S2 CKAHS OK FAMILY MAIID.F, 1^V^IIHUN. 



Paramitlirax latieillei Micrs. 



I'firamillinix hdibiconih Mit-rs (not liiitroill<>), Ann. ISInj;-. Niit. Hist., (1), xvil, p. 



2\\\ t87() (C"n(. Cnisl. N. Z., p. (i, pi. i. li,!-. L'. ISTC); Ann. .Maj;. Nat. IIiHt., (.'>), 



iv,]). S. 187!t. Ilaswrll. I'roc. Linn. Soc. \. S. W .. i\. j). 110. ISTH; Ann. Mag. 



NiU,. Mist., (.r.), V, p. Ill), 1880; Cut. An.str.il. Crnst., p. IH, 188L'. 

 rarrtiuitlirax lalnillci Miens, Ann. Majj;. Kat. Hist., (h, xvn, p. 2l.'0, 187li. 

 r<nawilh)(i.v rrintalKs Filhol, Hnll. Soc. riiiloni., I\. i>. "Jti, 188r>; (l\('f.\'i'nn.s, in. .\litli. 



•J. p. [i'tH, 188(;). 



I'Mlliol (r>Mll. S(»(', IMiiloiii.) sliows Mint tlio spccinu'iis Avliicli in ISTt) 

 M\or>i n'i'ciwd io Ixirhifoni is ,ivi\ not ideiiticiil with tlmt species, and 

 m'oposes Ibrtlienitlic name ('/•/.s'/(r/«\, ai)])ai'Oiitl>' not aware Miat Miers, 

 in Ills preliminary deserii)ti()n (Ann. JMa.ii'. Nat. Ili.st. (4), xvii, p. 'JID, 

 187(>), desijunates tlie 8|)eeies as Ititrcillci, if it slionld i)r(>\-e distinct 

 from Latreille\s horhiconiis. 



New /A'alaud; Ota^o INInseum; two males (1(»L*S;>). 



Paiamithrax steinocostulatu.s A. Miliic Fdwaids ^/<,^^ MitMsV 



Vinuntiillnax sicniofosliiltifiis A.^WhH' ICdwavds. Mi(>i\s, Ann. Maji. Nat. Hist, ("•'l.iv, 

 p. i>, 187!t. lla.s\v«'ll. Froc. Linn. N. S. W., n , )>. 1 10. 187!); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (.'■>), V, p. 1U>. 1880; ("at. Anstral. Crnsl.. p. l.i, tSSL». 



r<ir(imilhni.r (jidmanlii Miors (not Milnr Fdwanls). I'.it. Ciiisl. N. /.. ]>. tl. IS7(». 



Port .laekson, Australia; Australian Museum, Sydney ; male ami I'e- 

 uiale (170i;5). 



Found also in New /,i>al;>nd. 



Paiamithrax (^Leptoiuithiax) axistralis i.l,M(|ninon. 



Moid (r/(s/ni/(.s.lac(iniiu)(. in .lacquinot and Lucas, XOy. an Fol(>Snd, ZdoI., m. ( rnsL, 



p. II. IS.-.:!. 

 raraiiiilhnt.v (l.rplomillira.v) aiitiiiuHs Micis. Ann. Mag. Nat. llisL^H, wii. p, L'L'O 



1871!; (V:\t. Trnst. N. Z.. 187G). 



One male s])0('iinen lias bt>en received Iroiu the Otaji'o University 

 Museum, l)nnedin,New Zealand (1G;2S.")). It isO;i millimeters loD{i' from 

 tlie tip of tlu> rostriun ;ind Si*. 5 wide, without spines. The ehelipeds 

 are extremely i«)n,!4, about ll-o millimeters; (he hands ar«>MMy lonuand 

 stronu. 



Paramitluax ^Leptoinithiax> longimanus Mii'is. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Ilisl., (1^. "^vii, p. L'L'O. lS7(i; (Cat. Ciiust. X. Z.. 187(>K .l.'iir. Linn. 

 Soi'. London. \i\ . \>. (!."i(i. 1879. 



Dunedin, New Zealand; Ota.u'o Museum: three males (U'»L*SlM. 



Tiiespecimens do not a.iiree exactly with MieVvS's description. Midway 

 on the nmr.iiiu of the branchial rejiion is a short, stout, blunt s])ine 

 curved Ibrward. The carapace is tuberculous rather than liranulous. 

 The hMi.uth of the roslniiii is only a little j>reati'r than half the width 

 between the pra'orbital an.uU's. Morns ;iiul car])us of clielii)t'd tubercu- 

 lous; niaiius conspicuously j;raiuilous inside, minutely' so outside. 



