OF NEW ZEALAND. 103 
Sub-Family IIT. Lrarn2. 
Cloportides maritimes, M. Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust. iii, p. 152, (1840). 
Lygine, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. part ii, p. 716, 
(1853). 
External antenne not decidely geniculate at the fifth joint, termin- 
ating ina multiarticulate flagellum. Base of the caudal appendages 
very long and exserted, with two long setiform rami. (Maxillipeds 
four-jointed, elongated). 
LIGIA. 
Ligia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 301, (1798); M. Edw. Hist. Nat. 
Crust. ui, p. 153, (1840); Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. part 
li, p. 716, (1853). 
Carapace but slightly convex, nearly oval, with the abdominal 
segments narrower than those of the thorax. Head small. External 
antenne very long. Internal antenne rudimentary. _ Base of the 
caudal appendages not furcate at the apex, elongated, with two slender 
styliform rami. 
110. Ligia nove-zealandiz. 
Lygia novi-zealandie, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. part 
li, p. 739, pl. xlix, fig. 2, (1853). 
Elliptical. Surface of thorax and abdomen covered with very short 
hairs. Abdomen not suddenly narrower than thorax, last seement 
arcuate behind, and angles short, acute. Base of caudal stylets nearly 
as long as abdomen, branches quite unequal, scabrous, the longer 
hardly as long as thorax. Antenne as long as the body, finely 
scabrous, flagellum 18-21 jointed. Length 6 lines. (D.). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.); Bay of Islands (Dana). Under 
kelp &e. 
The third, fourth, and fifth segments of the abdomen are much 
prolonged backward on either side. 
In the British Museum specimens the rami of the caudal appendages 
are equal, except in one specimen, where they are slightly unequal. 
Sub-Tribe-t!) CymornoreEa. 
Spheromiens, M. Edw. Hist, Nat. Crust. iii, p. 197, (1840). 
Cymothoadiens, M. Edw. (part) Hist. Nat. Crust. iii, p. 226, (1840), 
