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176L PoDA, NicoLAUS, boru 1723, died 1798 (Hagen, Bibl. Entom., calls him Poda vou 

 Neuhaus). 



Insecta Musei Grsecensis, quse in ordines, genera et species Juxta Systema 

 naturaj Caroli Linnasi digessit Nicolaus Poda. Grsecii. Anno, m.dcc.lxi. 



On page 121 this author, who lived at Grasse, in the south of France, gives the following 

 description of an animal ■which he places among the Aptera in the genus Podiira: 

 "*Maritima. 2. P. oblonga, nitens, ferruginea. Hcibitat sub saxis post maris refluxum 

 Tergesti. CI. Scopoli in epis." This is referred to by Soopoli under Cancer locusta. In 

 the opinion of PaUas, 1772, it is his Oniscus gammarellus. 



1761. LlNN^US, 



Fauna Svecica Sistens Animalia Svecise Eegni : Mammalia, Ave.s, Amphibia, 

 Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, distributa per Classes et Ordines, Genera et Species, Cum 

 Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, LocisNatalium, 

 Descriptionibus Insectorum. Editio Altera, Auctior. Stockholmise, 1761. 



The entries relating to the Amphipoda are on pages 496, 497, 499-501. Among the Insecta 



Aptera in the genus Cancer are given : — - 

 " 2041. Cancer Pulex macrourus articularis, rostro acuto manibus adactylis, cauda attenuata 



spinis bifidis. 

 "Cancer macrourus rufescens, thorace articulato. Fn. 1253. It. oel. 42, 96. It. scan. 125. 

 " Raj ins: 44. Pulex fluviatilis. 



" Frisch. germ. 7. ^). 26. t. 18. Vermis aquaticus cancriforniis. * 



" It. oel. 42. 96. Cancer Pules fluviatilis dictus. 

 " Suecis Mdrta. Scanis Sandhare. 

 " Habitat ad littora maris vulgatissimus, frequens, rodens retia, conficiens sceleta piscium ; natat 



in dorso. 

 " DESCR. Pedes 7 parium, quorum 4 paria antrorsum versa ; horum paria antica chelifera digito 



mobili absque polJice. Pedum 3 jJaria postrema retrorsum versa. 

 " 2042. Cancer Locusta. macrourus articularis, rostro obtuso, manibus adactylis, cauda attenuata 



spinis bifidis. 

 " Cancer macrourus caeruleus, thorace articulato. It. gotl. 260. Fn. 1254. 

 " Habitantan vidi ad montem Tliorshurg in mari juxta Gotlandiam. 

 " Ohs. Praecedenti major: totus cseruleus. Rostrum nuUum prominens, CorpiLS 14 articulis. 



Cauda trifolia; intermedio subulato." 

 In the genus Oniscus there are given : — 



" 2056. ONISC0S Ceti ovalis segmentis distinctis, pedibus tertii quartique paris linearibus muticis. 

 "Martens, spitzh. t. Q, f. D. Pediculus CetL 

 " Habitat in Cetis Oceani. 

 " DESCR. Corpiis ovale, 7 articulis distinctis. Caput, quod primus articulus, minimum. Pedes 



1, 2, 5, 6, 7 chelis crassis ungue mobili acuto terminati. Pedis vero 3, 4 paris filiformes mutici; 



primum jjar sub corpora situm est. Coriwris articuli magis remoti et distincti, quam in 



reliquis speciebus." 

 " 2062. Oniscus bicaudatus semicylindricus, caudis duabus longitudine corporis. 

 " Habitat ad littora maris Norvegici. Martin. 

 " DESCR. Corjms semicylindricum, fuscum, 12 articulis. Pedes utrinqne 7, albi, quorum solitarii 



