LERNENTOMA. 327 



CHONDRACANTHUS ZEI. Tab. XXXV, fig. 1. 



CHONDKACANTIIUS ZEI, De la Roche, Nouv. Bull, des Sc. de la Soc. 



Philom., ii, 270, t. 2, f. 2, 3811. 

 Lamarck., Hist. An. s. Vert., iii, 682. 

 Burmeister, Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., xvii, 325. 

 lini'i-'tii, Icon. Regne Anim. Zooph., t. 9, f. 9. 

 M. Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., iii, 504, No. 7. 

 LEKNACANTHADELAR.ocHiANA,.Z?&M,wz7/e, Journ. Phys.,xcv, tab. xxvi, 



f. 13, 1822. 

 Desmarest, Cons. gen. Crust,, 350. 



Body short, and rather thick. Head rounded. Antennae 

 short, and rather broad. Neck narrow, short. Thorax 

 carrying on the under surface two pairs of small ap- 

 pendages, each consisting of three divisions or fingers, 

 and furnished laterally with three pairs of longer pro- 

 longations, of many divisions, the terminal one on each 

 side larger than the others, and embracing the oviferous 

 sacs. The upper part of the thorax is covered with short, 

 conical, sharp-pointed spines. Abdomen rudimentary. 

 Oviferous sacs flattened, containing many small ova. 



Hob. Found adhering to the gills of the Zeus fader, 

 by J. Crouch, Esq. " Dr. Leach." British Museum. 



Genus 2 LERNENTOMA. 



LERNENTOMA, Elaincille, Jouru. Phys., 1822. 



Desmarest, Cons. gen. sur les Crust. 

 ANOPS (pars), Oke>/, Lehrbuch der Naturg., 1815. 

 ENTOMODA (pars), Lamarck, Hist. An. s. V r ert., iii, 1816. 

 LEKN^EA, Midler, Zool. Dan. 

 CHONDKACANTHUS (pars), Ciivier, Ilegue An., 1817. 





Nordmann, Mikr. Beitr. 



Burmeister, Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., xvii. 



Rathlce, Nov. Act., xx. 



M. Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust. 



Character. Foot-jaws and thoracic appendages as in 

 Chondracanthus. Oviferous tubes long, either club- 

 shaped and stout, or slender and twisting. 



