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  Transactions.— 
  Zoology. 
  

  

  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 
  setse 
  at 
  the 
  

   joints. 
  Telson 
  deeply 
  cleft, 
  smooth. 
  Colour 
  yellowish, 
  marbled 
  with 
  red. 
  

   Length 
  -5 
  inch. 
  

  

  Eock 
  pools 
  at 
  Taiaroa 
  Head 
  (Otago 
  Harbour). 
  

  

  10. 
  Nicea 
  Jimhriata, 
  nov. 
  sp. 
  Fig. 
  B,2. 
  

  

  Eyes 
  round. 
  Inferior 
  autenuse 
  about 
  one-third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body; 
  

   peduncle 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  flagellum, 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  crowned 
  

   with 
  a 
  ring 
  of 
  short 
  setse, 
  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 
  antenuse 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  inferior 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  

   13-1 
  5 
  -jointed, 
  slender, 
  minutely 
  setose. 
  First 
  pair 
  of 
  gnathopoda 
  with 
  the 
  

   carpus 
  dilated; 
  propodos 
  broadly 
  oblong, 
  the 
  palm 
  very 
  oblique, 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  numerous 
  setse, 
  and 
  defined 
  by 
  two 
  stout 
  teeth. 
  Gnathopoda 
  of 
  

   second 
  pair 
  large 
  ; 
  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.3. 
  

  

  Eyes 
  round. 
  Inferior 
  antenna 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  four 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  peduncle, 
  with 
  over 
  fifty 
  articulations, 
  sparingly 
  and 
  

   minutely 
  setose. 
  Superior 
  antenna 
  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 
  setse. 
  Gnathopoda 
  of 
  second 
  pair 
  with 
  the 
  propodos 
  ovate, 
  

   palm 
  extending 
  obliquely 
  along 
  half 
  of 
  its 
  inferior 
  margin, 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   two 
  rows 
  of 
  stout 
  setse, 
  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. 
  Gammaridffi. 
  

   Genus 
  Jjjsmnskssa,, 
  Edivards, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Crust., 
  iii, 
  p. 
  20; 
  Dana, 
  U.S. 
  Explor. 
  

   Exped., 
  p. 
  908; 
  Spence 
  Bate, 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  Cat. 
  Amphip., 
  p. 
  64. 
  

  

  Superior 
  antennse 
  pyriform, 
  very 
  short, 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  inferior, 
  and 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  a 
  secondary 
  appendage. 
  Mandibles 
  having 
  an 
  appendage 
  ; 
  

  

  