CRUSTACEA 291 
The specimens appear to agree pretty closely with the 
description given by Filhol. The dimensions of the largest 
individuals examined are :— 
Male—Length of carapace, 175mm. 
Breadth ,, % 150mm. 
Propod of chelipeds, length 150mm. 
breadth 45mm. 
Female—Length of carapace, 115mm. 
Breadth of carapace, 100mm. 
Propod of chelipeds, length 65mm. 
breadth 18mm. 
Filhol (p. 370) gives the length of the female as 102mm. and 
the breadth 114mm., thus making the breadth greater than the 
length; it is probable, however, that his figures have been 
accidentally reversed. 
The back of the carapace of many of the specimens was over- 
grown with a serpulid (probably Pomatoceros strigiceps) and 
with a molluse (Anomia sp.), various polyzoa, ete. 
Numerous specimens of this species were taken at Stations 5, 
15, 17, 20, 47 and 48. 
The species is common at the Auckland and Campbell Islands, 
and at moderate depths off the south of New Zealand. 
According to the settlers it has only been seen once at Stewart 
Island; about three years ago specimens were first taken there 
in shallow water, and socn after they are said to have come 
ashore in thousands, walking about on the beaches. 
CANCER NOVAE-ZEALANDIAE, (Jacquinot et Lucas). 
Platycarcinus nove-zealandie Jacq. et Luc., Voy. au Pole Sud., 
iii., Crust., 1853, p. 34, pl. iu, fig. 6. 
Cancer nove-zealandie Lenz., Zool. Jahrb. xiv., 1901, p. 459. 
Chilton, Subant. Is. N.Z., 1909, p. 608. 
One immature male specimen from Station 12, six miles 
north-west of the Nuggets. The species is very common on New 
Zealand coasts. 
NECTOCARCINUS ANTARCTICUS (Jacquinot et Lucas). 
Portunus antarcticus Jacq. et Luc., Voy. au Pole Sud., iii., Crust., 
1853, p. 51. 
Nectocarcinus antarcticus A. M.-Edw., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. 
Slop py. 407, 
Miers, Cat. N.Z. Crust., 1876, p. 30. 
Hodgson, ‘‘Southern Cross’’ Crustacea, 1902, p. 229. 
Chilton, Subant. Is. N.Z., 1909, p. 608. 
This species was taken at Stations 2, 5, 12, 23, 26 and 30, 
and at the Chatham Islands. It is known also from the Auckland 
Islands, and is probably common at moderate depths around the 
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