CKUHTACRA — WIIlTELEfJGE. 190 



and also in Milnc-Edward.s' fi^au'c the rostrum is depicted as 

 covering the l)ases of the eye-stalks. Tn Bigelow's figure it is 

 represented as just reaching their bases. 



The carpal joint of the raptorial limbs has a small acute spine 

 on its superior distal extremity. The propodal joint has two 

 mobile spines situated proximally on the inner side of the upper 

 border; the posterior spine is much the larger; the proximal 

 two-thirds of the outer aspect of the superior border is finely 

 denticulated. 



Miers states that the "basal prolongation of the uropoda 

 terminates in a large flattened lobe, which is denticulate on its 

 inner margin and ends in a spine." In the examples under notice 

 the inner margins are quite smooth throughout, and they are 

 represented as being smooth in Bigelow's figure. 



The penultimate joint of the outer ramus of the uropoda has a 

 small spine at the distal extremity inferiorly, and four mobile 

 spines on its outer distal angle, of which the proximal one is 

 small ; those following rapidly increase in size, the fourth often 

 being one-third as long as the terminal joint. 



The terminal segment agrees exactly with the figure given by 

 Bigelow. 



Outer laminae of uropoda brilliant violet when alive; in formol, 

 pale violet, the marginal fringe crimson. 



Length of largest specimen from the tip of the rostrum to the 

 end of telson, 130 mm. 



This and the following species have not hitherto been recorded 

 from Australian waters. 



Habitat. — Chile ; San Pedro, California. 



S Q U I L L A, Fabricius. 



SQUILL A ARM AT A, E. Milne-Edwards. 



Squilla armata, H. Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., ii., 1837, 

 p. 521. Gay, Hist. Chile, ZooL, iii., Crust., 1849, p. 223. 

 Kirk, Trans. N Z. Inst., xi., 1878, p. 401. Miers, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), v., 1880, p. 26. Chilton, Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., xxiii., 1890, p. 60. Bigelow, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xvii., 1894, p. 515, figs. 9-10. 



Station 8. 



One female example of this species was obtained off Barranjoey, 

 in 25-28 fathoms ; it measures 80 mm. from the top of the rostrum 

 to end of the telson. 



Habitat. — Chile ; New Zealand. 



Note. — The figures in ttie text have been reproduced by zincography from 

 the author's drawings. 



