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  inner 
  margins 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  (the 
  teeth 
  themselves 
  generally 
  appearing 
  

   crenulated 
  when 
  viewed 
  with 
  a 
  lens 
  of 
  sufficient 
  power), 
  and 
  there 
  

   are 
  usually 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  spinules 
  discernible 
  on 
  the 
  hepatic 
  region. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection 
  obtained 
  

   between 
  Cumberland 
  Island 
  and 
  Slade 
  Point, 
  and 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  

   {J. 
  Macr/illivray, 
  H.M.S. 
  • 
  llattlesnake 
  '), 
  and 
  others 
  from 
  Flinders 
  

   Island 
  and 
  Shark 
  Bay, 
  W.Australia 
  (F.M.Rayner, 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Herald'). 
  

   The 
  specimens 
  from 
  Flinders 
  Island 
  and 
  Shark 
  Bay 
  have, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wrist 
  and 
  palm 
  of 
  the 
  clielipedes 
  

   much 
  more 
  strongly 
  and 
  distinctly 
  spinulose, 
  and 
  may 
  possibly 
  prove 
  

   to 
  be 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Haswell 
  (Cat. 
  p. 
  162) 
  notes 
  the 
  possible 
  identity 
  of 
  G. 
  aus- 
  

   traliensis 
  with 
  G. 
  spinosorostris, 
  Dana, 
  from 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  a 
  

   species 
  somewhat 
  insufficiently 
  described. 
  He 
  has 
  himself 
  briefly 
  

   characterized 
  a 
  form, 
  the 
  distinctive 
  characters 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  not 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  separate 
  it 
  from 
  G. 
  austmliensis. 
  G. 
  coral- 
  

   licola, 
  from 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  scarcely 
  differs 
  from 
  G. 
  australiensis, 
  except 
  

   in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  gastric 
  spinules, 
  for 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  chelse 
  and 
  

   fingers 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  character 
  liable 
  to 
  variation, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   sex 
  and 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  individual. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  note 
  here 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines 
  perhaps 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  briefly 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  Haswell 
  under 
  the 
  designation 
  G. 
  acideata. 
  

  

  22. 
  Galathea 
  elegans. 
  

  

  Galathea 
  elegans, 
  White, 
  List 
  Crust. 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  p. 
  66 
  (1847), 
  descript. 
  

   nulla 
  ; 
  Crust, 
  in 
  Votj. 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Smnarang,'' 
  pi. 
  xii. 
  fig. 
  7 
  (1848) 
  ; 
  

   Hasivell, 
  Cat. 
  Austr. 
  Crust, 
  p. 
  163 
  (1882). 
  

  

  Here 
  is 
  referred, 
  although 
  with 
  some 
  hesitation, 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   from 
  Albany 
  Island, 
  3-4 
  fms., 
  first 
  collection, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  

   Port 
  Molle, 
  14 
  fms., 
  second 
  collection. 
  They 
  differ 
  from 
  White's 
  

   types 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  British- 
  Museum 
  collection, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Philippines, 
  Corregidor 
  {Cuming), 
  and 
  Borneo, 
  Unsang 
  (H.M.S. 
  

   ' 
  Samaning''), 
  in 
  the 
  smaller, 
  more 
  inconspicuous 
  spinules 
  of 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum. 
  The 
  chelipedes 
  are 
  somewhat 
  more 
  

   elongated 
  and 
  slender 
  than 
  in 
  a 
  dried 
  specimen 
  which 
  I 
  take 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  female 
  of 
  White's 
  species, 
  the 
  fingers 
  relatively 
  shorter, 
  and 
  the 
  

   spinules 
  of 
  the 
  carpus 
  and 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  smaller 
  and 
  well 
  nigh 
  

   concealed 
  by 
  the 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  coloration, 
  as 
  depicted 
  in 
  the 
  

   figure 
  cited, 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  specific 
  distinction, 
  since 
  not 
  any 
  

   two 
  specimens 
  agree 
  exactly 
  in 
  their 
  markings. 
  In 
  the 
  Bornean 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  specimens, 
  from 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  wholly 
  absent. 
  In 
  the 
  specimen 
  from 
  Albany 
  

   Island 
  they 
  are 
  distinguishable 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  post- 
  

   abdomen. 
  The 
  ground-colour 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  is 
  dull 
  red. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  adult 
  males 
  of 
  G. 
  elegans 
  (the 
  type 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  

   never 
  been 
  described) 
  the 
  caraj)ace 
  is 
  strigose, 
  the 
  strigse 
  ciliated, 
  its 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  armed 
  with 
  8 
  or 
  i) 
  prominent 
  spinules; 
  the 
  rostrum 
  is 
  

   elongated, 
  narrow-triangular, 
  as 
  long, 
  or 
  nearh' 
  as 
  long, 
  as 
  the 
  cara- 
  

  

  