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Suborder Mysida.

2.

Siriella thompsonii (H. M.-Edw.).

Occurrence: New Zealand waters between Three Kings and North Cape. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 280.) Very generally distributed in tropical and subtropical waters.

3.

Siriella denticulata (G. M. Thomson).

Occurrence: North of New Zealand; Auckland Harbour; Hawke's Bay; Lyttelton Harbour; Ocean Beach, Dunedin. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 280.) A littoral species known only from New Zealand.

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4.

Gastrosaccus australis Tattersall.

Occurrence: North of New Zealand. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 282.) A shallow-water species known only from this locality.

5.

Euchaetomera typica Sars.

Occurrence: North of New Zealand. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 283.) Widely distributed in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

6.

Euchaetomera oculata Hansen.

Occurrence: North of New Zealand. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 284.) Previously known from the East Indian Archipelago and the Indian Ocean.

7.

Tenagomysis noiae-zealandiae G. M. Thomson.

Occurrence: Not taken by the “Terra Nova,” but redescribed by Dr. Tattersall from type specimens and others sent to him. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 291.) An estuarine species capable of living in fresh water; recorded from various localities in the South Island and from Lake Waikare in the North Island.

8.

Tenagomysis chiltoni Tattersall.

Occurrence: Tidal inlet, Parakai. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 292.) Known as yet from this locality only.

9.

Tenagomysis similis Tattersall.

Occurrence: Bay of Islands; Ocean Beach, Dunedin. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 293.)

10.

Tenagomysis macropsis Tattersall.

Occurrence: North of New Zealand; Akaroa; Ocean Beach, Dunedin. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 294.)

11.

Tenagomysis robusta Tattersall.

Occurrence: North of Auckland. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 295.)

12.

Tenagomysis thomsoni Tattersall.

Occurrence: North of Auckland. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 296.)

13.

Tenagomysis producta Tattersall.

Occurrence: Sandy pool, Bay of Islands. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 297.)

14.

Tenagomysis scotti Tattersall.

Occurrence: North of New Zealand, near the Three Kings Islands. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 298.)

15.

Tenagomysis tenuipes Tattersall.

Occurrence: Carnley Harbour, Auckland Islands; taken by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. (Tattersall, 1923, p. 299.)

The genus Tenagomysis now contains nine species, all of them confined to the New Zealand area.

Dr. Tattersall gives a useful key to the species on p. 290.