22 ATJSTEALIAN MALACOSTBACA. 



and carpus covered with granulations. Ambulatory limbs stout, 

 one or two rows of pointed tubercles on the third and fourth 

 joints. [A.M.-H.'j 



Abrolhos, "Western Australia (Macleay Museum). Pound 

 also in New Caledonia, and the Sandwich and Viti Islands. 



G-enus Schizophbys, White. 

 Carapace orbiculate triangular or rarely elongated. Spines of 

 rostrum distinct, with one or more accessory spines upon their 

 outer margins. Orbits large. Basal joint of antennae rather 

 slender, with two spines at its distal end. Fingers of anterior 

 legs excavated at the tips. [Jf.] 



35. Schizophrys aspera. 



Mithrax aspera, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., t. i., p. 320. 



Dime affinis, De Haan, Faun. Jap., Crust, p. 94, pi. xxii., fig. 4. 



Mithrax spiriifrons, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 4e serie, t. vii, p. 262, (1867). 



Schizophrys aspera, Stimpson, Amer. Acad, of Sci. and Arts, 

 January, 1860; A. Milne-Edwards, Recherches sur la faune 

 carcinologique de la Nouvelle Caledonie, Nouv. Arch, du Museum, 

 t. viii., p. 231, pi. x„ fig. 1. 



Carapace covered with granulations which are larger and more 

 acute on the more prominent regions of the carapace. Cornua 

 of the rostrum usually twice as long as broad, each generally 

 terminating in two points, the outer shorter than the inner, rarely 

 simple, sometimes with an additional spinule. Lateral borders 

 armed with six sub-equidistant, strong spines, with a smaller spine 

 behind on the branchial region. A small triangular tooth in the 

 middle of the lower orbital border. 



Torres Straits (Macleay Museum). A widely distributed 

 tropica] species. 



Genus PtEUEOPHEictrs, A. Milne-Edwards. 



Carapace nearly circular, little convex. Front prominent, 

 orbits large. Lateral borders regularly curved, ornamented with 

 teeth. Antennary region narrow, basal joint of the external 

 antennae enclosed. Antennules folding up very obliquely in the 



