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are sube([ual, in t\n\ tliird and fourtli the propodus is somewhat 

 longer, and in tlie fifth it is nearly twice as long as the tarsus. 



There is a pair of sti'ong hackwardly directed spines at the 

 inner bases of the coxal joints of the posterior pair of legs ; 

 similar spines are present in Arcttis immaturis, Bate.* 



Two male examples were obtained off Wata Mooli, at a depth 

 ■of 54 to 59 fathoms. 



DENDEOBEANCHIATA. 



Group NORMALIA. 



Tribe PEN^IDEA. 



Family PEN^ID^. 



PEN^US, Fabricius. 



PEN^US CANALICULATUS, Oliver. 



Penceus canaliculatus, Oliver, Encycl. Method., viii., 1811, p. 660. 

 Bate, Chall. Rep., Zool., xxiv., 1888, p. 245, pi. xxxi., 

 pi. xxxii., fig. 4, pi. xxxvii., fig. 2. 



Stations 22, 23, 41, 50. 



Examples of this common species were obtained off Newcastle 

 and Shoalhaven Bights, in 15 to 52 fathoms. 



PEN^US MACLEAYI, Hasivell. 



Penceus macleayi, Haswell, Aust. Mus. Cat., v., Crust., 1882, 

 p. 201, No. 375. 



Station 50. 



Two specimens were .secured off Shoalhaven Bight, in 15-18 

 fathoms. 



* Bate— Chall. Rep., Zool., xxiv., 1888, pi. x., fig. 3. 



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