402 Transactions.—Zoolony. 
There are also in the collection specimens agreeing well with the descrip- 
tion of G. danat, Miers. 
Portunus, Leach. 
Portunus pusillus, Leach, Malac. Brit., t. IX., f. 5-8; Edwards, Nat. 
Hist. Crust., I., p. 444; Bell, Brit. Crust., p. 112. 
Three specimens agreeing well with Prof. Bell's description are in the 
Colonial Museum ; the only difference being that the New Zealand speci- 
mens have a prominent spine on the anterior margin of hand. 
Female, length, 7; inch; breadth, inch. Male, length, 45; inch; 
breadth, +5; inch. 
Hab. : Cook Strait. 
Podocerus, Leach. 
Podocerus cylindricus, Say, Jour. Acad. Philad., L, part 2; Edwards, 
Hist. des Crust., III., p. 64; Cat. Amp. Crust. B.M., p. 256. 
Three specimens were obtained at Worser Bay, in tangled seaweed. 
Pleustes, Spence Bate. 
Pleustes panoplus, Kroyer, Grön. Amf., p. 42, pl. 2, f. 9; Edwards, 
Hist. des Crust., t. IIL, p. 41: Cat. Amp. Crust. B.M., p. 63. 
Seven specimens at same time and place as last species. 
These are both arctic species, and their occurrence on our coast is 
somewhat remarkable, j 
