BY £. A. BKIGGS. *J9 



ovate aud the palm is defiued hy au acute conical tooth as 

 well as by two other teeth near its distal eud, oue proximal, 

 acute, the other compressed. 



A single male specimen was taken. Length of the speci- 

 men 165 mm. from front of head to end of pleon ; of first 

 antennae 15 mm.; of second gnathopo<l, 6'5 mm. 



Locality. — D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania, 2-11 

 fathoms. On a Hydroid {Sertularia ojjerculata, Linnaeus). 



Distribution. — Previously recorded from Port Jackson ; 

 Nelson Bay, Port Stephens ; Broken Bay, Ne^v South Wales, 

 4-5 fathoms ; New Harbour, Singapore, 5-6 fathoms ; 

 Station 166, lat. 2° 28'-5 S., long. 131^ 3'-3 E., 118 M. ; 

 Station 172, l)etween Gisser Island and Ceram-Laut, 18 M. ; 

 Station 278, Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru 

 Islands, 13 M.; Station 299, lat. 10° 52'-4 S., long. 123° I'-l 

 E., Boeka or Cyrus Bay, south coast of Rotti Island, 34 M.; 

 Bauda Reef, lat. 4° S., long. 130° E., Banda Sea (Mayer). 



Genus Caprella, Lamarck. 



Caprella, Lamarck, Svstcme des Animaux sans Vertebres, 



1801, p. 165. 

 Caprella, Stebbing, Report Sci. Results "Challenger" 



Exped., Zool., xxix., 1888, p. 1251. 

 Caprella, Mayer, Fauna und Flora des Golfes vou Neapel, 



xvii., Caprelliden, 1890, p. 42. 

 Caprella, Mayer, Die Caprellidae der Siboga Exi^editiou, 



xxxiv., 1903, p. 72. 



Caprella aequilibra, Say. 

 Caprella equilibra, Sav, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., i., 



1818, p. 391. 

 Caprella obesa, Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, iv., 



1879, p. 348, pi. xxiv., fig. 1, f, k. 

 Caprella ohesa, Haswell, Cat. Austr. Stalk-and Sessile-Eyed 



Crustacea, 1882, p. 314. 

 Caprella aequilibra, Mayer, Fauna und Flora des Golfes vou 



Neapel, vi., Caprelliden, 1882, p. 45, pi. i., fig. 7, pi. ii., 



figs. 1-11, pi. iv., figs. 20-25, pi. v., figs. 16-18. 

 Capn-ella aequilibra, Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, ix., 



1885, p. 999. 

 Caprella aequilibra, Mayer, Fauna und Flora des Golfe.s von 



Neapel, xvii., Caprelliden, 1890, i'. 48, pi. ii., figs. 42, 43, 



pi. iv^., figs. 35-37, pi. vi., figs. 18:i, 37. 

 Caprella aequilibra, Mayer, Die Caprellidae der Sibojja 



Expedition, xxxiv., 1903, p. 89, ]>!. iii., figs. 29-34, pi. vii., 



figs. 66-69. 



