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 NOTES OIV NEW E> r GL,A!VD ISOPOUA. 



By OSCAR HARGER. 



The marine Isopoda collected by the United States Commission of 

 Fish and Fi.-heries having been placed in my hands by Professor Yer- 

 rill, a report has been prepared including lull descriptions, -\\i\h li-ir, 

 of most of the specie-, except the Jtojn/rlihv. IJesides the collections 

 of the Fi-h Commission. I have, through the kindness of Professor Yer- 

 rill. had access to other extensive collections made ])rinci])ally by him- 

 self and Prof. S. I. S:ui;h, at various points aloi:^ the coast iVom C.reat 

 I-'.-u Ilarlior, Nev, ,Fer>ey. to the I'.ay of Fiuidy, as >s more fully detailed 

 in the report no\v ready for publication. Or. account of unexpected 

 delay in the publication of the report, it has I,.. en thought best to pre- 

 pare the follov. in,u r brief .summary of it - c< J, Vv ilh especial reference 



to fact- not hitherto published. Only such references are here uiveiias 

 are necessary to the understanding of the names adopted, and. in .u'en- 

 eral. the distribution on the New Finland coast only is indicated. 



The l;<>i/i-itl<r have been idei:;ilied by !' >r S. 1. Smith, \vho has 



also rendered other important a--i>tance in the preparat ion of there- 

 port. of \\hich the present paper may be an abstract. 



The Oiiiy.fidif. not bein- properh marine, aie in -eneral ii(t included 

 in tlie report ; but three specie.-, tv. o of them as yet found only on the 

 coast, are included as beiu-- commonly found by marine collectors. 

 TlieN are the lir>t tin . ie foilou in-- Ii>i, \\ hieh ei-i braces also all the 



marine Isopoda kno\vn to inhabit the \vatersofNe\v J-ln-land : 



Philoscia vittata S.-i>. .Imir. Ac:i<l. \.-it. Sri. I'hil., \.1. i. ].. !.:. L818. 

 A soutliern sjiecies found as far north a- I'.arn.stable, Ma 



ScyphacellaarenicclLi s:;iit!i, i;,.;,. I i, 1874. 



Sandy beaches, from (Ireat F.u.u Ilarboi-, Ne\\ .lersey. to Nantuc!. 

 IMass. Not yet found north of Cape Cod. 



Actoniscus ellipticus Ilm-vr, AMI. .lour. Sci., III. vol. \v. p. :;7:'., L878. 



Shores of Lon-- Island Sound at Sa\in K'oc!;. a;:d Stony Circle, near 

 N'e\v Maxell. Collected by 1'; 01 Verrill. 



Cepon distortus l,cid\ . Jour. Acini. N. I'hil., II, \ol. iii. p. i:n, pi. \i, li : 



..'. I 55. 



" Dranchial cavity of < .IHN pncjRator, Atlantic City. New Jersey." 



Gyge Hippolytes I'.atc ami West \vn.nl. Hrii. Seas. Cri;-t.. vnl. ii, p. 230, L868. n<>- 

 l>itriiH Ilippoliitis Kroycr. (;n'i;il;iiiil> Ainlipi'drr. p. :!n;'.. pi. iv, l\^. ."-'. u 1838." 



Parasitic on nippolytc, etc., and found as far sout-h as Massachusetts 

 Lay. 



