OF NEW ZEALAND. 125 
This is a littoral genus, and in habit, as in structure, is intermediate 
between the Orchestide and Gammaride. 
186. Allorchestes novee-zealandiz. 
Allorchestes novi-zealandie, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. 
part u, p. 894, pl. Ixi, fig. 1, ¢,9, (1853). 
Allorchestes intrepida, Dana, Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. u, p. 207, ¢. 
Allorchestes nove-zealandie, Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. Crust. Brit. 
Mus. p. 37, pl. vi, fig. 3, (1862). 
Male :—Coxe very large. Antenne of superior pair about one- 
fourth shorter than inferior, flagellum more than twice as long as 
base ; second pair hardly half as long as the body, last two joints of 
the base subequal, flagellum longer than the base, very slender. Feet 
of first pair quite small, hand oblong, sparingly broader at base, 
truncate, and deep excavate at extremity, lower apex acute, finger 
more than twice as long as breadth of hand, carpus broader, with a 
narrow subacute prolongation below. Feet of second pair very stout ; 
hand large, ovate; palm along under-side nearly straight, hardly 
depressed, minute spinulous; finger long; carpus with a narrow 
prolongation below, between hand and third joint. Feet of fifth, 
sixth, and seventh pairs regularly increase in depth. 
Female :—Hand of first pair oblong, two margins nearly parallel, 
truncate at apex; finger not longer than breadth of hand; carpus 
with a short triangular or rounded prolongation below. Hand of 
second pair a little larger, but of similar form ; carpus long, produced 
below hand, and obtuse or rounded at the extremity, third joint also 
much produced. Length 5 lines. (D.). 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.); Parua Harbour, Bay of Islands, 
(Dana). Found by Dana in holes of wood bored by Teredos, 
137. Allorchestes brevicornis. 
Allorchestes brevicornis, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. Crust. xiv, 
part u, p. 893, pl. lx, fig. 8, (1853); Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. 
Crust. Brit. Mus. p. 44, pl. vii, fig. 4, (1862), copied from Dana. 
Antenne quite short, the superior not one-fourth as long as the 
body, and the inferior not one-third, inferior pair having the base 
quite short, flagellum longer than base. Hand of first pair of feet 
