568 . Tranmriions. 



Nerocila macleayii (Leach), 



Nerocila imbricata Miers, (.'at. N.Z. Crust., p. 107. 1876. Nerocila maclrai/n 

 Cliilton, Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 23, p. 68, pi. 11, 1891. 



Two specimens from .Siniclay Island, collected l)y Captain Bollons. 



Dynamenella huttoni ((4. M. Thomson). 



Dynmmnc huttoni G. M. Thomson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 11, p. 234, pi. IOa, 

 fig. 6, 1876. Dynamenella huttoni. Chilton, Subant. Ishmds N.Z., 

 p. 657, 1909. 



One specimen collected at the islands hy Captain Bollons. 

 The species is common on the New Zealand coasts, and has been recorded 

 from the Antipodes Islands. 



Cilicaea caniculata ((I. M. Thomson). 



Nesea caniculata G. M. Thomson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 11, p. 234, pi. 10a. 

 fig. 7, 1879. Naesea caniculata Miers. Collections H.M.S. " Alert," 

 p. 309. 1884. Cilicaea canaliculata Hansen. Q.J.M.S., 49, p. 123. 

 1905. 

 One male and one female " on brain-coral, 2 fathoms, Meyer Island." 

 In the male the end of the abdominal process has been broken oiT, but 

 I think there can be no doubt that the specimens belong to the same species 

 as the New Zealand specimens known by this name. 



An allied species, C. latreillei, with several varieties, is found in Aus- 

 tralian seas, and appears to differ in the details of the abdominal process 

 of the niiile and of the uropods in both sexes. 



Idotea metallica Bosc. 



Idotea metallica Bosc, Hist. Nat.. Crust., 2, p. 179, pi. 15, fig. 6, 1802 ; Miers, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, 16, p. 35, 1881 ; Chilton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 22, 

 p. 193, 1890; Stebbing, Trans. Linn. Soc, ZooL, 14, p. 108, 1910 

 (with further synonymy); Thielemann, Abhand. Math-phys. Kl. K. 

 Bayer. Akad. d. Wissenschaften. 2. Suppl.-band, 3 Abhand., p. iV^. 

 1910. 

 One specimen cast up on the beach, Sunday Island. 



A pelagic species, almost cosmopolitan in distrilnition. It has been taken 

 in New Zealand seas. 



Ligia novae-zealandiae Dana. 



Ligia novae-zealandiae Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., 14, Crust., pt. 2, p. 739, 

 pi. 49, fig. 2, 1853; Chilton, Trans. Linn. Soc, 8, p. 107, p!. II, 

 fig. 1, 1901. 



Several specimens from Sunday Island. 



I refer these to L. novae-zealandiae with some hesitation. They agree 

 in most respects, but have the body narrower than is usually the case in 

 that species, and the uropoda are somewhat longer and, especially in the 

 peduncle, slightlv more slender. These specimens agree closely with the 

 description given by Miers of specimens from Port MoUe which he describes 

 under the name " Li(jia tjaudiehaudii vai-. axistraliensis Dana." As Miers 

 pointed out, L. novae-zealandiae (including Ij. quadrata G. M. Thomson) 

 is very close to the species whicli he was then describing. I have numerous 



