Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Volume Ii Part 47

This curious species was dredged by Mr. Macgillivray off Cape Capricorn, in lat.i.tude 23 degrees 25 minutes South longitude 151 degrees 12 minutes East in 15 fathoms, the bottom being muddy sand and sh.e.l.ls. It is allied to the species of the second section of the genus Porcellana, as detailed by Professor Milne Edwards in the second volume of the Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces, but has characters sufficient to const.i.tute a new subgenus, to which may be applied the name Porcellanella. The figure represents it of twice its natural size.

P.S. The figures have been carefully drawn from the originals by Mr.

William Wing, so well known as a Zoological Draughtsman, and will at once explain my imperfect descriptions.

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