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of L. longimanus is otherwise unknown. Borradaile's specimen was small and evidently not egg-bearing; he admits that the differences in the chelipeds at least may be due to sex, and he describes the species with some degree of doubt. Under the circumstances, it appears quite possible that L. affinis is a synonym of L. longimanus. Locality.—Near Three Kings Islands, 100 fathoms. (Borradaile). Distribution.—Endemic. Type.—Brit. Mus. Echinomaia hispida Borradaile. Echinomaia hispida Borradaile, Brit. Antarct. Exped. 1910, Zool., vol. 3, p. 104. 1916. This very interesting addition to the list is based on two male specimens, for which Borradaile has founded a new genus and species. Locality.—Near Three Kings Islands, 100 fathoms (Borradaile). Distribution.—Endemic. Type.—British Museum. Acanthophrys filholi A. Milne-Edwards. Acanthophrys filholi A. Milne-Edwards, Bull. Soc. philomatique. 1876. — A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 6, vol. 4, art, 9, p. 4. 1876. — Filhol, Mission de l'Ile Campbell, p. 365, Pl. 39, Figs, 1-3, Pl. 40, Fig. 8. 1885. — Chilton, Rec. Canterbury Museum, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 290. 1911. — Thomson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 45, p. 237. 1913. ? Chlorinoides filholi Miers, Challenger Reports, Zool., vol. 17, p. 52. 1886. Filhol has copied in toto the description given by Milne-Edwards, and has added a figure, but little else. The female has therefore not hitherto been characterized; but specimens in our collections show that it agrees with the male, except that the flanges on the arm are not as exaggerated and the teeth are not as prominently denticulated; the female arm and hand are much smaller than those of the male. We can verify Filhol's remark that the species is “very remarkable for the enormous quantities of algae, bryozoa, sponges, and ascidians, which live fastened on to the numerous hairs covering the carapace.” Locality.—Stewart Island (Milne-Edwards). Stewart Island, on oyster-beds, very abundant (Filhol). Nora Niven, Stations 17, 26, 44 (Chilton). New Brighton, drift (H. Suter). 10 miles N.W. off C. Maria; off West King, 60-65 fathoms (C.C.). Distribution.—Endemic. Type.—Paris Museum.