608 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Crustacea. 



Genus Prionorhynchus, Jacq. et Luc, 1853. 



Distribution. — New Zealand and adjacent islands. 



Prionorhynchus edwardsii, Jacq. et Luc. 



Prionorhynchus edwardsii, Jacquinot et Lucas, Voy. au Pole sud, Zool., 

 iii. Crust., p. 8, fig. 1, 1853 ; Filhol, " Mission de I'lle Campbell," 

 p. 367, pi. xlii, figs. 1-4, 1885 ; Hodgson, " Southern Cross " Crust., 

 p. 230, 1902. 



This species has been recorded from the Aackland Islands by Hombron and 

 Jacquinot and by Hodgson, and from Campbell Island by Filhol. It is abundant 

 at both islands, and is also found at moderate depths off the coast of Otago and 

 Stewart Island. 



Genus Cancer, Linn., 1766. 



Distribution. — Very widely distributed. 



Cancer novae-zelandiae (Jacq. et Luc). 



Platycarcinus novae-zealandiae, Jacq. et Luc, Voy. au Pole Sud, iii. Crust., 

 p. 34, pi. iii, fig. 6, 1853. Cancer novae-zealandiae, Miers, Cat. N.Z. 

 Crust., p. 14, 1876 ; Filhol, " Mission de I'lle Campbell," p. 371, 1885. 



One small immature specimen obtained from Musgrave Harbour, Auckland 

 Island, by Professor Benham. Common on the New Zealand coasts. According to 

 Miers, it differs from C plebeius, Poeppig, found on the coast of Chili, only in the 

 somewhat more acute tubercles of the hands and teeth of the antero-lateral margins. 



Genus Nectocarcinus, A. Milne-Edwards, 1861. 

 Distribution. — Widely distributed in southern seas, 



Nectocarcinus antarcticus, Jacq. et Luc 



Nectocarcinus antarcticus, Jacq. et Luc, A^oy. au Pole sud, Zool., iii. Crust., 

 p. 51, pi. V, fig. 1, 1853 ; Miers, Cat. N.Z. Crust., p. 30, 1876 ; Filhol, 

 Mission de I'lle Campbell," p. 383, 1885 ; Hodgson, " Southern Cross " 

 Crust., p. 229, 1902. 



Recorded from the Auckland Islands by Hombron and Jacquinot and by 

 Hodgson. Also found off the coasts of New Zealand. 



Genus Hemiplax, Heller, 1865. 



Distribution. — New Zealand region. 



Hemiplax hirtipes, Heller 



Hemi'plax hirtipes. Heller, Voy. " Novara," Crust., p. 40, pi. xviii, fig. 3, 

 1865 ; Filhol, " Mission de File Campbell," p. 385, 1885 ; Miers, Rep. 

 " Challenger," xvii, p. 251, 1886. 



Recorded from Campbell Island by Filhol. Common on the coasts of New 

 Zealand. 



