AMPHIPODA AND ISOPODA OF THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. 41 



Amphithoe microura, Costa, Rend, della Beale Accad. 

 delle Scienze di Napoli (1853), p. 175, tab. 3, fig. 2. 



Dexamine facicola, Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 2nd Ser., xix. (Feb., 1857), p. 142. 



Habitat. — Taken in the dip or hand-net along the 

 rocky shores of the Allans, Cumbrae ; at Falmouth 

 and Tenby by Mr. Webster; Banff, Mr. Edward; off 

 the coast of Naples by A. Costa; on the Atlantic 

 coast of France, Milne Edwards; and recorded by 

 Professor Bell as being among the Crustacea 

 brought home from the Arctic seas by Sir Edward 

 Belcher. 



Genus Calliope, Leach. 



calliope l^viuscula, Kroyer. 



Amphithoe Iceviuscula, Kroyer, Gronlands Amphip. 

 Danske, Vid.-Selsk. Afh. vii. (1838), p. 253, tab. 3, fig. 13. 



Amphithoe Ratlxkei, Zaddach, Syn. Crust. Prus* 

 Prodr. (1844), p. 6. 



Calliope Leachii, Spence Bate, Pep. Brit. Assoc, 

 1885, p. 58. 



Amphithoe serraticornis, M. Sars, Forh. i Vid.-Selsk. 

 i Christiania (1858), p. 140. 



Paramphithoe Iceviuscula, Bruzelius, Skand. Amphip* 

 Gamm. (1859), p. 76. 



Amphithopsis Iceviuscula, A. Boeck, Forh. ved de 

 Skand. Naturf., 8de mode (I860), p. 662. 



Calliope Iceviuscula, Spence Bate, Cat. Amphip. 

 Crust, Brit. Mus. (1862), p. 148, pi. xxviii., ^g. 2. 



Calliopius Iceviusculus, A. Boeck, Crust. Amphip. 

 Bor. et Arct. (1870), p. 117. 



Habitat. — Moderately common, sometimes in sandy 

 tide-pools among the algse, Karnes Bay, Cumbrae ; 

 and in Balloch Bay by the dip-net at low-water. 

 The colour of this species is a brownish yellow, 

 and not unfrequently it has a whitish blotch a 

 little behind the head. In some cases the dorsal 

 ridge is finely crenated. It is very active in the 

 water, and swims hither and thither with great 

 rapidity. It has also been taken on the Devonshire 



