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  . 
  Tiansaciions. 
  — 
  Zoolorpj. 
  

  

  There 
  arc 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  specimens 
  agreeing 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  (Iescni> 
  

   tion 
  of 
  G. 
  danai, 
  Miers. 
  

  

  Porivnus, 
  Leach. 
  

   Portunus 
  jmsilhis, 
  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 
  arc 
  in 
  the 
  

   Colonial 
  Museum 
  ; 
  the 
  only 
  difference 
  heing 
  that 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  have 
  a 
  prominent 
  spine 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  hand. 
  

  

  Female, 
  length, 
  /^ 
  inch 
  ; 
  hreadth, 
  -^^ 
  inch. 
  Male, 
  length, 
  ^%- 
  inch 
  ; 
  

  

  breadth, 
  -f^j 
  inch. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  : 
  Cook 
  Strait. 
  

  

  Podoccnis, 
  Leach. 
  

  

  Podocenis 
  cyUndricus, 
  Say, 
  Jour. 
  Acad. 
  Philad., 
  I., 
  part 
  2 
  ; 
  Edwards, 
  

  

  Hist, 
  des 
  Crust., 
  III., 
  p. 
  64 
  ; 
  Cat. 
  Amp. 
  Crust. 
  B.M., 
  p. 
  25C. 
  

  

  Three 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  at 
  AVorser 
  Bay, 
  in 
  tangled 
  seaweed. 
  

  

  Pleustcs, 
  Spence 
  Bate. 
  

   Pleustes 
  panoplm, 
  Kroyer, 
  Gron. 
  Amf., 
  p. 
  42, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  f. 
  9 
  ; 
  Edwards, 
  

   Hist, 
  des 
  Crust., 
  t. 
  III., 
  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. 
  

  

  