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is somewhat elongated, trigonous, and has a small spinule at its 

 distal end ; the rami are subequal and longer than the base, yet not 

 greatly elongated as in some species. The colour (in spirit) is yel- 

 lowish, usually closely and somewhat irregularly punctulated with 

 black. Length of the largest example about 8 Hues (17 miUim.) ; 

 breadth nearly 3| lines (7 miUim.). 



These specimens very nearly resemble examples referred to L.gau- 

 diehaudii from Madjica-Sima in the Museum collection; but the 

 body is less distinctly granulated, and the granulations do not gene- 

 rally extend over the median dorsal line of the postabdominal seg- 

 ments, and the notches of the terminal segment are not distinctly 

 toothed. In one specimen, however, I have observed a continuous 

 line of granules bordering the posterior margins of the postabdominal 

 segments. 



In the uncertaiaty that exists regarding the true nomenclature of 

 noj; a few species of this genus, I prefer to retain the name of aus- 

 tndiensis as a designation for this variety. Mr. Thomson* has de- 

 scribed a species from Dunedin, New Zealand (L. quadrata), which is 

 evidently nearly allied to the L. australiensis, but may, perhaps, be 

 distinguished by the less prominent postero-lateral angles of the last 

 postabdominal segment, which is described as " subquadrate, with 

 the angles hardly projecting." 



2. Ceratothoa imbricata. 



Oniscus imbricatus, Fair. Mantissa Insect, i. p. 241 (1787). 



Oymothoa imbricata, Fdbr. Ent. 8yst. ii. p. 603 (1793) ; Svppl. p. 304 

 (1798). 



Oymothoa banksii, Leach, Bid. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 353 (1818) ; Des- 

 marest, Consid. , Crust, p. 809 ' (1825) ; M.-Edwards, Hist. Nat. 

 Crust, iii. p. 273 (1840) ; JSeUer, Seise der Novara, Oi-ust. p. 148 

 (1865). -^ ^ ^' 



Oymothoa trigonocephala, M.-Edwards (nee Leach ?), Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 s& 2, iii. pi. xiv. figs. 1, 2 (1835) ; Cnist. in Cuv. E^gne Animal, 

 pi. Ixv. fig. 2; JSst. Nat. Crust, iii. p. 272 (1840), var. ; Quirin, 

 Icon. Crust. Eigne Anim,cd,y\. xxix. fig. 2 (after Milne-Edwards'). 



Ceratothoa trigonocephala. Heller, Novara Crust, p. 148 (1865) ; 

 Thomson, Trans. New-Zeal. Inst. xi. p. 233 (1879), var. ; Haswell, 

 Cat. Austr. Crust p. 282 (1882), after M.-Edwards. 



? Oymothoa approximans, White, t. c. p. 110 (1847). 



Oeratothoa banksii, Miers, Cat. New-Zeal. Crust, p. 136 (1876). 



A small specimen, presenting no distinctive external sexual cha^ 

 racters, is in the collection from Port Jackson, 0-5 fms. It is un- 

 doubtedly identical with a somewhat larger specimen from the same 

 locality in the British-Museum collection, taken " from the mouth of a 

 bream." The type example of O. ianJcsii (thus designated in the hand- 

 writing of Dr. Leach) is of larger size, and is said to have been obtained 

 in the New-Zealand seas ; it presents no distinctions which can be 

 regarded as of specific importance, and the description which I have 



* Trans. New-Zeal. Inst. xi. p. 232 (1879). 



