162 AUSTBALIAN MALACOSTKACA. 



two spinules in front. Lateral margin eight- spined, including 

 the spines above and below the antennae. Rostrum broad, 

 triangular, the surface densely pubescent, the margin with four 

 teeth on either side, the teeth long, acute, spiniform. Chelipedes 

 rather stout, bordered with a few spines, the fingers depressed, 

 not gaping, 1-2 dentate. [StimpsJ\ 



Port Jackson ; Port Stephens. 



This is a very near ally of Dana's G. spinosirostris, and may 

 prove to be identical with that species. 



305. Galathea corallioola. 



Galathea corallioola, Haswell, P. L. S., N.S.W., Vol. vi. 



Nearly allied to the preceding ; distinguished from it by the 

 absence of the spines on the gastric region, by having the frontal 

 region rather narrow, the eyes longer, and the hands both longer 

 and broader and with very few spines. In some specimens the 

 hands are broader, than in others, and the fingers gape widely. 

 Length about i in. 



Port Molle, Queensland, under blocks of dead coral between 

 tide marks. (W.A.H) 



306. G-alathea magniflca. 



Qalathea magniflca, Haswell, 1. c. 



Carapace and rostrum nearly as in G. corallioola, but the latter 

 relatively shorter. Eyes more prominent than in G. corallicola, 

 but not so thick. Chelipedes very small, about $ of the length 

 of the body, slender ; fingers not gaping. Length £ in. Colour 

 bright red, with a brilliant purple stripe down the centre of the 

 carapace ; legs ornamented with transverse bands of darker red 

 and purple ; fingers dark reddish brown, yellow at the tips. 



A number of specimens of this remarkable species were 

 obtained with the dredge in a depth of about 25 fathoms off 

 Broughton's Islands, near Port Stephens. 



307. G-alathea aculeata. 



Galaihea aculeata, Haswell, 1. c. 



Allied to G. corallicola in the form of the carapace and 

 rostrum, but with the central spine of the latter very long, pro- 



