AUSTEALIAN MALACOSTEACA. 121 



Carapace similar to that of L. rliomboklalis of De Haan. 

 Lateral border bulging outwards over the coxa and closely tuber- 

 culated. Front almost triangular. Legs like those of L. 

 rhomboidalis. Joints of the legs yellow ; ischium with a yellow 

 band in the middle. Arm beset with numerous white tubercles 

 above and on the sides, especially at the base ; quite smooth 

 below. Hands quadrangular, with a line of fine impressed 

 punctations on the lower border. Mobile finger only toothed at 

 the apex ; immobile finger of the left hand with a protuberance 

 in the middle of the inner border ; immobile finger of the right 

 hand rudimentary. [Hess.] 



Sydney (Hess). 



G-enus Myea, Leach. 



Carapace ovate-globose, posteriorly tridentate. Orbit with 

 three deep fissures. Antennulary fossae oblique. External 

 maxillipedes with the external margin of the palp dilated. 

 Anterior limbs very long, slender, hands straight. Abdomen of 

 the male with the third to the sixth segments coalescent, of the 

 female with the fourth to the sixth. [2?.] 



228. Myra carinata. 



Myra carinata, Bell, 1. c, p. 297, pi. xxxii., fig. 3 ; Haswell, 

 1. c, p. 50. 



Carapace ovate, minutely granulated, carinated, the median 

 posterior spine three or four times longer than the lateral ; 

 lateral spines conical, acute. [-B.] 



Cape G-renville (Macleay Museum). 



229. Myra mammillaris. 



Myra mammillaris, Bell, 1. c, p. 298, pi. xxxii., fig. 5 ; Haswell, 

 1. c, p. 50. 



Carapace ovate, glabrous, sparsely ornamented with small 

 elevated tubercles, posterior teeth very short, rounded. [B,~\ 



Shores of Australia (Brit. Museum). 



230. ?Myraaffinis. 



Myra affinis, Bell, 1. c, p. 296, pi. xxxii., fig. 2 ; Haswell, 

 1. c, p. 50. 



