A REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ISOPODA. 
By William A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. 
[Plates L., LI., LII. and LIIL] 
List of Species. 
Faro. Idoteid.e. 
1. Idotea Peronii. M. Echv. 
2. Idotea marina. Linn. 
3. Idotea stricta. Dana. 
4. Idotea longicaudata. Spence Bate (= Crahyzos longicaudata.) 
5. Idotea margaritacea. Dana. 
Fam. Oniscid^:. 
6. Armadillidium subdentatum. Haswell. 
7. Porcellio graniger. White. 
8. Porcellio obtusifrons. Haswell. 
9. Philougria {Philygria) marina. Chilton. 
10. Ligia gaudichaudii, var australiensis? Dana. 
Fam. CymothoidjE. 
11. Ceratothoa, trigonocephala. Leach. 
12. Geratothoa imbricata. Fabr. 
13. Codonophilus argus. Haswell. 
14. Ourozeuktes owenii. Milne-Edwai'ds. 
15. Ourozeuktes pyriformis. Haswell. 
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Fam. ^Egid^:. 
16. ^Ega cy clops. Has well. 
17. Cirolana midtidigitata. Miers. 
18. Cirolana Schiddtei. Miers. 
19. Cirolana tenuistylis. Miers. 
20. Cirolana lata. Haswell. 
21. Rocinela orientalis. Schiudte and Meinert. 
22. Rocinela vigilans. Haswell. 
Fam. SpiiiEROMiD^;. 
23. Sphaeroma gigas. Leach. 
24. Sphaeroma quoyana. Milne-Ed vv. 
25. Sphaeroma verrucauda White. 
26. Sphaeroma (?) anomala. Haswell. 
27. Sphaeroma kevis. Haswell. 
28. Sphaeroma aspera. Haswell. 
29. Cymodocea granulata. Miers. 
30. Cymodocea (?) Gaimardii. Milne-Edwards. 
31. Cymodocea. longistylis. Miers. 
32. Cymodocea aculeata. Haswell. 
33. Cymodocea bidentata. Haswell. 
34. Cymodocea coronata. Haswell. 
35. Cymodocea tubercxdata. Haswell. 
36. Cerceis tridentata. Milne-Edwards. 
37. Cerceis bidentata. Milne-Edwards. 
38. Cerceis acuticaudata. Haswell. 
39. Cerceis trispinosa. Haswell. 
40. Gilicaea tenuicaudata. Haswell. 
41. Gilicaea Latreillii. Leach. 
42. „ „ var. crassicaudata. Haswell. 
43. ,, „ var. longispina. Miers. 
44. Cilicaea antennalis. White. 
45. Cilicaea hystrix. Haswell. 
46. Cilicaea spimdosa. Haswell. 
47. Cilicaea curtispina. Haswell. 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 1003 
48. Cilicaea crassa. Haswell. 
49. Zuzara diadema. Leach. 
50. Zuzara armata. Milne-Edwards. 
51. Zuzara Integra. Haswell. 
52. Zxizara emarginata. Haswell. 
53. Haswellia carnsa XCalyptura carnea.) Haswell. 
54. Amphoroidea australiensis, Dana. 
Fam. Arcturid.e. 
55. Arcturus longicornis. Haswell. 
56. Arcturus brevicornis. Haswell. 
Fam. ANTHURID.E. 
57. Faranthura australis. Haswell. 
58. Faranthura crassicornis. Haswell. 
59. Paranthura diemenensis. N. Sp. 
60. Anthura Miersii. N. Sp. 
61. Hallophasma purpureum. Haswell. 
62. Haliophasma maculatum. Haswell. 
63. Eisothistos vermi/ormis. Haswell. 
Fam. Tanaid.e. 
64. Tanais tenuicornis. Haswell. 
65. Paratanais linearis. Haswell. 
66. Apseudes obtusifrons. Haswell. 
67. Apseudes australis. Haswell. 
Fam. AnceiDjE. 
68. Anceus ferox. Haswell. 
Fam. Asellid.e. 
69. Stenetrium armatum. Haswell. 
70. Stenetrium inerme. Haswell. 
Fam. CYMOTHOiDiE. 
Miers Zoological Collections of H.M.S. " Alert," (p. 300) adds 
a species — Ceratothoa imbricata, Fabr., of which there are speci- 
mens in the British Museum from Port Essington, Sydney, 
Murray River, and Western Australia, as well as from New 
Zealand and from Calcutta. 
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Fam. JEgidm. 
Miers describes two new species of Cirolana — C. multidigitata 
from Albany Passage, Swan River and the Philippines ; C. 
schiodtei, from Torres Straits ; G. tenuistylis, also from Torres 
Straits, and a variety of C. lata, mihi from Albany Island. 
Rocinela orientalis, Schibdte and Meinert is stated by Miers 
(I.e., p. 304) to have been obtained from Torres Straits and 
Moreton Bay, as well as from the Gulf of Suez, Ceylon, and the 
Philippines. 
Fam. Sph^eromid.e. 
Miers (I.e., pp. 305-310) describes a new species — Cymodocea 
lonyitstylis, from Torres Straits and from Singapore ; a new variety 
of Cerceis bidentata of Milne-Edwards, which he calls asperi- 
caudata ; he notices the occurrence in Torres Straits and in 
Western Australia of Giliccua Latreillii (Sphceroma pvbescens) of 
Milne-Edwards ; and describes an additional variety of that 
species (C. longispina~) from Bass's Straits. He points out that an 
additional species of Ciliccea (C . antennalis of White) had been 
obtained from Swan River. 
He also points out that the generic name Calyptura, which I 
applied to a curious form of this family having the last segment 
of the thorax produced into a broad plate, was pre-occupied and 
proposes to call it Haswellia. 
I have to add the following remarkable new genus. 
Bregmocerella, N,G. 
Oral region immediately in front of the epitsoine (antennary 
sternum) produced forwards into a long horn-like process. Last 
segment pi*oduced, pointed. Uropoda with the outer (mobile) 
ramus rudimentary. 
Bregmocerella tricornis .N. Sp. 
[Plate LIIL, fig. 1.] 
The oral process is considerably longer than the head, slender, 
cylindrical, curved upwards towards the distal end which is slightly 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 1005 
dilated. The head is armed, a little in front of and internal to 
each eye, with a much shorter process, about a fifth of the length 
of the mesial one, directed forwards. The head is about the same 
length as the first segment of the pereion, but considerably narrower : 
the first segment has the pleural regions expanded and produced 
behind into a short acute process. The following five segments are 
nearly equal, slightly produced laterally : the seventh is rather 
larger, with two obscure teeth on each side of its distal border. 
The terminal segment is large, about a third of the length of the 
body, nearly triangular in outline, the apex produced into a bluntly 
pointed process with a slight notch on either side near the extremity : 
on the dorsal surface are two oval elevations covered with minute 
granulations. The anterior antennae are slender, but as long as 
the head and first two segments. The posterior antennae are much 
longer and stouter, more than half the length of the body, the 
peduncle and flagellum nearly equal in length, the latter with 
about thirty segments. The uropoda are narrow, about half the 
length of the terminal segment, not extending to near the apex, 
with a notch about the middle of the outer border in which is 
articulated the rudiment of a mobile ramus, and with two obscure 
teeth in the distal half. The length is f ths of an inch. The 
colour of the dried specimen is mottled red and brown, the horns 
red at the extremities : in the middle of the first body segment is 
an oval white spot with a light red mark in the middle of it. 
Dredged at the " Heads " of Port Jackson. [Macleay Museum.] 
Fam. Oniscoidea. 
LlGIA AlJSTRALIENSIS. 
Miers (I.e., p. 299) describes fully the species common on the 
Queensland coast, doubtfully referring it to Ligia Gaudichaicdii, 
var. Australiensis , Dana. 
Fam. AnceiDjE. 
Anceus ferox. N. Sp. 
[Plate LIT Figs. 1—5.] 
The body is very broad, the greatest breadth being nearly .j,th 
of an inch, and the total length, exclusive of the mandibles, being 
1006 A REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ISOPODA, 
only about / th of an inch. The head is extremely large, more 
than half the length of the pereion ; it presents in front a deep 
mesial excavation, at the bottom of which is a tooth ; bounding 
the excavation on either side is a tooth-like projection. The 
pereion is as broad as the head in front, narrower behind ; the 
hinder segments are slightly longer than the anterior. The pleon, 
with the telson, is about equal in length to the last four segments 
of the pereion ; its length is rather more than thrice its breadth. 
The upper antennse are shorter than the lower, considerably 
shorter than the head ; the three joints of the peduncle progres- 
sively increase in length distally ; the flagellum, which is nearly 
as long as the last joint of the peduncle, consists of a rudimentary 
proximal, a longer second, and a very small terminal articulation, 
the last ornamented with hairs. The inferior antennse are longer 
than the superior, but shorter than the jaws ; their flagellum is 
about the same length as the last segment of the peduncle, and 
consists of seven articuli. The jaws are very large, longer than 
the head ; internally, near the base, each presents a bifid tubercle ; 
at the apex each is divided into three teeth, of which one is 
rudimentary. The two anterior pairs of legs, which are a little 
larger than the following pairs, have the ventral borders of the 
merus and carpus each armed with two blunt spines ; in the 
hinder pairs the place of these is taken by a series of very short 
spinules. 
In the form of the jaws and their enormous size this species 
differs from any others, as well as in the great relative size of the 
head. Its nearest ally seems to be Anceus maxillaris, from which, 
however, it is very far removed. 
I am indebted for the only specimen of this species I have seen 
to Mr. Thos. Hewitt. It was found in Port Jackson. 
Fam. TanaiDjE. 
Tanais tenuicornis. 
[Plate L. Figs. 1—8.] 
Paratanais tenuicornis, Haswell. Proc. Lin. Soc, N.S.W., 
Vol. VI., p. 194, pi. IV. 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 1007 
This species, of which only a shcrt diagnosis has been 
published, presents two well-marked varieties — specimens from 
Port Western, Victoria, all presenting certain constant though 
unimportant peculiarities by which they differ from specimens 
from Port Jackson and Port Stephens. The following is a 
description of the Victorian form : — 
The body is moderately stout. It is ornamented with a few- 
scattered hairs on the dorsal surface, chiefly at the junctions of the 
segments. The head is nearly as long as the following four 
segments ; between the upper antenna? it forms a low triangular 
lobe. The first three free thoracic segments are shorter than the 
rest — the first being the shortest of all. The abdomen is about 
equal in length to the two last segments of the thorax. The 
superior antennae are stout, the first joint half the length of the 
the head, the second about a third of the length of the first and a 
little narrower, the third about two-thirds of the length of the 
second, narrower, with a minute lobe at its apex which may be a 
rudimentary fourth joint : the extremities of all three joints are 
ornamented with a few long hairs. The inferior antennae are 
equal in length to the superior pair and slightly more slender, and 
consist of six joints ; the first joint is short and stout ; the second 
more than twice the length of the first ; the third about a half to 
a third of the length of the second ; the fourth as long or very 
nearly as long as the second ; the fifth about two-thirds of the 
length of the fourth ; the sixth very small, not much more than a 
quarter of the length of the penultimate joint; the terminal joints are 
ornamented with long delicate hairs. The fingers of the first pair 
of thoracic appendages have brown corneous tips ; they are not 
denticulated ; but there is a row of short fine hairs near the inner 
edge of the immobile finger. The second pair of thoracic append- 
ages are more slender than the following, are not ornamented with 
spines, and terminate in a long, slender, two-jointed finger. The 
third and fourth pairs are shorter than the second and a little 
stouter; their dactyli are also slender and straight, but their 
meros and carpus are armed with short, stout spines, which are 
most numerous round the distal end of the latter segment. The 
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three last pairs have the meros and carpus like those of the 
preceding two pairs, but the dactylos is hook-like and armed 
internally with a double row of acute spinules. The uropoda have 
a well developed ramus with from five to seven subequal articuli. 
The surface of the body is irregularly mottled with blackish 
spots. The length is about a quarter of an inch. 
In the Port Jackson specimens the terminal joint of the 
superior antennae is relatively longer and narrower, and the 
second joint of the inferior antennae relatively shorter. 
Paratanais linearis. N. Sp. 
[Plate L. Figs. 9—16.] 
The body of this species is extremely narrow — the length being 
about ten times the breadth. The head with the coalescent first 
segment is about twice as long as the second segment ; it bears on 
either ends a strong tooth-like process directed backwards and 
downwards. The segments of the thorax are nearly equal, but 
increase a little in length and decrease slightly in height towards 
the posterior end. The abdominal segments are all equal, about a 
third of the length of the last segment of the thorax. The superior 
antenna? are stout and short, scarcely so long as the head and first 
segment ; with only five joints, of which the second is the largest. 
The lower antennae have four joints, of which the two proximal are 
the largest, with a strong tooth at the supero-distal angle of the 
second ; the fourth joint is very small and scarcely half the length 
of the third. The first pair of thoracic appendages are very stout, 
as long as the head and following two segments; the meros, carpus 
and propus all stout, the carpus the largest ; the immobile finger 
has a rounded tubercle ornamented with a few hairs. The 
following three pairs of appendages are slender, the propus con- 
siderably longer than the carpus, the dactylos slender, continued 
into a delicate hair-like point. The last three pairs of thoracic 
appendages are rather stouter than the preceding pairs ; the meros, 
carpus and propus are each ornamented towards the distal end 
with a few conical or curved spines, of which two placed at the 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 1009 
extremity of the propus assume the form of accessory dactyli. The 
dactylos proper is longer and stronger than these, a little less than 
half the length of the propus. The uropoda are very short, the 
inner ramus composed of one compressed joint which is about twice 
the length of the peduncle ; the outer shorter and narrower, 
apparently one-jointed- on one side, but on the other showing an 
articulation (or fracture) about the middle. The total length of 
the animal is fgths of an inch. 
The only specimen I have was obtained with the dredge in Port 
Jackson. 
Stenetrium armatum. 
[Plate LI. Figs. 1—12.] 
Stenetrium armatum. Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 
Vol. V., p. 478. 
The males of this species differ from the females in the form of 
the first pair of thoracic appendages (see P.L.S., N.S.W. Vol. V., 
pi. XIX., figs, lc and 1c 1 ), and also in having the flagella of the 
superior antennae usually, though not invariably, longer. The 
number of articuli of the inner antennae varies from eight to 
twelve, and the length varies considerably in different individuals ; 
the extremity never quite reaches the end of the fourth joint of 
the peduncle of the inferior pair, and usually does not reach much 
beyond the distal end of the third joint. Connected with the 
second joint of the inferior antennae is a movable scale or 
scaphicerite. The flagellum of the superior antennae is very 
long, consisting of 115 very short articuli. As in Apseudes, 
Tanais, and Anthura the mandible has a well-developed 
palp ; its cutting apex is bi-lobed, each lobe being divided into 
several teeth ; behind the teeth is a row of strong curved 
spines. The first pair of maxillae have two rami, of which the 
outer is the longest, both armed apically with stout, simple spines 
and hairs. The second pair of maxillae have three lobes, each 
armed with long simple spines. In the first pair of maxillipedes 
the basal joint has articulating with it a long, un-jointed, 
scale-like, pointed, external appendage ; the second joint is 
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broad, and bears a plate-like appendage, which is armed inter- 
nally with a row of four or five chitinous teeth, and distally 
with some short seta? ; the following three joints are expanded, 
especially the fourth and fifth ; the two terminal joints are 
narrower. The six posterior pairs of pereiopods each termi- 
nate in two claws, with a third claw or spine a little further 
back on the ventral border of the propodos ; the third and 
fourth joints are each produced into a process tipped with one or 
two very long seta?. The ventral surface of the last segment of the 
abdomen frequently possesses an acute spine in the middle line 
behind, but this is sometimes rudimentary. The abdomen 
possesses three pairs of appendages besides the terminal uropoda. 
Of these the first pair are biramous, the exopodite being large and 
crustaceous, meeting with its fellow in the middle, and completely 
covering the posterior appendages ; it is divided into two parts by 
an oblique articulation ; its endopodite is much smaller and more 
delicate, tipped with a few setge, and is placed behind the 
expodite. The second and third pairs of abdominal appendages 
are likewise delicate ; the second is biramous, the third 
uniramous. The bases of the first pair of abdominal appendages 
are covered in both cases by a broad plate, with a bifid apex 
attached to the posterior border of the last thoracic segment. The 
eggs are borne in a brood pouch on the ventral surface of the first 
four segments of the pereion. 
The specimens which I have at my command at present are not 
sufficiently well preserved to enable me to ascertain the position 
of the embryo in the egg, but I have little doubt on a careful re- 
examination of the subject that the present form (in spite of the 
direction of the four anterior pairs of thoracic appendages) finds 
its nearest allies among the Asellidai, not among the " Abnor- 
vialia," as I was at first inclined to suppose. The grouping 
together in Dana's classification under the title of Anispoda, of a 
number of forms whose chief bond of connection is the direction 
of the thoracic appendages results an an extremely artificial 
arrangement. 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWJELL, M.A., B.SC. 1011 
Fam. ANTHURID.E 
Paraxtiitra dimenensis. N. sp. 
[Plate LIL, figs. 6-13.] 
The head is rather smaller than the first segment of the pereion, 
conipi-essed from above downwards, nearly square in outline, with 
the anterior border concave. The second and third segments are 
about equal, very little lai'ger than the head ; the following 
segments of the pereion are both longer and thicker than the first 
and second, except the last which is rather shorter. The pleon is 
nearly as long as the penultimite segment of the pereion ; all its 
segments are quite distinct. Both pairs of antennae are shorter 
than the head, the inferior pair rather longer than the superior, the 
latter has six segments, of which the last is very small and there 
seems to be the rudiment of a seventh : the former has five 
segments, the last small, ornamented with a fringe of hair. The 
first thi-ee pairs of thoracic appendages are all sub-cheliform, the 
first the largest with very stout cai'pus and propodos : the former 
triangular, produced so as to articulate with a considerable part of 
the ventral border of the carpus ; the propodos with the palm 
oblique defined by a small spine : the following two pairs are of 
somewhat similar shape, but rather smaller, the palm undefined in 
the third, defined only by an obtuse angle in the second. The 
terminal appendages are rather pointed, ornamented with a small 
fasciculus of hairs : the telson has a minute notch in the middle 
behind. The length is half an inch. 
Found at Hobart between tide marks. 
Paraxthura CRASSICORXIs. 
[Plate LIIL, figs. 8 and 9.] 
Paranthura C7'assiconiis, Haswell. Proc. Linn. Soo, N.S.YV, 
Vol. V., p. 478, pi. XVIII., fig. 5 Cat. Aust. Crust., p. 305. 
There is a considerable amount of variation in this species ; 
particularly in the length of the antennas. In the specimen 
originally described the inner pair were about half the length of 
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1012 A REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ISOPODA, 
the head : the outer were twice as long as the inner pair. In a 
second specimen the inner pair are as long as the head, composed 
of five segments of nearly equal size — the fourth the longest, the 
fifth shorter, ornamented at the extremity with numerous tine 
hairs ; the outer are about half the same length as the inner ; 
their flagellum very stout, a little longer than the peduncle, of 
eight articuli. In a third specimen the outer antennre are nearly 
as long as the head and first two segments, the flagellum having 
thirteen joints ; the inner pair are broken off. 
[ may add to the description originally given that the propodos 
of the first pair of peripods is ornamented on its palmar border 
with a few fine hairs : the dactyli likewise have a few very short 
hairs along their inner border. The "palm" of the second and 
third pereiopods is provided with short straight spines, and there 
are similar spines on the carpus and propus of the following pairs. 
Haliopiiasma purpureum. 
[Plate LIIL, figs. 6 and 7.] 
Haliophasma pv/rpureum, Haswell. Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 
Vol. V., p. 47G, pi. XVIIL, tig. 3 ; Cat. Aust. Crust., p. 305. 
I give here an outline of the antennre of this species. In the 
flagellum of the outer pair there are seven distinct segments, the 
first large with indications of subdivision into two ; the last two 
very small. 
Parantiiura australis. 
Paranthura australis, Haswell. Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 
Vol. V, p. 477, pi. XVIIL, fig. 1 ; Cat. Aust. Crust,, p. 304. 
Miers, Zooligical Collections of H. M.S. Alert, p. 311. 
A very distinct variety of this species, or perhaps a distinct 
species, has been described by Miers (I.e.) as found at Dundas 
Straits by Dr. Coppinger. 
Pahanthura Miersi. N. sp. 
[Plate LIIL, figs. 2-5.] 
The body is long and narrow ; the first segment is longer than 
the head and projects like a hump behind ; the segments of the 
BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 1013 
pereion are of nearly equal length — the last being a little smaller 
than the rest ; the pleon is a little longer than the last segment of 
the pereion ; the segmentation is obscurely indicated. The inner 
(superior) antennae are shorter than the head very slender, with a 
rudimentary flagellum. The outer are as long as the head, with 
stout basal joints and a rudimentary flagellum of four articuli with 
a dense fringe of extremely fine short hairs. The first pair of legs 
have the carpus produced into an infero-distal process which is 
armed with a few spinules ; the propus is dilated, the palm 
presents a deep excavation the border of which is minutely 
serrulate, the dactylos has a tuberculated elevation near its base. 
The following pairs are short and stout, the carpus of each 
is a little produced infero-distally, and is here ornamented with 
a row of very minute spinules with a single larger spine and 
three or four fine hairs. The propus is likewise ornamented along 
its inferior border towards the distal end with minute spinules 
and has a stronger spine at the infero-distal angle ; the dactylos 
is large, two-thirds of the length of the propus and is biarticulate. 
The rami of the uropoda are ovate. The telson is ovate, narrowing 
a little towards the apex. 
The length is half an inch. Each of the segments is marked 
with a large patch of blackish purple. 
Port Jackson. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
[Plate L.] 
Fig. I. — Tanais Tenuicornis, lateral view. 
Fig. 2. —Superior antenmu of the same species. 
Fig. 3. — Inferior antemia3 of the same. 
Fig. 4. — Terminal joints of first pair of pereiopods of the same. 
Fig. 5. — Second pair of periopods of the same. 
Fig. 6. — One of the posterior pairs cf pereiopods of the same. 
Fig. 7. — Uropod of the same. 
Fig. S. — Lips of pincers of first pair of pereiopods. 
Fig. 9. — Paratanais linearis. 
Fig. 10. — Superior antennae of the same. 
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Fig. 11— Inferior antennas of the same. 
Fig. 12.— Terminal joints of first pair of pereiopoda of the same. 
Fig. 13.— Second pair of pereiopoda of the same, 
Fig. 14. — One of the posterior pairs of pereipoda of the same. 
Fig. 15.— Terminal joints of one of the posterior pairs of pereiopods. 
Fig. 16. — Uropod of the same. 
[Plate LI.] 
Fig. 1. — Stenktrium armatum. 
Fig. 2. — Basal joints of inferior antennae. 
Fig. 3.— Apex of mandibles. 
Fig. 4. — Base of the mandihular palpi. 
Fig. 5. —Toothed edge of the maudihles. 
Fig. 6.— Maxilla of the first pair. 
Fig. 7. — Maxilla of the second pair. 
Fig. 8.— Maxillipedes. 
Fig. 9. — Ahdominal spine. 
Fig. 10. — Pereipods. 
Fig. 1 1 . — Anterior pair of pleopods. 
Fig. 12— 
[Plate LI I.] 
Fig. 1. — Anceus fa-ox, magnified. 
Fig. 2. — Superior antennae of the same. 
Fig. 3. — Inferior antenna) of the same. 
Fig. 4. — Distal joints of one of the anterior pereiopods. 
Fig. 5. — Fourth and fifth joints of one of the posterior pairs of pereipoda. 
Fig. 6. — Head of Paranthura diemenensis. 
Fig. 7.— Posterior extremity of Paranthura dh m< in ush, from above. 
Fig. 8. — Superior antennae of the same. 
Fig. 9. — Inferior antennae of the same. 
Fig. 10. — Terminal joints of first pair of pereiopods of the same. 
Fig. 11. — Terminal joints of second pair of pereipods of the same. 
Fig 12. — Terminal joints of third pair of pereipods of the same. 
Fig. 13. — Extremity of one of the posterior pairs of pereiopods of the 
same. 
[Plate LIIL] 
Fig. 1. — Breijmocerella tricornis, magnified. 
Fig. 2. — Upper antennae of Paranthura Miersi. 
Fig. 3 — Lower antenna) of the same. 
Fig. 4. — Extremity of periopod of first pair of the same. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITS!. 1015 
Fig. 5. — Extremity of one of the posterior pereiopods of the same. 
Fig. 6. — Upper antenna of HcUiophasma purpun urn. 
Fig. 7. — Lower antenna of the same. 
Fig. S. — Upper antenna of Paranthura crassicornis. 
Fig. 9. — Lower antennae of the same. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 
E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c, exhibited a Throwing Stone, used 
in warfare by the natives of Futuna, New Hebrides, which had 
been presented to the Australian Museum by Captain Geo. Braith- 
waite of the Dayspring. The stone was a cylindrical weapon, 
about two feet and a half long, and two inches in diameter, and had 
been cut out of a solid block of coral. Mr. Ramsay pointed out 
that the natives of Futuna were compelled to reso v t to coral for 
their weapons, as there were no stones Or rocks on that island. 
Mr. J. G. Griffin, C.E., exhibited some Oyster Shells, obtained 
from the cutting (adjacent to the Yarra River) now being made by 
the Melbourne Harbour Trust for improving the water approach to 
that city. These were taken at a depth of about 30 to 40ft. He 
also exhibited oyster and other shells, from the shaft of the 
Maryville Colliery, at Newcastle, about 40ft. from the surface. 
Mr. Brazier said the oyster-shells from the neighbourhood of 
Melbourne were identical with those of England, and are named 
Ostrea edulis, while those from Maryville, were 0. glomerata 
var. 0. sub-trigona of this colony. 
Mr. Trebeck exhibited two samples of wool grown from the 
same ram in Victoria and in Mudgee. The longer sample, grown 
under high culture at Ercildoune, is nearly five inches long, and 
has every good quality for which the Victorian combing wool is 
celebrated ; the shorter sample is of the same time of growth on the 
natural pastures of Mudgee, and is only about 1^ inches long. 
Irrespective of the marked difference in length, the quality of that 
grown on the natural pastures of Mudgee appears to be -very much 
inferior in many points. This is unaccountable, as the Mudgee 
district is well known to produce merino wools of the highest 
quality.