THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SIXTH SERIES.] 

 No. 11. NOVEMBER 1888. 



XLVEI. — On a new Species of the Genus Atya (A. Wyckii) 

 fi-om Celebes. By Sydney J. Hickson, M.A. (Cantab.), 

 D.Sc. (Lond.), Hon. M.A. (Oxon.), Fellow of Downing 

 College, Cambridge, Deputy Linacre Professor at Oxford, 



[Plates XIII. & XIV.] 



In the mountain districts of Minahassa, in North Celebes, a 

 favourite dish at the midday meal or " rijst tafel " is made 

 by boiling a large number of the small " garneelen " which 

 are caught in Lake Tondano. I first saw these small prawns 

 when I was staying some 6 or 7 miles from the lake at a 

 small mountain settlement called Kelelonde ; but as they 

 were at the time prepared rather for use than for observation, 

 I trusted to a future visit to the lake to obtain some specimens 

 for examination. Unfortunately I was unable to revisit the 

 lake ; but since my return home I have received a large con- 

 signment of these interesting forms from the Resident of 

 Menado, the Jonkheer van der Wyck. As I at all times 

 received much kindness and assistance from the Resident 

 of Menado during my stay in Celebes, and am deeply 

 indebted to him for the trouble he took to obtain specimens 

 and information whenever I required them, I propose as a 

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