248 Transactions.— Zoology. 
The mandibles are indistinctly 8-jointed; the first two joints project 
horizontally forward in front of the proboscis ; the 8rd is placed at right 
angles to the 2nd, and the nipping claws are at right angles to it and work 
horizontally in front of the mouth. The palpi are represented by a small 
tubercle at the base of the mandibles on each side. 
The ovigerous legs are about 10 mm. long, and are present in both: 
sexes. They are 8- (? 9-) jointed, the four terminal joints being furnished 
with simple short spines. 
The legs of the 8rd pair are 81 mm. long, the relative lengths of their 
joints being as follows :— | 
da 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Ti 8, 
2. 6. Be 245. Si 14s dB cer L 5. 
The upper margin of the 2nd tarsal joint protrudes somewhat beyond the 
articulation of the claws. 
The integument of the body and appendages is everywhere more or less 
furnished with spines of varying size and strength; these are most nume- 
rously developed on the mandibles. 
Hab. Lyttelton Harbour, taken by the dredge. I am indebted to 
Dr. R. von Lendenfeld and Mr. C. Chilton for several specimens of this 
species. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES XIV.—XVI. 
Prate XIV. 
Figs. 1-4. Pallene nove-zealandie. . 
1. Body seen from the ventral aspect; 2. claw of mandible; 3. extremity of 
the ovigerous leg, with toothed spines; 4. claw of leg of 3rd pair. 
Figs. 5-9. Ammothea dohrni 
5. Body from the dorsal aspect; 6. mandibles; 7. mandible-palpi; 8. ovige- 
rous leg; 9. claw of leg of 3rd pair. 
Prats XV. 
Figs. 1-5. Ammothea magniceps. 
1. Profile of body seen laterally, with the appendages removed; 2. mandibles ; 
3. nonis leg; 4. terminal joint of ovigerous leg; 5. claw of leg of 3rd 
Fig. 6. ee eas obliquum. 
teral view of body 
i Puare XVI. 
Figs. 1-2. Phozichilidium obliquum. 
1. Dorsal aspect of body; 2. ovigerous leg. 
Fig. 3. Ammothea magniceps. 
Dorsal aspect of body 
