CRU8TACICA — WUITKI-KfUiK. 



159 



(lisliiiclly ; they arc of two kinds, and consist of iiunicr(jus niiniito, 

 round i^raiiules, and a series of Hat, sniootli, oblong, s(;al(!-like 

 plates, about O'Ol mm. in their larfj^er diameter. The scal(;s are 

 isolated, rarely in c(.)ntact ; the posterior mai'gin is imbedded ; the 

 anterior is slightly elevated, and when the carapace is viewed at 

 certain angles the edges of the scales appear like a series of short 

 transverse lines. 



The following measurements are taken from tht' 

 ample : — 



Breadth of front 

 Length of carapace 

 Breadth of ,, 

 Length of right chelipede 



,, ,, merus 



„ ,, carpus 



„ „ pahu 



Depth, of „ 



Length of first I'ight ambulatory leg 



,, ,, merus 



,, ,, carpus 



,, ,, propodus ... 



,, ,, dactylus 



,, ,, third ambulatory leg 



„ „ fourth „ „ 



Obtained off Botany, in 50 to 52 fathoms. Previously recorded 

 from Fiji, " off Matuku, Fiji Islands, in 315 fathoms."* 



Jie 1 



irger ex- 



2-4 



mm. 



6 





7 





9 





3 





2-5 





4-2 





2-8 

 1 n 





4 





2 





2-5 



,, 



2-6 





11-4 





9 





Subfamily OCYPODIN^. 

 OCYPODA, Fabricius. 



OCYPODA CORDIMANA, Desmarest. 



Ocypoda cordimana, Desmarest, Consid. sur les Crust., 1825, 

 p. 121. Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.-Phil., 1880, p. 185. 

 Miera, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), x., 1882, p. 387, pi. xvii., 

 figs. 9-9rt. De Mann, Notes Leyden Museum, iii., 1881, 

 p. 248. 



Two examples obtained at Botany Bay. 



* Miers— Chall. Rep., Zool., xvii., 1886, p. 229. 



