298 AXTSTBALIAN MALACOSTEACA. 



514. Cilicoea curtispina. A.M. 

 Giliccea curtispina, Haswell, 1. c, p. 5, pi. iii., fig. 4. 



Surface smooth. Head large, strongly arched. First and 

 fourth segments of the thorax much broader than the others ; 

 epimera very distinct — their outer borders carinated. First 

 segment of the abdomen finely granular, marked laterally with 

 three depressed divisional lines, with two teeth on either side on 

 its posterior border ; posterior process short, blunt, rounded. 

 Terminal segment having the lateral elevations pointed ; terminal 

 notch concealed from above by a prominent trilobed process the 

 middle lobe of which is the largest. Internal antennae separated 

 by a tolerably large lobe ; basal segment of the peduncle very 

 large, more than half the length of the head, not much dilated, 

 armed distally and internally with a blunt tooth ; second segment 

 scarcely half the length of the first, armed terminally with three 

 small teeth ; third segment very small ; flagellum much shorter 

 than peduncle. Outer antennae more than a third of the length 

 of the body; last segment of the peduncle the largest ; flagellum 

 longer than peduncle. Mobile ramus of uropoda stout, truncate, 

 armed with two acute teeth at its extremity and one about the 

 middle of its outer border. Inner ramus very short, closely 

 applied to the border of the terminal segment, ending in two 

 sub-acute teeth. Length about \ an inch. 



Port Philip. 



515. Cilicoea orassa. A.M. 



Cilicoea crassa, Haswell, 1. c, p. 5. 



Surface covered with rounded granules and a short pubescence. 

 First segment of the thorax as long as the two following; lateral 

 angles of the thoracic segments rather prominent, sub-acute. 

 Process of first abdominal segment very thick, closely applied 

 and cemented to the surface of the last segment, extending beyond 

 the apex of the latter and ending in a broad, bifid extremity. Last 

 segment of the abdomen with two conical elevations ; terminal 

 notch wide ; mesial lobe triangular, acute. Immobile ramus of 

 uropoda rudimentary, mobile ramus notched externally towards 

 the apex, and with a low blunt tooth on the inner border. Colour 



