4i CRUSTACEA FROM PORT CURTIS DISTRICT, QUEENSLAND, 



Galathea australiensis Stimps. (Plate iv. figs.l, la). 



1858. G. australiensis Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 



p.89. 

 1884. Miers, Zool. H.M.S. "Alert," p.277, pl.xxxi. fig.A(necB). 

 1888. Henderson, "Challenger" Anomura, xxvii. p. 118, pi. xii. 



fig.5. 

 1900. Whitelegge, Mem. Aust. Mus. iv. Pt.2, p. 189. 

 1882. G. corallicola Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi. 



p.761, and Cat. Aust. Crust, p.162. 

 1884. Miers, Zool. H.M.S. "Alert," p.278. 

 1900. Whitelegge, Mem. Aust. Mus. iv. Pt.2, pp.190 and 192. 



Mast Head Island; a good series. 



Carapace broad, with 7-8 lateral spines. Striations complete, 

 arranged in eight pairs, each with a thick fringe of setae of 

 moderate length. 



Rostrum broad, shorter than the gastric region and armed 

 with three pairs of lateral spines. It is medially grooved and 

 covered with obscure setiferous scales. There are two gastric 

 spines placed just posterior to the line of the inner orbital spines. 



Chelipeds robust, spiny and clothed with long hairs and 

 obscure setiform scales. They are 2 T 4 ^ as long as the carapace, 

 including the rostrum. The hand is rather longer than the 

 carapace, and the fingers are much shorter than the palm. 



In old males the right hand is much swollen and the fingers 

 are curved, meeting only at the tips, leaving a wide gap when 

 closed. There are two obtuse tubercles near the base of the 

 dactylus and one between them on the digit, on which there is 

 also another near the end. The whole inner margin is finely 

 serrate. 



In young males and females the teeth are scarcely discernible, 

 and the fingers meet along their entire edges. 



The ambulatory legs are armed normally. They are scaly and 

 clothed with long hairs. 



The ischium of the external maxillipeds bears a distinct spine 

 on its outer distal margin and a minute spinule on its inner 

 margin. The ridge on its anterior face has about 21 minute 



