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the specimens according to size, and the faet that they cannot be 
distinguished with certainty from specimens from the N. S. Wales 
Fig. 27. Amphioenida pilosa Lyman. — 1. Part of oral side; 2. of dorsal side; 3 and 
4. three armjoints from middle of arm, showing shape of ventral and dorsal 
plates. Same specimen as 1—2 (7 mm). 5. three armjoints of a larger specimen (11 
mm) showing different shape of ventral plates ; G. rnouthshield of same specimen ; 
7. parfof oral side of a small specimen (4 mm); 8. three armjoints from same spec¬ 
imen, dorsal side ; 9~ 10. different shapes of rnouthshield from specimens from off the 
N. S. Wales coast. All figures 
Seas would seem to make it unjustified to maintain the New Zea¬ 
land form as a separate species. Whether the N. S. Wales spec¬ 
imens really belong to the species described from the Bass Strait 
