98 ON SOME NEW AMPHIPODS FEOM AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA, 



Hob. Tasmania (Australian Museum, collected by Mr. Kendall 

 Broadbent). 



Talorcbestia limicola, s'p. nov., Plate V., fig. 2. 

 Male. — Superior antennge as long as tbe cepbalon and first 

 segment of the pereion, flagellum as long as the last two segments 

 of tbe peduncle, of five articuli. Inferior antennae four times as 

 long as the superior j)air, peduncle and flagellum sub-equal, the 

 latter consisting of twelve articuli. Anterior gnathopoda having 

 the carpus produced below into a rounded prominence, the 

 propodos sub-quadrate, broader distally than proximally, palm 

 transverse ; dactylos well-developed. Posterior gnathopoda with 

 the propodos large, sub-quadrate, broader distally than proximally; 

 palm transverse, armed externally with two rounded teeth, 

 separated by a deep excavation from the rest of the palmar 

 border ; dactylos powerful, pointed, as long as the palm, provided 

 internally with a rounded protuberance. 



Female. — Anterior gnathopoda with the carpus and proj^odos 

 of nearly equal length, the former sub-triangular ; the propodos 

 long-ovate, with two hair-armed serrations on its upper and lower 

 borders ; dactylos two-thirds of the length of the propodos, 

 acuminate. Posterior gnathopoda small, carpus and propodos 

 sub-equal ; the latter with an obscure, downwardly projecting 

 process at its distal extremity ; dactylos short, articulating near 

 the middle of the lower border of the propodos, and not nearly 

 attaining the distal extremity of the latter. Length 7/20 in. 



Sah. Mangrove-swamps, near Bowen, Queensland, under 

 decaying wood, etc. 



This species is distinguished from T. quadrimana, Dana, by the 

 form of the palm and dactylos of the posterior gnathopoda in 

 both sexes. 



Talorchestia terrte-reginse, 5j?. oiov., Plate V., fig. 4. 

 Male. — Superior antennae rather longer than the cephalon ; 

 flagellum as long as the last two segments of the peduncle, of 



