Dr. W. T. Caiman o)i Muuidopsis poljmorplia. 213 



14. Meso thorax small and shining ; abdo- 



men shining black humilis, Sm., ^.. (T.) 



Mesothorax dull 15. 



15. Larger; mesothorax greener; abdo- 



men dark brown, with a sericeous 



surface incliaans, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Smaller ; mesothorax bluer ; abdomen 

 shining black. (Tasmania.) limaim, Sm., $ . (T.) 



There are three Tasnianian species, H. familiar is (Erichs.), 

 //. orbatus, 8m., and //. cognatus, Sm., which I have not 

 examined. The last, according to Smith, is probably the 

 male of //. r/Iobosus, Sm. 



The presence of ordinary-looking small ITaUctl in the most 

 remote regions is rather remarkable. The following are from 

 New Zealand and Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). The 

 latter locality does not belong to the Australian region, but 

 it is so near to it that its species are of interest in the present 

 connexion. 



Halictus Smithi'ij D. T. {familiaris, Sm.), ? (T.). New 

 Zealand. — Ordinary-looking small black species j hind 

 spur simple; stigma fulvous; first r. n. meets second 

 t. c. ; basal nervure very strongly bent. 



H. sordiduSj Sm., ? (T.). New Zealand. — Ordinary small 

 species; head and thorax black, abdomen ver?/ dark 

 reddish bi*own; first r. n. joins second s. m. a short 

 distance before its end. 



H. BingJiami, W. F. Kirby, ? (T.). Christmas Island. — 

 Ordinary- looking small black species; hind spur with 

 very few spines ; area large, with fine raised lines, like 

 the veining of a fern-leaf ; second and third abdominal 

 segments with basal hair-bands ; third s. m. rather large, 

 but its outer side with only a single gentle curve. 



//. Andrewsi, W. F. Kirby, ? (T.). Christmas Island. — 

 Smaller than BingJiami; yellowish green, with red 

 legs; venation of Chloralictus ; hind spur with few long 

 saw-like teeth. 



XXXI. — (9nMunidopsis }^o\ymo\y\\^,Koelbel, a Cave-dwelling 

 Marine Crustacean from the Canary Islands. By W. T. 

 Calman, D.Sc. 



The British Museum (Natural History) has lately received 

 from Mr. Fairfax Prevost some specimens of a Galatheid 

 Crustacean collected by him in a cave on the island of 

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