330 Mr. G. M. Thomson on the 



eluded, as I have already shown (in a paper published in the 

 N.-Z.-Inst. Transactions) that it is only the female of Talor- 

 chestia Quoyana, Dana. In the same paper I have replaced 

 Par ameer a tenuicornis, Miers (Moera tenuicornis, Spence 

 Bate), in the genus in which it was originally placed by Dana, 

 as Melita tenuicomis. At the same time I added fourteen 

 species (belonging to eleven genera), of which twelve were 

 new to science. These additions were *Nicea novce-zealan- 

 dia?, *A r . Jlmbriata, and *iV. rubra, Lysianassa Kr'dyeri, 

 ^Pkerusanovai-zealandice^AtyhisDanai^^Dexatfmiepacificay 

 * Calliope didactyla and *C. Jluviatilis, * Gammarus barbi- 

 manuSf Themisto antarcticus, * Platyscelus intermedins (which 

 may prove to be the connecting-link between P. Rissoina 

 and P. serratus, the extreme forms of one and the same 

 species), * Caprella caudata and * Caprellina novo3-zealandia\ 



In the < Annals' for December 1878, Mr. T. W. Kirk of 

 Wellington made some additions to the local crustacean fauna, 

 including the following Amphipods — Caprella lobata and *G. 

 novai-zealandiw. 



I am now able to add four more species, of which three are 

 new. 



1. ArnpMthonotus leevis, sp. nov. (PI. XVI. figs. 1-4.) 

 Animal quite smooth and not carinated on the back. Ce- 

 phalon produced into a small falcate rostrum, which projects 

 between the bases of the antennre. Eyes large, subreniform. 

 Superior antennas slightly exceeding the inferior, about half 

 as long as the animal ; peduncle very short ; flagelluni long, 

 slender, and multiarticulate. Peduncle of inferior antennge 

 longer than peduncle of superior. Appendage of the mandi- 

 bles long, middle joint exceeding the other two. Maxillipeds 

 having the appendages longer than their respective joints. 

 Gnathopoda small, subequal, abundantly ciliated; propodos 

 with a well-defined, nearly transverse palm, against which 

 the dactylos impinges closely. Pereiopoda subequal, poste- 

 rior pair the longest. Pleopoda subequal ; rami lanceolate, 

 those of the penultimate and antepenultimate pairs unequal 

 in length. Telson tubular, notched at the apex. Length 

 "3 inch. 



Hah. Dredged in Dunedin Harbour in 4-5 fathoms. 

 Though agreeing closely in generic characters, this species 

 is very distinct in appearance from A. Edioardsii, as figured 

 in the British-Museum catalogue, and also apparently from 

 A. spiniventris, Costa. 



* Species not before described. 



t Printed " dania " in Trans. N.-Z. Inst. vol. xi. p. 238. 



