634 MB, E. J. MIEES ON TKE 



intermediate that no reliance can be placed on tbis colouring as 

 a specific character. 



28. Phlogoenas jobiensis {Meyer) ; Goidd, S. New Guinea, 

 part vii. — Chalcopbaps niargaritba), J)' Alb. ^ Salvad. Ann. Mtis. 

 Civic. Genov, A^i. p. 836 (1875). — Phlogoenas margaritba?, Salvad. 

 07;. c/(^. viii.p. 495 (1878). 



A somewbat immature specimen in Mr. Broadbent's collection 

 in brown plumage, glossed witb purplish violet on tbe sides of the 

 neck and shoulders ; tlie head dark grey, witb a few rufous fea- 

 tbers remaining ; tbe throat and chest whitish, obscured by rusty 

 brown or greyish edges to the featliers ; rest of under surface 

 ashy brown, witb obscure fulvous edges to tbe feathers. Tbe 

 specimen is not unlike Dr. Meyer's typical bird figured by Mr. 

 aould {I. c). 



29. Talegallus FTJScmosTEis, Salvad. ; SJiarpe, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 504. 



The specimens sent by Mr. Broadbent and Mr. Groldie bear out 

 tbe character of tlie dusky bill, on wbicb Coimt Salvador! separated 

 the species. 



On tbe Classification of tbe Maioid Crustacea or Oxyrliyncha, 

 witb a Synopsis of the ramilies, Subfamilies, and Genera. 

 By Edwaed J. MiEEs, F.L.S., P.Z.S., Assistant in tbe Zoo- 

 logical Department, British Museum. 



[Eead March 6, 1879.] 



(Plates XII. and XIII.) 



Inteoductoby Eemaeks. 



The Oxyrhyncha, or Maioid Crabs, have been placed by nearly 

 all carcinologists at the^head of the Brachyura, on account of the 

 high degree of concentration exhibited both in the sensory organs 

 and nervous system. There is perhaps no one of the great divisions 

 of the higher Crustacea more numerous in genera and species, or 

 more interesting on account o£ the great variety both of form and 

 structure exhibited in the different types, nor any in which a 

 thorough revision of tbe classification is more urgently needed. 

 No comprehensive account of the group has appeared since the 



