BY J. J. FLETCHER. 
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1. P. leuckarti, Sang., var. typica 
P. leuckarti, Sang., non auct.: P. insignis, Dendy, Vict. Nat. 
Vol. vi. No. 12, April, 1890, p. 173; Spencer, Proc. Roy. Soc. 
Vict, 1894, p. 31. 
With 14 pairs of claw-bearing legs; outer jaw blades without 
an accessory tooth. 
Hob. — New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 
The re-discovery of this variety in New South Wales is a matter 
to be desired, as the jaw characters of the type are unknown. I 
have seen only Tasmanian specimens — six (three of each sex) 
kindly lent me by Prof. Spencer. Two of them are dark without, 
any definite pattern; the others have more orange red and show a 
dark median line with nodosities, not always opposite the legs, and 
a pattern of secondary diamonds, much like some N.S.W. speci- 
mens of var. orientalis. The males are remarkable by the absence 
of white tubercles from the legs of the first five pairs; they are 
present on all or nearly all the others. 
2. P. leuckarti, Sang., var. occidentalism var. nov. 
With 15 pairs of walking legs; outer jaw-blades without an 
accessory tooth. 
//^.—Bridgetown, inland from Perth, W.A. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 
The specimens, which were put straight into spirit, are small 
(the largest but slightly exceeding 15 mm.) even allowing for the 
contraction due to the method of preservation. There is nothing 
specially remarkable about the coloration, which is mainly blue^ 
with a smaller amount of orange. They would pass muster in 
this respect very well among a collection of similarly preserved 
eastern specimens. 
The males have white papilla? on most of the legs, but not on 
those of the first pair. One of the females obtained and preserved 
on March 30th last contained about ten advanced embryos varying 
slightly in age, of which the proximal one has the body more 
pigmented than is usually the case with the newly born young of 
the eastern form. As in the latter, the embryos are contained 
