ABST*AJ(IAN MAliLCOSTBlACA. 2J7 



the carpus produced below into a rounded prominence, the 

 propodos sub-quadrate, broader distally than proximally, palm 

 transverse ; dactylos well-developed. Posterior gnathopoda with 

 the propodos large, sub-quadrate, broader distally than proxi- 

 mally; palm transverse, armed externally with two rounded 

 teeth, separated by a deep excavation from the rest of tike palmar 

 border ; dactylos powerful, pointed, as long as the palm, provided 

 internally with a rounded protuberance. 



Female. — Anterior gnathopoda with the carpus and propodos 

 of nearly equal length, the former sub-triangular ; the propodos 

 long-ovate, with two hair-armed serrations on its upper and lower 

 borders; dactylos two-thirds of the length of the propodos, 

 acuminate. Posterior gnathopoda small, carpus and propodos 

 sub-equal ; the latter with an obscure, downwardly projecting 

 process at its distal extremity ; dactylos short, articulating near 

 the middle of the lower border of the propodos, and not nearly 

 attaining the distal extremity of the latter. Length ^-g- in. 



Mangrove swamps, near Bowen, Queensland, under decaying 

 wood, etc. 



396. Talorchestia terrse-reginse. A.M. 



Talorchestia terrce-regincd, Haswell, 1. c, Vol. v., p. 99, pi. v., 

 fig. 4. 



Male. — Superior antennae rather longer than the cephalon; 

 flagellum. as long as the last two segments of the peduncle, of 

 six to eight articuli. Inferior antennae more than four times as 

 long as the superior pair ; flagellum as long as the last segment 

 of the jpeduncle, of about twenty articuli. Anterior gnathopoda 

 with the carpus longer than the propodos, the latter slightly .curved 

 downwards, narrow, of nearly uniform breadth from end to end, 

 slightly dilated at the infero-distal angle; palm transverse; 

 dactylos longer .than the palm. Posterior gnathopoda with the 

 propodos large, heart-shaped, the palm oblique, armed with short 

 bristles, and provided near the distal end with a prominent, 

 compressed, curved process, which lies in an open hollow of the 

 opposed border of the dactylos when the hand is closed. 



Female. — Anterior gnathopoda with the carpus longer than 

 the propodos, both narrow and armed with a few stout setae. 

 Eflsterior gnathopoda with the propodos provided with a shojt 



