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setae, carpal joint in all pairs rather short, propodal one slightly tapering, 

 dactylus short and curved. First pair of uropoda with the rami scarcely 

 half the length of the basal part, inner ramus somewhat broader than the 

 outer, and armed at the end with 3 short spines ; 2nd pair with the basal 

 expansion in female very broad, subquadrate, and coarsely serrated at the 

 edge, in male linguiform produced and densely hirsute, rami in both sexes 

 very short, sublamellar, and having at the end 5 or 6 serrations; last pair 

 with the inner ramus extremely minute and concealed by the outer, the latter 

 in female very broad, oblong oval in form, and serrated on the edge, in male 

 about twice as long, and narrowed distally. Telson subcarinated dorsally, 

 outer part tapering to an acute point. Colour light brown. Length of adult 

 female 5 mm., of male 6 mm. (excluding the last pair of uropoda). 



Remarks. This peculiar Amphipod was first described by Philippi, 

 and has subsequently been recorded by several other authors. The Nemertes 

 nesceoides of White is identical with this form, and the specific name proposed 

 by that author refers to the external resemblance, in the configuration of the 

 posterior part of the body, to the genus Neseca, belonging to the Spheeromid 

 group of Isopoda. The Cltelura pontica of Czerniawsky does not seem to 

 differ in any points from the typical species. As to the uropoda, Boeck 

 erroneously describes the 2nd pair as the 1st, and vice versa. 



Occurrence. I have myself met with only a single female speci- 

 men of this form, which was found together with other Amphipoda collected 

 in the Christianiafjord. Boeck found it in great numbers in a submerged 

 log at Moss, and there are also in our Museum some specimens from Karme, 

 west coast of Norway. In every case the habit of this animal is stated to 

 be of a similar kind to that of Lmmoria, it being, in nearly every instance, 

 found in submerged timber, in which, like that animal, it burrows, tearing 

 the loose, woody substance. 



Dhtrilntion. British Isles (Sp. Bate), Dutch coast (Hoek), Adriatic 

 (Philippi). Black Sea (Czerniawsky), Atlantic coast of North America 

 (S. Smith). 



Fam. 25. Dulichiidse. 



Body more or less slender, with very small coxal plates. Metasome gene- 

 rally poorly developed-, urosome having the last segment generally imperfectly 

 Antenna* elongated, setous ; accessory appendage of the superior ones 

 either present or wanting. Anterior lip rather broad, and more or less distinctly 



