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arcuate. Same organ smaller in female, with the palm more transverse, 
and dactylos relatively shorter. First, second and third pairs of pereiopoda 
subequal; fourth and fifth longer; all with crests of short setw at the 
joints, Telson deeply cleft, smooth. Colour yellowish, marbled with red. 
h. 
Rock pools at Taiaroa Head (Otago Harbour). 
10. Nicea fimbriata, nov. sp. Fig. B.2. 
"Eyes round, Inferior antennæ about one-third as long as body; 
peduncle more than half as long as flagellum, penultimate joint crowned 
with a ring of short setze, ultimate with a dense fringe of long, slender hairs 
on its inferior margin; flagellum from 17-22-jointed, each articulation 
with a dense bunch of long hairs on its inferior margin, diminishing 
towards the extremity. Superior antenne half as long as inferior; flagellum 
13-15-jointed, slender, minutely setose. First pair of gnathopoda with the 
carpus dilated; propodos broadly oblong, the palm very oblique, furnished 
with numerous sete, and defined by two stout teeth. Gnathopoda of 
second pairlarge; propodos ovate, tapering to the extremity, lower margin 
densly fringed with long hairs, an excavation marking the very oblique and 
not well-defined palm. Pereiopoda subequal, second and third pairs rather 
the shortest. Telson cleft almost to the base, minutely tuberculated. 
Colour pale yellow. Length :8 inch. 
Dunedin. 
11. Nicea rubra, nov. sp. Fig. B.B. 
Eyes round. Inferior antennæ half as long as body; flagellum four 
. times as long as peduncle, with over fifty articulations, sparingly and 
minutely setose. Superior antennæ nearly half as long as inferior; 
flagellum 18-jointed, joints slender, with their apices expanded, minutely 
setose. Gnathopoda of first pair with the carpus rounded; propodos 
oblong-quadrate, setose on the inferior margin, palm extending along half 
its length, obliquely transverse, defined by two teeth, and furnished with 
two rows of sete. Gnathopoda of second pair with the propodos ovate, 
palm extending obliquely along half of its inferior margin, furnished with 
two rows of stout sete, but without any defining spines; dactylos long and 
curved, with two tubercles at the joint. Fourth and fifth pairs of 
pereiopoda longer than those preceding. Telson deeply divided into two 
acute, smooth lobes. Colour pink. Length :4 inch. 
Dunedin. 
Fam. II. Gammaride. 
Genus Lysianassa, Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., iii, p. 20; Dana, U.S. Explor. 
Exped., p. 908; Spence Bate, Brit. Mus. Cat. Amphip., p. 64. 
Superior antenne pyriform, very short, stouter than the inferior, and 
furnished with a secondary appendage, Mandibles having an appendage ; 
