﻿CuO 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  resented 
  in 
  ^q,w 
  South 
  Wales 
  by 
  an 
  allied 
  species, 
  Astacopsis 
  nohilis 
  

   (Dana), 
  through 
  which 
  we 
  pass 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Murray 
  Eiver 
  crayfish, 
  

   Astacopsis 
  apinifera 
  (ITeller). 
  

  

  ASTACOPSIS 
  SPINIFERA 
  (HeHer). 
  

  

  Cancer 
  scrratvs 
  Shaw, 
  Zoology 
  of 
  New 
  Holland, 
  pi. 
  viii, 
  17it4. 
  (Noc 
  Caucer 
  

  

  scrrafus 
  Forsksil, 
  1775.) 
  

   roiamohiiiH 
  sirrafns 
  White, 
  Proc 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  I^oiulou, 
  XMII, 
  ]>. 
  95, 
  ]>1. 
  xv, 
  1850. 
  

   Asfacoulcs 
  spinifer 
  Heller, 
  Reisc 
  der 
  Novara, 
  Zool. 
  Tli., 
  II, 
  Pt. 
  3, 
  Crust., 
  p. 
  102, 
  

  

  pi. 
  IX, 
  1865. 
  

   Astacns 
  armaliis 
  vox 
  Martens, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  3d 
  ser., 
  XVII, 
  ]>. 
  3.59, 
  1866. 
  

   Astaco'idcs 
  scrratns 
  McCoy, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hiist., 
  3d 
  .ser., 
  XX, 
  p. 
  189, 
  1867; 
  Pro- 
  

  

  droiuus 
  of 
  the 
  Zoology 
  of 
  Victoria, 
  Decade 
  II, 
  pi. 
  xv, 
  1878. 
  

   Astacus 
  serratus 
  vox 
  Maktexs, 
  Monatsber. 
  Akad. 
  Wissensch. 
  Berlin, 
  1868, 
  p. 
  615. 
  

   Anstralian 
  crayfish 
  Huxley, 
  The 
  Crayfish, 
  p. 
  307, 
  fig. 
  76, 
  1880. 
  

   Asfacopsis 
  serratus 
  Haswell, 
  Cat. 
  Australian 
  Stalk- 
  and 
  Sessile-eyed 
  Crust., 
  

  

  p. 
  174, 
  1882. 
  

   Asiacopsis 
  spinifer 
  Bate, 
  Rep. 
  Challenger 
  Crust. 
  Macrura, 
  p. 
  195, 
  pi. 
  xxviii, 
  

  

  1888. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Australia, 
  in 
  Murray 
  Eiver, 
  the 
  Murrumbidgee 
  and 
  tribu- 
  

   taries, 
  the 
  Paramatta 
  River 
  at 
  Sydney 
  (Bate), 
  Richmond 
  River 
  (White), 
  

   Biisbane 
  Water 
  (White), 
  and 
  at 
  Mount 
  Wilson 
  (Haswell), 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined: 
  Australia, 
  Doctor 
  F. 
  Miiller, 
  one 
  male 
  

   (Coll. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool.) 
  ; 
  Melbourne, 
  Doctor 
  F. 
  Miiller, 
  one 
  fenuile 
  ovig. 
  

   (Coll. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool.); 
  Murray 
  River, 
  one 
  female 
  ovig. 
  (Coll. 
  Mus. 
  

   Comp. 
  Zool.); 
  Murrumbidgee 
  River, 
  one 
  male 
  (Coll. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool.), 
  

   and 
  Moreton 
  Bay, 
  one 
  (Coll. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila.). 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  (an 
  

   egg-bearing 
  female) 
  is 
  12^ 
  inches 
  (310 
  mm. 
  ) 
  long. 
  Von 
  Martens 
  records 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  13 
  inches 
  (330 
  mm.) 
  in 
  length, 
  while 
  according 
  to 
  Stebbing 
  

   a 
  length 
  of 
  20 
  inches 
  (507 
  mm.) 
  is 
  sometimes 
  attained. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   measure 
  4 
  by 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  McCoy 
  the 
  Murray 
  lobster 
  is 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  Melbourne 
  

   market 
  from 
  the 
  Murray 
  River 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers. 
  In 
  living 
  

   speciniens 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs, 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  and 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   spines 
  and 
  tubercles 
  are 
  rich, 
  creamy 
  white 
  or 
  ivory 
  color; 
  the 
  grouml 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  legs, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  carapace, 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  prus 
  

   sian 
  blue 
  of 
  varying 
  shades 
  of 
  intensity 
  in 
  different 
  individuals, 
  or 
  some 
  

   times 
  mottled 
  with 
  dull 
  olive 
  green. 
  The 
  seraicorneous, 
  flexible 
  edges 
  

   of 
  the 
  tail 
  fin 
  are 
  brownish. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  aie 
  olive 
  green 
  where 
  the 
  

   T)lne 
  appears 
  in 
  others. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Haswell, 
  "specimens 
  from 
  Mount 
  Wilson 
  differ 
  from 
  

   those 
  from 
  the 
  Murrumbidgee 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  apical 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  

   very 
  short, 
  the 
  tubercles 
  of 
  the 
  carapace 
  blunt, 
  and 
  the 
  tubercles 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  small, 
  the 
  inner 
  row 
  being 
  altogetlier 
  rudimentary; 
  the 
  color 
  

   of 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  deep 
  red, 
  with 
  bluish 
  shades 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   carapace 
  and 
  legs, 
  as 
  in 
  Shaw's 
  figure." 
  

  

  