148 



ISOPODA. 



ABERRANT!^, 



TANAID.E. 



TANAID^E. 



APSEUDES TALPA. 



Specific character. Front of cephalon terminating in a porrected point, its 

 dorsal surface irregular. Body finely but sparsely setose. Pleon very hairy 

 at the sides. Terminal segment of the pleon long and slender. First pair of 

 gnathopoda large ; the carpus with two lobes on the under edge. Palm of 

 the propodos with a tooth in the middle ; dactylos with a tooth at its base. 



Length one -third of an inch. 







Cancer (Gammarus) Talpa. MONTAGU, Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 98, t. 6, f. 6. 



Apseudes Talpa. 



Eupheus Talpa. 



LEACH, Edinb. Enc. vii. p. 404. Trans. Linn. 



Soc. xi. p. 372. Suppl. Enc. Brit. i. p. 



428. SAMOUELLB, Ent. Compend. p. 109. 



LAMARCK, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans, vertebr. 



v. p. 290. MILNE EDWARDS, Crust, iii. p. 



140. CUVIER, Regne An. Edit. Crochard 



Crust, pi. 62, fig. 1. WHITE, Brit. Mus. 



Cat. Brit. Crust, p. 67. Pop. Hist. Brit. 



Crust, p. 226. GOSSE, Man. Mar. Zool. i. 



fig. 245. 

 DESMAREST, Cons. Crust, p. 285, t. 46, fig. 9. 



