﻿CRUSTACEA, 
  191 
  

  

  6. 
  Huenia 
  proteus. 
  

  

  De 
  Haan, 
  Faun. 
  Japan., 
  Cr. 
  p. 
  95, 
  pi. 
  xxiii. 
  fig'S. 
  4, 
  5 
  c? 
  (elonj^ata), 
  

   fifT. 
  G 
  2 
  (heraldica), 
  and 
  pi. 
  G 
  (1839) 
  ; 
  Adams 
  ^ 
  White, 
  Cr. 
  in 
  

   Vol/. 
  ' 
  Samaram/,^ 
  P- 
  21, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  ii?s. 
  4-7 
  (1848); 
  Hasioell, 
  Proc. 
  

   Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  S'. 
  Wales, 
  iv. 
  p. 
  437' 
  (1880); 
  Cat. 
  Austr. 
  Crust, 
  p. 
  9 
  

   (1882). 
  

  

  Huenia 
  dehaani, 
  White, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  p. 
  223 
  (1847). 
  

  

  Huenia 
  proteus, 
  var. 
  tenm^Qs, 
  Adams 
  t<c 
  White, 
  Cr. 
  ' 
  Samaranq,'' 
  p. 
  22, 
  

   pi. 
  iv. 
  fig. 
  5 
  (1848), 
  

  

  Huenia 
  proteus, 
  vars. 
  elongata 
  and 
  heraldica, 
  Adams 
  ^ 
  Wliite, 
  t. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  21 
  (1848). 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  Crustacea 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  are 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  

   from 
  Fitzroy 
  Island, 
  Queensland, 
  10 
  fms, 
  (No. 
  113) 
  ; 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  

   female 
  from 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  4 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  122) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  

   Thursday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  4-6 
  fms. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  second 
  collection 
  were 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  series 
  from 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  3-4 
  fms. 
  (No. 
  177), 
  a 
  

   female 
  from 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Channel 
  (No. 
  142), 
  and 
  four 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  West 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  7 
  fms. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Huenia 
  mentioned 
  above 
  are 
  rightly 
  

   united 
  under 
  the 
  designation 
  H. 
  proteus, 
  it 
  will 
  follow 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  but 
  three 
  species, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  known, 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  

   genus 
  — 
  one, 
  H. 
  proteus, 
  ranging 
  (as 
  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  has 
  already 
  shown) 
  

   from 
  Japan 
  and 
  China, 
  southward 
  through 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  to 
  

   the 
  coast 
  of 
  Queensland 
  and 
  islands 
  adjacent; 
  another, 
  H. 
  pacifiea^ 
  

   Miers*, 
  from 
  the 
  Fiji 
  Islands 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  third, 
  H. 
  r/randidieri, 
  A. 
  M.- 
  

   Edwardst, 
  from 
  Zanzibar. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  a 
  larger 
  series 
  would 
  

   show 
  that 
  H. 
  pacifica 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  marked 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  veiy 
  

   variable 
  H. 
  proteus 
  ; 
  it 
  differs, 
  however, 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   that 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  much 
  longer 
  and 
  slenderer, 
  but 
  also 
  much 
  narrower 
  above 
  at 
  

   base. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  described 
  species 
  of 
  Huenia 
  belong, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  shown 
  

   (t. 
  c. 
  pp. 
  5-6), 
  to 
  other 
  genera. 
  

  

  7. 
  Egeria 
  arachnoides 
  (Eumph.). 
  

  

  Here 
  is 
  referred 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  from 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  14 
  fms. 
  (93), 
  a 
  

   locality 
  already 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  HasweU 
  (Cat. 
  p. 
  12). 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  presents 
  the 
  characters 
  cited 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  (Proc. 
  

   Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  S. 
  Wales, 
  iv. 
  p. 
  439) 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  specimens 
  he 
  

   refers 
  to 
  Egeria 
  herhstii 
  — 
  e. 
  (/. 
  the 
  orbits 
  are 
  widely 
  open 
  above, 
  

   the 
  eye-peduncles 
  are 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  thick, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  spine 
  at 
  

   the 
  distal 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  ambulatory 
  legs, 
  which, 
  

   however, 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  posterior 
  pairs. 
  These 
  characters 
  

   can, 
  however, 
  hardly 
  be 
  considered 
  of 
  specific 
  importance 
  ; 
  in 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  female 
  from 
  Albany 
  Island, 
  3-4 
  fms., 
  and 
  in 
  several 
  

  

  * 
  Anu. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  ser. 
  5, 
  iv. 
  p. 
  5, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  fig. 
  3 
  (1879). 
  

   t 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Entom. 
  France, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  v. 
  p. 
  143, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  fig. 
  2 
  (1805). 
  

  

  