HETEROPSYLLUS. LAOPHONTIXA. 1 1!5 



HETEROPSYLLUS CURTICAUDATUS, T. Scott. 



1894. IleteropsyUus cuii.icnudatus, T. Scott, 12th Kept. Fishery 

 Board for Scotland, pt. iii. p. 252, pi. viii. figs. 27-34. 



This small but well-marked species occurred in several of 

 the gatherings, and in one or two of them it was moderately 

 frequent. 



kSalcombe, collected in 1875 and 1903 ; near Duke BUOY, 

 Plymouth, 1889 ; off Jenny Cliff Bay, and near Chequer 

 Buoy in Plymouth Sound, 1903. 



ILYOPSYLLUS CORIACEUS, Brady & Robertson. 



1873. Ili/opsi/llns corinceus, Brady & Robertson, Ann. & Mag. Nut. 

 Hist. ser. 4, vol. xii. p. 132, pi. ix. figs. 1-5. 



1880. Ilyopsyllus coriaceus, Bradv, vol. ii. p. 143, pi. Lxxxii. 

 figs. 1-10. 



1900. Ilyopsyllits cnriacem, Brady, Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumber- 

 land, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyue, vol. xiii. p. 434, pi. xi. 

 tigs. 1-14; pi. xii. figs. 8-1(3. 



Two fine specimens of this species a mule and female- 

 were taken by surface tow-net at Salcombe in July 187.5; 

 and notwithstanding their long immersion in methylated 

 spirit the dark red colour so characteristic of the species is 

 almost unchanged. Rock-pools, Plymouth, August 22nd, 

 1903 ; rare. 



LA.OPIIONTINA, Norman & T. Scott. 



Somewhat like Laophonte in general appearance. An- 

 tennules short and composed of about six joints. Secondary 

 branches of the antenna? one-jointed. First pair of thoracic 

 feet nearly as in Laophonte. Second and third pairs one- 

 branched and more or less rudimentary. Fourth pair two- 

 branched, the outer branch is composed of three joints, but 

 the inner is only one-jointed. Fifth pair as in Laoplionte. 

 There is only one species, which is described below. 



LAOPHONTINA DUBIA, Norman & T. Scott. (Pis. X. figs. 12 

 -15 ; XI. fig. 8 ; XII. figs. 7, 8 ; XV. fig. 11 ; XVI. 

 fig. 7 ; XVII. fig. 7 ; XVIII. fig. 5.) 



1905. Laophontina dubia, Norman & Scott, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 7, vol. xv. p. 292. 



Description of the species. Somewhat like Laophonte in 

 general appearance, moderately slender, the length of the 

 male specimen represented by the drawing (PI. X. fig. 12) 

 about 4 mm. (g 1 ^ of an inch). 



