Calliopiiis, Paracalliope 297 



Closely approaching C. laeviusculus. Segments ratlier sliarply defined. 

 Head, rostrum sbort but distinct, lateral corners subtnincate. Pleon segment 3, 

 ])ostero-lateral corners produced to a small but distinct iipturned point, margin 

 above convex. Eyes obliqucly oval, dark brown, larger in ö thaii in o . Antenna 1, 

 1^* Joint not as long as 2^ and '^i^ corabined, 3"^ about % as long as 2'^, produced 

 lobe quitc short, with only 2 or 3 calceoli. Gnathopods 1 and 2, lobe of 

 5*^ joint^narrow, sparingly setose, G*^ less stout than in preceding species. 

 Teraeopods 1 — 5 not so stoutly built as in C. laeviusculus. üropod 3, both 

 rarai spinöse, only the inner plumose. Telson fully twice as long as broad, 

 of uniform width, smoothly rounded at apex. Colour yellowish violet, with 

 irregulär orange specks. segments banded behind with reddish brown, on 

 dorsum of peraoon segments 3 and 4 a shield of silvery lustre. L. o scarcely 

 over 6 m. 



Aretic Ocenii, North-Atlantic, Xortli-Seti and Skagerrak (2sor\vay, Eohiislän, Fraiiee, 

 lldlhind. Great Britain): Kattegat. 



C piotus (Giles) 1890 Paraple.usfes p.. (i. 3!. (iiles in: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



r. 59 |). 70 1.2 f. ' 1893 Acanthozone lacviusculaY, A. Delln Vüllo in: F. Fl. Neapel, 

 /•.20 p. S9.-,. 



N'ciy 'likc ('.laeviusculus. Pleon segment 3, postero-lateral angles rounded. 

 Hycs very Inryi'. Colour resemhling tliat of tlie host. L. reaching 7 mm. 



Hay ol' I!iiil;;i1 i .\ndaman Isles). Deptli 55 m. On Penn.'itula sp. 



9. Gen. Paracalliope Stebb. 



1899 Paracalliope (Sp. typ.: Calliope flumaülis), T. Stebhing in: Ann. nat. Hist., 



s,.|-. 7 rA p. 210. 



Body without dorsal teeth. Side-plates not very large. Antenna 1 

 the shorter, without accessory flagellum or calceoli. Upper lip rounded. 

 Lower lip witli inner lobes. Mandible slightly constructed, normal, 3"^ Joint 

 of palp at least as long as 2<i. Maxilla 1, inner plate with niauy (11) 

 setae. outer with (apparently) 11 spines, 2<i Joint of palp carrying spine- 

 teetli and slender spines. Maxilla 2. inner plate the narrower. fringed along 

 inner margin. Maxillipeds, inner ]>lates rather broad, outer reaching apex 

 of palp's 2* Joint, fringed witli spines on inner margin, the series not 

 (lontinued on the apical border, finger of palp acute. Gnathopod 1, 5*^1 Joint 

 rathei* shorter than oval 6*''. Gnathopod 2, 5*'* Joint cup-shaped, 6*^ quadrangular 

 oval, with hoUow well-defined palm. Peraeopods 1 — 4, finger curved. Peraeo- 

 pod 5 much louger than the others, tinger long, straiglit, spinöse. ITropods 1 — 3, 

 rami slender, with few spines. üropod 3. rami equal. not longer tlian peduiicle. 

 Telson Short, entire. 



1 specios. 



1. P. fluviatilis (G. 31. Tlioms.) 1879 Calliope f., (ü. 31. Thomson in: Tr. \. 

 Zealand Inst., f. 11 j). 240 t. 10c f. 4,4a— c | 1886 Calliopiiis f., (U. 31. Thomson &) 

 Chilton in: Tr. X. Zealand Inst., v. 18 p. 148 1899 Calliope f., ? Oedicerxis novae-zedlandiae, 

 Paracalliope sp. typ., T. Stebbing in: Ann. nat. Hist., ser. 7 r. 4 p. 210 | 1880 P/;er«.s'a 

 austraüs. Haswell in: P. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ;\ 5 p. 103 t. 7 f. 1. 



Peraeon segments 1 — 6 rather short. Head, front obtuse-angled. Side- 

 pliitc 1 a little widened distally. Pleon segment 3, postero-lateral corners 

 su!»(;iiadrate. Eyes oblong oval, large, black. Antenna 1, 1'** Joint as long 

 as 2'^ nnd 3^^ combined, but mucli stouter. 3*^ nearlv ^ „ as long as 2"*. and 



