Munida gracilis Henderson.

Munida gracilis Henderson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 16, p. 411, 1885; and “Challenger” Reports, vol. 27, p. 143, pl. 3, fig. 6, 1888.

Three imperfect specimens found in the stomach of a fish, Kaikoura. These agree very closely with Henderson's descriptions, but they are of much larger size. One of them, a female bearing eggs, has the following dimensions: Length of body, 54 mm.; breadth of carapace, 16 mm.; length of carapace, 19 mm.; length of rostrum, 13 mm.; length of chelipeds, 70 mm.

Two specimens were taken by the “Challenger” at Station 166, west of New Zealand, at a depth of 275 fathoms, but so far as I am aware the species has not been seen since until the specimens now described were handed over to me by Mr. Waite, Curator of the Canterbury Museum.