BV I'ltOFKSSOU T. THOMSON FLYNN, B.SC. 



Palp- 

 second joint, 

 third ,, .. 

 fourth , , . . 

 fifth ,, .. 



Remarks. — Judging by its relative abundance in the 

 collection of the Australian Museum, and of the Zoological 

 Department of the University of Sydney, this must be 

 the most common pycnogonid found in Port Jackson. 



Affinitlfi^. — I. find on consulting my notes that Loman 

 (1908, p. 38) suggests that this species is closely allied to 

 N. giraffa from the Strait of Macassar and possibly also 

 to the insutliciently described -A'. Innr/icept: (Grube, 1869) 

 from the China Sea. 



Palle.ne (?) v.\LiD.\, Haswell. 

 (Plate XIX., figs. 7-8.) 



1884, Xywphon valid urn, Haswell, 1884, p. 1024, pi. 54, 



figs.' 6-9. 

 1908, Parapallene ralida, Loman. 1908, p. 48. 



Specimens. — Australian ^Tuseum Collection, G5199, 

 marked "type, Port Stephens"; Australian Museum Col- 

 lection, G5200, marked "Type 5, Port Stephens." The*ie 

 are two microscope slides. The former of the specimens 

 is a male, the latter, in spite of its being marked female, 

 is also a male. 



Dear r i i>t inn. — Bodii is fairly robust with all segments 

 distinctly separated. Tlie rrnriffem are separated from 

 one another by less than their own diameter. 



Cepholon is expanded with a prominent anterior mar- 

 gin projecting over the proboscis. Above the ba.se of each 

 chelophore on the cephalon is a prominent tubercle with 

 two spines. The neck is well developed and short but 

 fairly wide. 



Onthir Itdtfrrle is situated just behind the neck, im- 

 mediately anterior to the level of the first pair of crurigers. 

 Tliere are four w^ell developed eves. Tlie shane of the 

 ocular tubercle is not determinable with accuracy, but it 

 apipears to be low and rounded. 



Ahdnmen is short and rounded. 



Frohoscis is short and cylindrical diiected obliquely 

 downwards. It is somewhat consti'icted in the middle, 

 obtusely conical in front with a wreath of very delicate 

 bristles round the mouth. The proboscis is inserted into 



