<30 Tra)i^actioii>i. — Zoology. 



Squilla nepa, Latreille. 

 Sqnilla nepa. 



Miers, " On tlie Sqnillida," Annals and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., sev. 5, vol. v., p. 25 (1880). 

 J3i'ooks, "Eeport on the 'Challenger' Stomatopoda,'" 

 p. 25 (188G). 



The further synonymy is given ])y Miers in the paper 

 quoted. 



Hah. Indo-Pacific region. Kecorded from New Zealand 

 hy Heller, hut Ncio Zealand liahitat donhtful. 



Squilla armata, Milne-Edwards. 

 Sqidlla annata. 



Miers, I.e., p. 26 (1880). 



Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xi., p. 401 (1878). 



As no description of this species has as yet appeared in 

 any New Zealand publication, I transcribe the following from 

 Miers's paper " On the Sqnillidoi :" — 



" The carapace is narrovi^ed anteriorly, with the cervical 

 suture very faintly defined in its posterior portion, and the 

 lateral longitudinal carinas obliterated, except on the postero- 

 lateral lobes ; the spine at the antero-lateral angles is small 

 but distinct. The rostral plate is somewhat elongated and 

 narrowed distally, with a very slight median elevation. The 

 lateral spines of the autennulary segment are prominent and 

 curved forward ; and in front of these are two smaller spines 

 on the ocular segment. The lateral processes of the first 

 exposed thoracic segment are narrow, straight, and acute ; 

 those of the two following segments are broader and rounded 

 laterally, with a spinule at their postero-lateral angles. There 

 is a small median carinule or tubercle on the 3rd to 5th 

 post-abdominal segments ; on the 4th and 5th segments the 

 lateral carina?, and on the 6th segment all the carinae, end in 

 spinules ; the terminal segment is armed with a few tubei'cles 

 near its base, with a longitudinal median carina, on either 

 side of which is a lateral longitudinal series of very small 

 tubercles ; there is a rather deep median fissure between the 

 submedian marginal spines, but no denticles ; betw^een these 

 and the first lateral luarginal spines there are on each side ten 

 or eleven very small denticles or spinules. The distal pro- 

 longation of the base of the uropoda ends in two very 

 unequal spines, the inner of which bears a small tooth on its 

 outer margin. Length of the larger individual 5^in." — [Miers.] 



Hab. Chili ; Auckland Islands (Miers). Eecorded from 

 Wellington by Mr. T. W. Kirk. There is a specimen (much 

 damaged) in the Dunedin Museum labelled " Dunedin." Mr. 



