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Nicholls. — New Species of TJroctcna- 
0 ]hm 1 ; more distal joints not markedly setose; distal lobe on carpus 
^ery large, widely separating meros from propod and masking ; 
[be snb-triangular shape of the joint; propod relatively longer anil 
imrrovrer, i)alni convex Avith more regular lobing and marked off i 
from comTx posterior border of joint by a pair of large spines 
betAveen Avhieh the tip of the dactyl is received. 
Tavo or three of the peraeopo 's bear simple (nnbranched) 
accessory branchiae; the dactyl may 1) ‘ar a feel.)ly de\adoped sensory 
seta. 
Uropoel d, Avith basal joint as long (male) or longer (female) 
(han broad ; inner ramns small, Avitli tAVo or three terminal spines 
outer ramus not markedly ele.ngated, 2 jointed, Avith the usual 
<uiml)-like plate on ])roximal joint in the male: both joints AAott = 
spines and long setae. 
TeJsdi) slightly broader than long, scarcely as long as peduncl'^ 
of uro])od .‘5, cleft for thre(' fifths of its length, a small basal 
j.ortion Ixuit at an angle to the rest of the ]uece. The distal 
lobes arc' tiaincatc' set Avith a number of long setae and two or 
ihrc‘e (juite stout spines, each notched and Avith a cilium. 
Length . — Not exceedijig eight millimetre's; females some\A'hal 
shorter. 
('r.h)ur . — In life', palely broAvn, translucent; in spirit, straAV 
coloured to Avhite. The iarge chalk-AA'hite eyes readily dis- 
tinguished, OAxm in ]n‘eserA'ed material. 
ILihiiaL — Found in a creek some miles south of Armadale, 
harbouring uiuh'r stono'^ and in tufts of gra'^'s. About 
three dozem spei-i^neus, of AA'hich almost all AA'ere females, 
were taken on June '2S of tliis year. 
Fig. 1 , — Vroefena ycllandi, male. Ride auc'aa- of Avhole animal. 
