122 STALK- AND SESSILE-EYED CRUSTACEA 
181. Orchestia telluris. 
Orchestia telluris, Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. Crust. Brit. Mus. 
p. 20, pl. iti, fig. 6, , pl. iv, fig. 4, 9, (1862). 
Male :—KWyes round, large. Upper antenne reaching rather beyond 
the extremity of the penultimate joint of the peduncle of the lower. 
Lower antenne short, being scarcely one-fourth the length of the 
animal, the flagellum not quite so long as the peduncle, the penulti- 
mate joint of the peduncle shorter than the ultimate. First pair of 
lees with the carpus a little longer than the hand, with a small 
protuberance ; finger slight, reaching beyond the extremity of the 
palm, which itself is considerably produced, The second pair of legs 
with the hand triangular, with an indentation in the palm corres- 
ponding to a protuberance in the finger. Fifth and sixth pairs of 
legs subequal; seventh, much longer, the carpus with a large 
squamiform plate, which is concave on the side next the animal, 
convex upon the opposite. 
Female :—Differs in having the upper antenne rather shorter. 
First pair of legs with the palm convex, the meros with an indentation 
(in the dried specimen). Second pair of legs with the finger articulat- 
ing remotely from the apex of the hand, which is turned up at the 
extremity. Three posterior legs with the thighs serrated posteriorly. 
Carpus of the last pair of legs not largely developed. Length 54% in. 
(S. B.). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit, Mus.). 
182. Orchestia sylvicola. 
Orchestia sylvicola, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. part il, 
p. 874, pl. lix, fig. 2-8, (1853); Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. Crust. 
Brit. Mus. p. 21, pl. ui, fig. 7, (1862). 
Female :—Coxe of moderate size, fifth hardly shorter than fourth. 
Inferior antenne slender, about half as long as body, flagellum longer 
than base, superior antenne half shorter than base of inferior, Four 
anterior lees quite small, those of the second pair a little the longest, 
the hand oblong and subelliptic, reversed or bent forward, broadly 
rounded at apex, the minute finger articulated with the margin towards 
its middle, and lying longitudinally along the joint. Four followmg 
legs subequal, claw small. Last six legs not very unequal, sete or 
spinules short. Outer branch of first pair of caudal appendages bear- 
ing a few spinules. 
