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  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  triangulate 
  norch 
  from 
  the 
  rounded 
  fourth 
  

   lobe 
  or 
  internal 
  orbital 
  angle. 
  The 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  is 
  

   armed 
  with 
  a 
  minutely 
  granulated 
  or 
  denticulated 
  ridge. 
  The 
  

   merus-joint 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs 
  has 
  four 
  spines 
  on 
  its 
  anterior 
  

   margin, 
  including 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  spinule 
  at 
  its 
  antero-internal 
  angle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  wrist 
  has 
  a 
  strong 
  spine 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  two 
  small 
  

   spinules 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  surface 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  palm 
  (as 
  in 
  G. 
  affine) 
  has 
  

   five 
  spines 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  surface, 
  the 
  two 
  anterior 
  being 
  very 
  small. 
  

   The 
  fifth 
  ambulatory 
  legs 
  have 
  a 
  strong 
  spine, 
  situated 
  nearly 
  at 
  the 
  

   distal 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  merus-joint, 
  and 
  another 
  

   on 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  carpus 
  ; 
  the 
  flattened 
  terminal 
  joint 
  

   has 
  a 
  small 
  spinule 
  at 
  its 
  distal 
  extremity, 
  but 
  is 
  otherwise 
  un- 
  

   armed. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  nearly 
  allied, 
  

   G. 
  sphiiferum 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  greater 
  transverse 
  width 
  of 
  

   the 
  carapace, 
  the 
  different 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  lobes 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  

   intervening 
  fissures 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  (see 
  the 
  figure). 
  Gonio- 
  

   soma 
  heUerii, 
  A. 
  M. 
  -Edwards 
  *, 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia, 
  which 
  resembles 
  

   this 
  species 
  in 
  having 
  five 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  palm, 
  

   and 
  the 
  merus-joint 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  ambulatory 
  legs 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  

   strong 
  distal 
  spine, 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  and 
  frontal 
  

   lobes, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  ambulatory 
  legs 
  

   denticulated 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  &c. 
  

  

  75. 
  Nectocarcinus 
  integrifrons 
  (Latr.). 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  three 
  females 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Cojjpinger's 
  collec- 
  

   tion, 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson, 
  0-7 
  fms. 
  (Nos. 
  90, 
  104). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  

   from 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cuming, 
  and 
  another 
  dredged 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  harbour 
  on 
  the 
  Sow 
  and 
  Pigs 
  Bank, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  John 
  

   Brazier, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  Port 
  Curtis 
  (H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald') 
  and 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  Bay 
  of 
  Islands 
  (Antarctic 
  Expedition) 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  

   Oceania 
  {J. 
  Macr/illivrai/, 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Rattlesnake') 
  ; 
  and 
  others 
  with- 
  

   out 
  special 
  locality. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Kinahan 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Port 
  Phillip, 
  Victoria. 
  

  

  76. 
  Lupocyclus 
  rotundatus, 
  Adams 
  c}- 
  White. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Port 
  MoUe, 
  Queensland 
  (first 
  

   collection. 
  No. 
  118), 
  and 
  another 
  from 
  Fridaj' 
  Island, 
  10 
  fms. 
  (second 
  

   collection. 
  No. 
  153), 
  wbich 
  I 
  think 
  must 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  

   although 
  the 
  carapace 
  is 
  somewhat 
  broader, 
  more 
  convex, 
  and 
  less 
  

   distinctly 
  granulated, 
  and 
  the 
  frontal 
  lobes 
  more 
  acute 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   adult 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  from 
  Balambangan, 
  

   N. 
  Borneo, 
  on 
  which 
  presumably 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  Adams 
  and 
  

   White 
  was 
  founded. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  Bornean 
  example 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  the 
  distinctions 
  between 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Entom. 
  de 
  France, 
  rii. 
  p. 
  282 
  (1867). 
  

  

  