408 ■ Mr. J. K. Henderson on the new Galatheidea 



Loc. Station 163 [ofF the New South Wales coast], 120 

 fathoms. 



Qalaihea incons'picua^ n. sp. 



Kostrum narrow, not twice the length of the ocular pedun- 

 cles, slightly excavated above towards the base ; lateral 

 borders with four teeth, which diminish in size as they pass 

 forwards, the central point very long and acute. Carapace 

 glabrous, the strise fairly numerous and slightly raised ; 

 gastric region swollen, armed with six small spines, lateral 

 border eight-spined. Chelipedes and ambulatory limbs want- 

 ing in the only specimen. 



Length of body (in a cJ ) 8 millim. ; breadth of carapace 

 3 millim. 



Loc. Station 194 [off Banda Is.], 360 fathoms. 



MuNiDA, Leach. 



Munida spinosa^ n. sp. 



Eostrum twice the length of the supraocular spines, the 

 latter nearly twice the length of the ocular peduncles. Cara- 

 pace considerably narrowed in front, the lateral margins with 

 seven large spines ; gastric region with from six to ten spines 

 in front, a few spinules on the hepatic and branchial areas. 

 Chelipedes robust, slightly pubescent, the propodal, carpal, and 

 meral joints with several rows of large spines. Carpi and 

 meri of the ambulatory limbs with their anterior borders 

 spiny. The second, abdominal segment with a row of from 

 six to ten large spines. 



Length of body (of adult <$) bQ millim. ; length of cheli- 

 pedes 76 millim. 



Loc. Station 145 [off Prince Edward Island], 310 fathoms; 

 Station 320 [off the mouth of the Kio de la Plata], 600 

 fathoms. 



Munida Normani, n. sp. 



Kostrum half as long again as the supraocular spines, the 

 latter about equal in length to the ocular peduncles. Carapace 

 with two spines on the posterior border, a transverse row of 

 spines on the cardiac area, and a row of spines on either 

 branchial region near the borders of the cardiac area, also two 

 spines on the gastric area ; lateral borders of the carapace 

 with about six spines. Chelipedes cylindrical, covered with 

 slightly imbricated scales^ the inner surface of the joints 

 (especially of the meri) furnished with spines, the digits long, 



