2. 



a broad li.-is.-il part ;iinl ~2 small uniarticulat e rami. Maxilla- with the exopodal 

 and ej.ipodal lobes distinctly detiiird. Anterior maxillipeds with ~2 sctiferous lobes 

 inside thr claw-heariim joint. Posterior maxillip'-ds moderately strong and of usual 

 structure. 1st p;iir id' I-L;- sMinewhat resembling those in Laophonte, hut less 

 !v huilt. outer ramus very small, .'{-articulate, and abruptly brut at tin- base, 

 innrr r. nuns hiarticulatr and distinctly prehensile, proximal joint long and slender 

 with a well-developed seta inside at -oinc distance t'roin the end. distal joint in- 

 runrd and armrd ;it thr tip with a slender daw and a still more slender seta. 

 its miter rdi. r r raiT\iii'_ r inorrMVcr a >inal! brittle. Natatory legs with the inner 

 lamiis niorr fully dr\rh>ped than in Liio^hnnfc, though consisting of only ~2 joints, 

 the proximal onr sumruhat rxpaiided, the distal one narrow, with 5 or 6 slender 

 N"iir of these legs nrr trans-formed in male. Last pair of legs with tin- 

 distal joint IOIIL' and narrow, proximal joint narrowly produced inside; those in 

 malr. as usual, much smaller than those in female. 



Remarks. Though thr systematic position of this genus appears somewhat 



doubtful. 1 think that it should more properly be placed in the family L<ii,jilni)ttiilii', 



with which it agrrrs both in thr r\trrnal appearance of the body and in most of the 



anatomical details. The most conspicuous difference is found in the structure of 



thr mandibular palp, which, unlike that in the other genera, is distinctly biramous. 



The M'paration of the rostral plate from the cephalic segment by a transversal 



ire, and the prc-rnc.- of a ciliated seta inside the proximal joint of the inner 



ramiis in the 1st pair of legs, are both characters which it shares with another 



is evidently bc'loimin^ to tin- present family, vi/., Laophontopsis. The form 



rded by Th. Scott as \nfiiiiiiirlln tl, ini/iln cannot by any means be referred 



t" the present '_'eniis. In addition to the type species, 2 new. nearly-allied species 



will be ilesi I ibed belou. 



!!. Normanella minuta 



in. i \( mi. 



An. -i :ii' S. ill \ iin.Kc.i p .-I.H .l.-r. Chr. Vi.l. S.'lsk. Knrli. 

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S\n: .\<>i-iiiiiiii'Hn iliil'in. l!r:n|\. 



Characters, Female, I '.oily -ub-e\lindrical in shape, though not 



-lender, and slightly constricted in the middle. Cephalic segment about the 



1' ii'-'th of the , , e.lniLT segments cMinbim-d. and someuhat contracted in front, 



.il plate triangular, with the tip obtusely acuminate. I'rosoiiie nearh as long 



