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Elamena longirostris, Filhol, 1885. 



Echinomaia hisjnda, n. gea. et sp. 



Paramithrax {Paramitkrax) latreillei, Miers, 1879. 



„ [Leptomithrax) affinis, n. sp. 



,, parvus, n. sp. 



All were taken at or near the north end of the North Island. 



Twelve of the twenty-nine species are new. Nearly all the others have already 

 been recorded from New Zealand waters. Of those which have not, Aegean cataphractas 

 is a very widely distributed species whose appearance here need cause little surprise. 

 The specimen which I have doubtfully referred to Arctus immaturus indicates, if the 

 reference be correct, the occurrence of a Cape Verde species near New Zealand. In the 

 moderately deep water to the North of New Zealand there is evidently a very rich 

 and varied decapod fauna, which well deserves the attention of New Zealand zoologists. 



(3) The single species from Melbourne Harbour was Leucifer hanseni, Nobili, 

 1905. 



(4) The tropical Atlantic species from near Eio de Janeiro and South Trinidad 

 Island comprise : 



Pandalus jmucidens, Miers, 1881. 



Neptunus {Hellenus) spinicarjms (Stm.), 1870. 



Goneplax hirsutus, n. sp. 



Gecarcinus lagostoma, H. M.-Edw., 1837. 



Eurypodius latreillei, Guerin, 1828. 



Persephona {3fi/ropsis) laevis, n. sp. 

 Geographically speaking they are a mixed assemblage. Persephona laevis and 

 Neptunus spinicarpus indicate AVest Indian affinities for the fauna, Goneplax hirsutus is 

 a link with the North, while Pandalus paucidens and Eurypodius latreillei are 

 Magellanic. Gecarcinus lagostoma is the only land decapod taken by the expedition. 

 Some of the pelagic Sergestidae mentioned below were taken in this region. 



(5) The pelagic species from the Atlantic were the following Sergestidae : 



Sergestes atlanticus, H. M.-Edw., 1830. 



jMcificus, Stm., 1860. 



cornutus, Kr., 1859. 



cornicidum, Kr., 1859. 



edivardsi, Kr., 1859. 



vigilax, Stm., 1860. 

 Leucifer batei, Borr., 1915. 

 ,, faxoni, Borr., 1915. 



There is nothing remarkable in the occurrence of any of them. 



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