Victorian Dentpod (Jrusfacea. 9 



One of us, on a recent trip to the north-east Queensland Coast, 

 obtained a specimen of the species taken by Haswell and by the 

 " Alert," but on comparison with the South coast habitant there 

 seems a possibility that it is not Milne-Edwards species, and 

 that the South coast species is more likely to be P. timbriatus, 

 Milne-Edwards, whose description is so meagre. 



Pilumnus fimbriatus was de-scriljed by Milne-Edwards in his 

 Hist. Nat. Crust, as from Australia. He appears to have l)een 

 dealing at the time with numerous species collected by the 

 " Astrolabe " which vessel called at Western Port, a num- 

 ber of his forms being chaiacteristic denizens of Bass Strait. 

 This circumstance would seem to favour our suggestion as to the 

 true identity of Pilumnus fimbiiatus. This matter can only be 

 settled by compai'ison of the two .species with the type in the 

 Paris Museum. 



The whole genus requires revision and this species, like other 

 Australian forms, cannot remain in the genus as at present 

 defined. We have therefore described the southern form under 

 the name of Pilumnus pilosus, plateing it and the northern form 

 side by side, leaving some future monographist to .settle the 

 synonomy and generic standing. 



The subjects of these plates have been lodged in the National 

 Museum, Melbourne. 



Tribe — Catom ktopa. 



Family — Gonoplacidae, Dana. 



Sub-family — Pseiidorhombilinae, Alcock. 



Genus — Litoclieira, Kinahan. 



Litocheira bispinosa, Kinahan. 



Kinahan. Journal Roy. Dublin Soc, \ol. 1, lS-")8, pi. 3, 

 tig. 1, a. 

 A reference to Dr. Kinahan's sj>ecimens in the British Mu.seuin 

 of Natural History enables us to say that Melia brevii)es, 

 Haswell (Cat. Aust. Crust., p. I'l, pi. I, tig. 7, 1882) is a synonym 

 of the above species. Melia brevipes was recorded by Haswell 

 from Griftith's Point, Western Port. The species is not an 

 uncommon one in Port Phillip and Western Port. 



