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/.' marks. -This t'onn \\as described In Tli. Scott in the year 1S98 as 

 the type ol the present ueims. It may easily lir recogni/ed by its short, stout 

 form ami the abrupt contraction of the posterior division of the body, as also by 

 the stout and densely hirsute anterior antenna'. 



Occurrence. I ha\e taken this form rather abundantly in 2 places on the 

 Norwegian coast, vi/.. at Bukken and in the Lyngdal Fjord, near Karsund. It 

 i- a true deep-water form, only occurring in greater depths ranging 1'mm In to 

 I i>n fathoms, muddy bottom. 



Distribution. Scottish coast iScott). 



Gen, 76. Taehidiella, <i. o. Sars, n. 



Generit r/^,v/r//r,v. Body short, sub-depressed, with the anterior division 

 very much broader than the posterior. Rostral projection not deh'ned behind. 

 Genital segment in female imperfectly subdivided. Caudal rami very short, but 

 with the apical setse rather coarse. Anterior antenna.- short, 8-articulate. and 

 den-el \ clothed with partly ciliated setse. Posterior antenna? with the proximal 

 joint distinctly subdivided, outer ramus comparatively small, bi-articulate. Man- 

 dible-, maxilla- and anterior maxillipeds of normal structure. Posterior maxillipeds. 

 however, distinguished b\ the substitution of a short joint carrying 4 subet[iial 

 spines,, for the dactyltis. 1st pair of legs somewhat similar to those in Pxctnla- 

 f<n-hiilii<>. tin- inner ramus being much larger than the outer, and distinctly 

 i-.ii ticulate. The 3 succeeding pairs of legs powerfully developed, with the rami 

 subequal in size. Last pair of legs with the distal joint well defined, proximal 

 joint formin'.: inside a rather prominent setiferous expansion. 



/.' ///"/ Vrx. This ne\\ genus in some respects combines characters of both 

 the 2 precedin- genera. The peculiar structure of the posterior maxillipeds is \<T\ 

 charaeteristie of the -einis. recalling that in the genus Br<i<l//<i among the Krt'nm- 

 midce. I am as yet acquainted with only a single species. 



21:;. Taehidiella minuta, <'. (). Sars. n. sp. 



(I'l. < r\XI). 



Sfiiri/ir Characters. !''< nml< . llody compai'atively short and stout, with 

 the anterior division re-jiil.-n -\\ oval in form, and sharply marked off from the 

 posterior. I'ephalic segment l.-irge. exceeding in length the 4 succeeding segments 



combined: rostral pi-ojection rather prominent and narrowly rounded at the tip. 



