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(i) There is no vestige of the supra-orbital spine, though t h e

orbit has a bevelled edge as in the allied species.
(ii) The spine at the end of t h e merus of the second peraeopod
is quite terminal in position.
(iii) T h e d a c t y l u s of the last three peraeopods is much shorter,
the propodite being from 5-3 to 5*5 times its length.
These characters are not very convincing. It is possible t h a t
other distinctive features will be found in the second peraeopods
of the male, for I h a v e only seen one detached leg of the second
pair in P. pottsi and this appears to belong to a female.
Palaemonella pottsi is purple in colour when alive and is asso-
ciated with crinoids. whereas P. vestigialis is not conspicuously
coloured in life and is free-living. There were no crinoids in the
localities where the latter species w a s collected at P o r t Blair.
T h e species is k n o w n only from the Murray Is. in the Torres
Straits.
Palaemonella lata, sp. n o v .
This species, which is represented b y a single adult male, is
closely allied to P. vestigialis and P. pottsi b u t differs in the
following c h a r a c t e r s : —
(i) There is no vestige of the supra-orbital spine (text-fig. 3).

TEXT-FIG. 3.—Palaemonella lata, sp. nov.

Anterior part of carapace.

(ii) The lateral process of the antennular peduncle is longer,

extending beyond the middle of the segment and the terminal
spine of the basal segment is also longer, reaching much beyond
the middle of the second segment (text-fig. 4a).
(iii) The outer antennular flagellum is more deeply cleft. The
free portion of the stouter ramus is as long as t h e fused basal
p a r t , the latter comprising only 5 segments (text-fig. 4a).
(iv) T h e distal end of the antennal scale is v e r y much broad-
er and the terminal spine reaches scarcely at all beyond the apex
of the lamella (text-fig. 46).
(v) The fingers of the first peraeopod are equal in length with
the palm.
(vi) There is no spine at the distal end of the merus of the
second peraeopods (text-fig. 5b).
In other respects there is little difference. The rostrum
reaches beyond the end of the antennular peduncle and is rather