OF NEW ZEALAND. 43 
Carapace convex, smooth, hardly granulous, somewhat areolate, 
front arcuate, slightly excavate at middle, but without a point 
near the margin as in C. granulatus, premedial areolet abrupt 
anteriorly, _ Hpistome in no part more prominent than the front. 
Anterior feet of male equal, hand slightly granulate, not thin above. 
Posterior feet narrower than in C. granulatus, fifth jomt of second 
pair tomentose above and below and on the anterior side. Sides of 
abdomen nearly straight, obsoletely excavate. Length ? im. ; breadth 
nearly lin. (D.). 7 
New South Wales, Sydney (Dana); New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
The specimens in the collection of the British Museum are of a dark 
purple-red, spotted with yellow. ‘The eye peduncles are very short, 
and in this they agree well with Dana’s figure of the species. The 
hands are nearly smooth. 
HELICE. 
Helice, De Haan, Faun. Japon Crust. p. 28, (1835); Dana, U.S. 
Explor. Exped. xiii. Crust. part i, p. 333, (1852). 
Carapace sub-quadrate with the sides straight, the edges sharp- 
incised. Front inclined downward, slightly concave above, broadest 
at base, where it is about one-third the width of the carapace. LHyes 
short, not quite reaching to the external orbital angle. External 
maxillipeds with the third joint short, truncate above. Anterior legs 
large, hand high, smooth, or slightly granulated. Ambulatory legs 
with slender unarmed tarsi. Abdomen of g seven-jointed, narrow 
at base. 
Distinguished from the preceding genus by the proportionately 
narrower front, longer eye-peduncles, and narrower male abdomen. 
47. Helice crassa. 
Helice crassa, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xi, Crust. part. i, p. 367, 
pl. xxii, fig. 8, (1852). 
Carapace sub-quadrate, lateral margin with two emarginations 
- anteriorly, front half as long as breadth of carapace. Hand short and 
broad, (or high), above subcarinate ; externally nearly smooth, minutely 
granulate. Third joint of following feet sub-acute above. Ptery- 
gostomian region granulate, thin pubescent. Length 3 in. ; breadth 
Zin. (D). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.) ; Auckland (Heller), 
