OF NEW ZEALAND. 45 
the apex, smooth; outer joints and claws tomentose. Length ‘67 in.; 
ratio of length to breadth 1.1:27in. (HL). 
New Zealand (Mus. Wellington), 
This species is near the S. tetragona, Edw., and in the absence of 
figures or specimens I am not sure whether it may not be identical 
with it or one of the allied species. 
Sub-Family III. Puiacusiunx. 
Plagusine, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xii, Crust. part i, p. 333, 
(1852). 
Internal antennee exposed, and each visible from above, in a longi- 
tudinal sinus of the front. Third joint of the external maxillipeds 
small, and not crossed by an oblique piliferous crest. (Body very 
much depressed. ) 
PLAGUSIA. 
Plagusia, Latr. (part) Gen. Crust. et Ins. i, p. 33, (1806); M. Edw. 
(part) Hist. Nat. Crust. 11, p. 90, (1837); Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. 
xii, Crust. part i, p. 333, (1852). 
Carapace wide, and very much depressed, with the lateral margins 
toothed. Third joint of the external manxillipeds scarcely narrower 
than the second at the summit, rarely longer than broad. Anterior 
legs in the male with the hand robust, longitudinally costate, scarcely 
compressed, 
50. Plagusia chabrus. 
Cancer chabrus, Linn, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p, 488, (1764); Syst. Nat. 
p. 1044, (1766). 
Plagusia tomentosa, M. Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust. 1i, p. 92, (1837). 
Plagusia capensis, De Haan, Faun. Japon. Crust. p. 58, (1835). 
Front very broad, at least as broad as long, terminated anteriorly 
by a granulous border, curved, and armed above with two acute spines. 
Carapace slightly depressed. Hands with several rows of grauules 
below. Legs very much flattened, pubescent below as well as above, 
the fourth pair the longest, armed with teeth throughout nearly their 
whole length. Abdomen of Q with seven distinct joints, Length 
12 in.; breadth 13 in. (M. E)). 
Inhab. New Zealand (Dana; Coll, Brit. Mus.). 
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