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constant being on the last three segments of the body, 

 and such are figured by Kroyer. The head is rounded in 

 front, and occasionally surmounted by a minute tubercle. 

 The first segment of the body, which is confluent with 

 the head, is rather long. The second is rather longer, 

 while the three succeeding are somewhat shorter, and 

 subequal in length. The superior antennae are not half 

 the length of the animal. The inferior scarcely reach 

 beyond the distal extremity of the second joint of the 

 peduncle of the upper. The first pair of legs articulate 

 with the body at the anterior extremity of the first seg- 

 ment of the body. The second pair of legs articulate 

 with the body behind the middle of the second segment : 

 the hand is long and oval, the palm being distinctly 

 defined by a strong tooth, and armed also near the 

 middle with two others, the anterior of which is fre- 

 quently less distinctly apparent than the posterior. All 

 the remaining parts bear a very near resemblance to those 

 of C. linearis. 



Dr. Leach describes this species (under the name of 

 C. linearis) as being, when alive, of a brown colour, in- 

 clining to cinereous, beautifully spotted with rust colour. 



All the specimens that we have examined of this 

 species are certainly males, and we have a strong convic- 

 tion that they are but fully-developed males of C. linearis, 

 from the fact that the specimens which we have described 

 as males of Caprella linearis only differ from those of C. 

 lobata in having the first and second segments of the bodv 



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shorter, these two segments being subject to vary in 

 length, and probably increasing with age. Furthermore, 

 we have never been able to determine the female of 

 C. lobata. 



C. lobata is, moreover, generally associated with C. 

 linearis, find will probably be found to exist all round the 



