger." 



Sp. 7. Phlyxia Eamsayi, sp. nov. Testa quadrata, granulosa, 

 fronte lobis quatuor; regione gastrica tuberculis elongatis tribus, 

 regione cardiaca tumidissima ; regionibus epibranchialibus 

 depressis ; mesobranchialibus elevatis. 



Carapace nearly square, covered, together with the limbs, with 

 close-set granules. Front with a slight median fissure, on each 



