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  contains 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  previous 
  researches 
  on 
  the 
  

   Australian 
  Stalk- 
  and 
  Sessile-eyed 
  Crustacea 
  (which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  papers 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  of 
  Xew 
  

   South 
  Wales 
  *, 
  wherein 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  new 
  

   to 
  science 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  illustrated), 
  but 
  also 
  gathers 
  into 
  a 
  form 
  

   convenient 
  for 
  reference 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  earlier 
  authors 
  — 
  not 
  

   merely 
  what 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  special 
  memoirs 
  referred 
  to 
  above, 
  

   but 
  also 
  the 
  numerous 
  Australian 
  species 
  described 
  and 
  incidentally 
  

   noticed 
  in 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  A. 
  Whice, 
  Spence 
  Bate, 
  A, 
  Milne- 
  

   Edwards, 
  and 
  others, 
  or 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  papers. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  Catalogue 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  54U 
  species 
  of 
  Podophthalmious 
  

   and 
  Edriophthalmious 
  Crustacea 
  are 
  described 
  ; 
  but, 
  large 
  as 
  this 
  

   number 
  may 
  appear, 
  it 
  is 
  necessarily 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  being 
  a 
  complete 
  

   enumeration 
  of 
  the 
  Stalk- 
  and 
  Sessile-eyed 
  Crustacea 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  

   continent, 
  which 
  presents 
  in 
  its 
  different 
  regions 
  such 
  diverse 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  temperature 
  and 
  climate. 
  This 
  will 
  appear 
  from 
  the 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  pages, 
  which 
  are 
  

   either 
  new 
  to 
  science 
  or 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  ' 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  

   may 
  add 
  that, 
  had 
  time 
  and 
  opportunity 
  allowed, 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  possible 
  to 
  largely 
  add 
  to 
  the, 
  list 
  of 
  unrecorded 
  Australian 
  

   species 
  from 
  the 
  rich 
  material 
  accumulated 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  

   alone. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  memoir 
  203 
  species 
  and 
  well-marked 
  varieties 
  o-f 
  

   Crustacea 
  and 
  Pycnogonida 
  are 
  enumerated 
  from 
  the 
  Australian 
  

   seas, 
  besides 
  several 
  which 
  are 
  described 
  or 
  incidentally 
  referred 
  to, 
  

   but 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Australian 
  fauna. 
  Forty-five 
  new 
  

   or 
  undescribed 
  species 
  and 
  ten 
  varieties 
  are 
  described 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  ; 
  while 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  (193 
  in 
  all) 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  Australian 
  Podophthalmia 
  and 
  Edriophtbalmia 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  pages, 
  ninety-six 
  arc 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Haswell's 
  cata- 
  

   logue. 
  Among 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  as 
  new 
  are 
  several 
  to 
  which 
  

   White 
  applied 
  specific 
  names 
  but 
  never 
  characterized 
  ; 
  these 
  names 
  

   have 
  been, 
  of 
  course, 
  adopted. 
  Besides 
  the 
  new 
  species, 
  several 
  

   hitherto 
  very 
  imperfectly 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  existing 
  descriptions 
  (and 
  

   therefore 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  some 
  uncertainty) 
  have 
  been 
  

   redescribed 
  and 
  illustrated. 
  

  

  Geof/rcqjhical 
  Distribution. 
  — 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  geographical 
  range 
  of 
  

   the 
  species, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  thought 
  it 
  necessary 
  (nor, 
  indeed, 
  would 
  it 
  

   be 
  possible 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  lleport) 
  to 
  give 
  all 
  the 
  hitherto 
  

   recorded 
  localities, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  common 
  and 
  widely-ranging 
  

   Oriental 
  forms 
  which 
  occur 
  (or 
  may 
  occur) 
  on 
  every 
  coast-lin© 
  

   within 
  the 
  wide 
  Indo-Pacific 
  or 
  Oriental 
  region. 
  Full 
  particulars^ 
  

   however, 
  are 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  localities, 
  and 
  many 
  are 
  now 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  recorded 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  

   British-Museum 
  collection 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  naturalists 
  of 
  H.M.SS. 
  

   'Rattlesnake' 
  and 
  'Herald,' 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Messrs. 
  Dring, 
  J. 
  B. 
  

   Jukes, 
  and 
  other 
  gentlemen, 
  by 
  whose 
  zeal 
  and 
  discrimination 
  

   our 
  National 
  Collection 
  has 
  so 
  greatly 
  benefited. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  

  

  * 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  of 
  N. 
  S. 
  Wales, 
  iii.-vi. 
  (1879-82). 
  

  

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