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OF NEW ZEALAND, 121 
pair large and powerful in the male, small in the female, Last 
segment single, well developed, 
129. Orchestia aucklandia. 
Orchestia aucklandivx, Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip., Crust. Brit, 
Mus. p. 17, pl. ia, fig. 3, (1862). 
Male :—Kyes very small, round. Superior antenne reaching to 
the extremity of the penultimate joint of the peduncle of the inferior. 
Inferior antennz nearly 3 the length of the animal. First pair of legs 
having the carpus longer than the hand, with a tubercle on the 
inferior margin, the palm produced into a rounded tubercle. Second 
pair of legs broader at the palm than at the carpus, palm slightly 
oblique, the inferior half raised higher than the half nearest the base 
of the finger, and fringed with short, equidistant, solitary hairs; a 
notch near the inferior angle separates a tooth from the rest of the 
palm ; finger excavated near the base. 
Female :—Differs in having the first pair of legs longer and 
slighter, the second pair with the carpus longer than the hand, and 
not inferiorly tuberculated. Animal generally very smooth, clean, 
and free from hairs. Length rather more than J in. (S. B.). 
Auckland (Coll. Paris Mus.). 
180. Orchestia novee-zealandiz. 
Orchestia nove-zealandiv, Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. Crust. Brit. 
Mus. p. 20, pl. iii, fig. 5, (1862). 
Female :—Upper antenne reaching beyond the extremity of the 
penultimate joint of the lower. Lower antenne more than half as 
long as the animal, the flagellum longer than the peduncle and 
spinous ; the penultimate is nearly as long as the ultimate joint of 
the peduncle. The first pair of legs with the hand well developed, 
and longer than the carpus, finger scarcely longer than the palm. 
The second pair of legs with the hand and carpus about equal in length, 
the finger falls considerably short of the extremity of the hand. Fifth 
pair of legs as long as the sixth and seventh. Thigh long. Length 
+ 1.5 <\(, D.) “4 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.). , Ht 
