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L J . Parameira parva (Boeck). 



(PI. XI, VI). 



juii-ni. I'.M.'.-k. NV S a Art.T :i1' S;i!t \ ainUr, ,j,,.|i, xl.-r. Chr. Vi,|. S.-Kk. Firhanill. 



f. \Xl-2. p. l!i. 



S\n: Aiin-ii-ii loiii/ii-fixi*. var. lnl< run ilia. Scott. 



Body short and stout, with the anterior 

 division scanvlv lunger and lint very little broader th.-in the posterior. Cephalic 

 segment shorter than the 3 succeeding ones combined, and somewhat narrowed 

 in front. La-t segment of urosoine shorter than the preceding one. anal opercle 

 greatly prominent, seniilunar. Caudal rami \ei-y small, scarcely longer than they 

 are broad and somewhat obliquely truncated at the tip. apical seta 1 not much 

 prolonged. Anterior antenna' scarcely more than half as long as the cephalic 

 segment, some of the seta- of the anterior ed^e distinctly ciliated. Posterior an- 

 tenna- with the outer ramus very small and uniarticulate. carrying only '2 seta' 

 at the tip. 1st pair of legs comparatively small. j!nd basal joint produced at the 

 inner corner to a conical process tipped with a strong denticulated spine, inner 

 ramus only slightly exceeding in length the outer, 1st joint rather thick, oval in 

 form, last joint about same length, but much narrower, linear, and. like the 2 

 preceding joints, fringed outside with coarse spinules. each of the joints currying 

 inside a well-developed plumose seta. Natatory legs with the rami comparatively 

 narrow, ami in the -2 anterior pairs, only little different in length. Last pair of 

 h-s with the distal joint conical in form, being narrowly exerted at the tip, 

 marginal seta' ."> in number and rather unequal, the '2 apical ones much smaller 

 than the others; inner expansion of proximal joint narrow triangular in shape, 

 and extending nearly to the middle of the distal joint, marginal setae 4 in number, 

 2 of them issuing from the inner edge. 



Colour whitish grey. 



length of adult female ii.ii:! mm. 



/' marks. This form was first briefly described by Boeck as a species 

 of his genus Ameira. The lurm recorded by Th. Scott as A)>'ii'n lni/ii ; ////.-. 

 var. intermedia, Beema to be identical with Boeck's species, which may be regarded 



aa the t\ pe of the pre-ent -ji'lilis. 



( )<-rtiri< net'. \ have met with this form occasionally in several places of 

 both the south and west coasts of Norway, as also in the Trondhjem Fjord. It 

 is generally found in depths ranging fiom I'd to .">n fathoms, muddy bottom. 

 Not the slightest trace of eye could be detected in the living animal. 

 i,,n. Scottish coast (Scott i. 



