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''' *Embaphiodes pyxidatus, JPasc. 



*^threus cicatricosus, Pasc. 

 *Hybomorplius melanosomus, 8. Sf J. 

 *Sphaeropterus barbipes, S. Sf J. 

 *Dendrophagus australis, JEric. 

 *Cryptamorpha Desjardinsii, Guer. 



Cybister tripunctatus, Oliv. 



Nyctobates sterrha, Oil. (sp. nov.) 



Telephorus apterus, Oil. (sp. nov.) 



Saragus exulans, Pasc. 



Saragus Grulielmi, Oil. (sp. nov.) 



Dasypodia cymatodes, Gue'nee. 



Blatta, sp. nov. ? 



Gryllotalpa australis, PJric. 



Phaneroptera, sp. 



Eurycantlia australis, Montr. 



Belostoma indicum, i. ^ S. 



Scutellera, sp. ? 



Julus, sp. 



Heterostoma, sp. 

 Cnislacca. — Tliis group does not call for a prolonged notice, although 

 Crustacea may be found in great abundance, throughout the surrounding 

 seas, and to a great extent on the rock-bound shores of the island. So far as 

 Mr. Whitelegge has been able to determine them, from 27 to 30 genera, 

 comprising 35 species, were collected, chiefly Decapods, with an Isopod, a 

 Stomapod, and a few Cirripedia. In Dr. Haswell's Catalogue none are 

 recorded from Lord Howe Island. The task of determining the collection 

 has proved of no small difficulty to Mr. Whitelegge, from the almost entire 

 absence of the more important illustrated works bearing on the subject. 



The Carcinology of Lord Howe Island is practically an unworked branch, 

 and its study would well repay the student of this interesting group, the 

 large variety of forms to be obtained there having already been commented 

 on by Mr. A. Morton.* No better hunting ground could exist than the deep 

 pools, and rocky eastern coast of Lord Howe, and the numerous shelter 

 places on the western Coral-reef. Although one or two rare forms were 

 taken by us, we did not collect any of large size. The preponderance of 

 Decapoda can hardly be taken as implying a superabundance of this division 

 of the Crustacea, but only so far as came under our notice. 



The Inachidai are represented by a funny little species, Menethius mono- 

 ceras, Lath., found on the Coral-reef amongst stones and weeds, and on 

 the approach of the collector, sits up in a gi'otesque and semidefiant manner. 

 It is widely distributed throughout the neighbouring tropical seas. The Can- 

 ceridfe are, as regards genera, the most numerous, and a fair series were 

 obtained, including three species of Actcea, especially A, tomentosa, M. Edw., 

 another reef crab but remarkable only for its abundance. A second species 

 is believed by Mr. "Whitelegge to be A. ruf/nta, A. & W., a form not recorded 

 by Dr. Haswell as Australian. Passing to the genus Xantliodes, we found 

 X. atromanuH, Hasw., to be fairly abundant, and are thus able to localize a 

 very interesting crab, of hitherto unknown habitat, and a species which 

 may be a Medcens., but, perhaps distinct from that hitherto recorded as 

 Australian. AVe found Etisus longimanus, a Queensland, Fiji, and Sandwicli 



* Report to the Trustees {Lord Hoice hiand, r^cjiort on Present Prospects, <L-c.), loc 

 cit., p. 12. 



