CRUSTACKA — WHITKLKGGE. 167 



Width Ix'twccMi tli(! liit,('i-;il doiiticlcs of tlio front... 1 "J inin. 



Total widtli of frontal iH!ir;,Mii ... ... ... -Jl ,, 



Length of ocular peduncle ... ... ... ... ^^> „ 



,, ,, peduncle of outer antenna ... ... Hi ,, 



„ ,, acicle ... ... 1 1 „ 



,, ,, left chelipede ... ... ... ... H5 „ 



,, ,, third right leg ... ... ... ... 122 ,, 



The colour in alcohol is as follows : — Scales and bases of spines 

 on the upper surfaces of limbs, mauve ; lower surfaces and tips of 

 spines, red ; set;i; fringing the scales, bright yellow ; inner distal 

 surface of palm and the fingers, vermilion ; the merus-joints with 

 one and the eye stalks with two bands of the same tint. A 

 similarly coloured oblong calcified plate is present in the mem- 

 brane of the mei'o-carpal joints of the chelipedes ; the plate is also 

 present in the second and third pairs of legs, but it is much less 

 in size and uncoloured. 



Cape Three Points and Newcastle Bight, in 23 to 48 fathoms. 



CLIBANARIUS, Dana. 



CLIBANARIUS STRIGIMANUS, WMfe. 



Clibanarius strigimanus, White, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, p. 121; 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2), i., 1848, p. 224. Miers, Zool. 

 Ereb. & Terr., Crust., 1874, p. 3, pi. xi., fig. 4. Henderson, 

 Chall. Rep., Zool., xxvii., 1888, p. 60. 



Stations 12, 13, 25. 



Twenty-one large examples of this well-marked species were 

 obtained at Cape Three Points and off" Newcastle, 23 to 50 

 fathoms. The largest adult male yields the following measure- 

 ments : — 



Length of carapace ... 

 Width of frontal margin 

 Length of ocular peduncle 



,, peduncle of outer antenna 



,, acicle 



,, peduncle of inner antenna 



,, left chelipede 



,, third right leg 



The anterior portion of the carapace is as broad as long, the 

 surface is rather uneven and marked by numerous shallow sub- 

 circular pits, from 1 to 2 mm. in diameter, and the sides of the cara- 

 pace bear a few tufts of setse. The front has a thickened margin, 



73 



mm 



26 





22 





23 





14 





30 





100 





175 





