34 0. A. Sayce : Talitridae from Victoria. 



Len(/fJi. — The largest measured 15 iiini. in length, but are 

 usually about 11 mm. 



Occurred re. — I haA^e gatherings from a considerable number of 

 localities throughout Victoria. They are often associated with 

 T. sylvaticus. and rather more numerous than that species. 



Distribution. — Out of Victoria it does not appear to have been 

 observed. 



Remarks. — The specific name is given in compliment to Mr. 

 J. A. Kershaw, curator of the National Museum. 



It may easily be distinguished from T. sylvaticus by the con- 

 spicuous triangular downward projection of the epimeral plate 

 of the third segment of the metasome (noticeal)le in the smallest 

 specimens), and also by the rectangular form of the first eoxal- 

 plate, which in T. sylvaticui< is distinctly narrower distally than 

 proximally. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate XL 



TaHtj'us sijlvaticus, Haswell. 



Plate XII. 

 Talitrus kersluiwi, n. sp. 



The following lettering is used in each of the plates to desig- 

 nate the corresponding parts: — vi^. first maxillae; m^. second 

 maxilhie ; mp. maxillipeds : Gn^. and Gn^. first and second pair 

 of gnathopods ; Pr'^. fourth pair of peraeopods ; Pl^., FV^ . first 

 and second pair of pleopods ; T. telson. 



