CRUSTACEA — WHITELEGGB. 241 



Maxillipedes with the first joint shorter than the second ; the 

 hitter is rather broad, truncated distally, and armed with six 

 Hat pectinated spines and numerous shorter simpk; ones ; tlie 

 infolded inner border bears a blunt hook-like process about the 

 middle and four flat spines at the summit. 



Superior distal extremities of the second, third, and fourth 

 joints of the palp strongly lobate ; the tip of each lobe and of the 

 cylindrical fifth joint is furnished with a number of long simple 

 setfe. 



Legs rather slender, the posterior pairs longer than the anterior; 

 basos joint of the first pair as long as the three joints following 

 combined ; ischium rather longer than the merus and carpus ; 

 propodus equal in length to the two preceding joints and twice 

 as long as the bispinose dactylus ; each inferior propodal border 

 of all the legs with four more or less 

 pectinated spines ; raeral and carpal joints -^.^^ / 



with three or fewer spines on the lower / ^^ 



border, and a fringe of large strongly / \ 



pectinated spines on the distal margin / \ A 



above. \ |\A 



Rami of the first pair of pleopods \ A 



foliaceous, subequal in size, nearly twice | j 



as long as broad ; distal and external / 



borders with long plumose setse ; inner / / 



ramus rather acutely produced at the outer / 



base. / \ / 1 



Uropods not reaching to the end of the / / 



telson : fixed joint subfalcate, twice as / / 



long and broad as the mobile ramus ; | / 



the latter has four denticles on its outer y 



border and two at the distal extremity. \ ^^/ 



Colour in spirits pale cream. 



'■ -^ Uropod. 



Fourteen examples obtained off Coogee, ^ig- 22e. 



Wollongong, and Crookhaven River, at depths varying from 11 

 to 56 fathoms. 



Total length of larger example ... ... 11 mm. 



Breadth „ ,, ,, 65 ,, 



CASSIDINELLA, gen. nov. 



Body oblong, convex, less than twice as long as broad, with 

 the segments laterally incised, some of which are quite distinct 

 and separated from each other. Cephalon dorsally short and 

 produced vertically downwards in front. Segments of the 



