REPORT ON THE AMPHIPODA. 291 



1856. Dana, James Dwight. 



Catalogue and descriptions of Crustacea collected in California l^y Dr. John L 

 Le Conte. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Vol. 

 VII. 1854, 1855. Philadelphia, 1856. pp. 175-177. 



The Amphipoda are thus described : — 



" Oreliestia Piclieringii, D., Rep. Crust. Exp. Exp. p. 882, pi. 59, f. 9. 



" Oreliestia Californieiisis, D. Oculi majusculi. Antennae Ima perbreves ; 2dae crassoe, dimidio 

 corporis multo longiores, marginibus subtilissime setuloste; flagello pares longiore quam 

 articulum precedens, depresso, ferme 18 articulate, articulis non oblongis, partim transversis. 

 Pes Imus articulo 4to angusto, infra una spina arniato ; 5to angusto, breviore, processu 

 parvo infra armato, apice oblique truncate ; ungui brevi, vis digitiformi. Manus 2da 

 grandis, subovata, infra palnia subexcavata, spinam versus apicem acutam gerente, digito 

 sat longo. Pedes sex postici spinulis brevibus niultis ornati. — Long. 7'". 



" The 7th pair of legs is but little longer than the 6th, and much longer than the 5th. 



" Allcnxhestes angustus, D. Epimerse perlatse, 4ta multo latiore quam longa, 5ta angusta subajque 

 bilobata. Pedes Imi debiles, manu paulo oblonga, apice truncata, palma terminali bilobata, 

 carpo subtriangulato. Manus secunda, subovata, palmii rectiuscula, inermi, parce pubescente ; 

 carpus brevis, processu tenui infra prolongatus. Pedes sequentes nudiusculi, marginibus 

 articulorum postici nudis, sj^inulis totis parvuUs et remotis. Long.' 4|"'. 



" Owing to the broad epLmerals, the animal is narrow with high sides." 



1857. Anonymous (? Halliday). 



Description of Crustacea (with a Plate). The Natural History Eeview : A 

 quarterly journal of zoology, botany, geology and palaeontology. No. I. January, 

 1857. London and Dublin. 



The Latin diagnoses are given of Schipdte's genus NijjJiargus, and his species stygius and 

 aquilex. The full account of the former is given in English, as applying equally to the 

 latter, except for the differences mentioned in the diagnoses. As these amounted to Httle 

 more than assigning a smooth back to stygius and by mistake a keeled one to aquilex, 

 Spence Bate was misled by this paper, he says, to assume the identity of the two species. 



The paper also gives the Latin diagnosis of Bathyporeia, Lindstr0m, and in English the full 

 description of Batliyporeia pilosa, the type species. A comparison is instituted between 

 this genus and Aiionyx, Kr., and the observation made that " the form of the first pair of 

 feet has a remarkable resemblauce to that in Anonyx." As no jjarticular species of Anonyr 

 is mentioned, it is difficult to estimate the merit of this comparison. 



1857. Bate, C. Spence. 



A Synopsis of the British Edi-iophthalmous Crustacea. Part 1. Amphipoda. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Number CX., for February 1857. 

 Ser. 2, Vol 19, pp. 135-152. London, 1857. 21 pages. 



The classification adopted in the genus Oreliestia is that given by Dana, including the three 

 subgenera, Talitrus, Talorchestia and Oreliestia. The new species briefly described 

 are Oreliestia Ixvis, later removed to Oreliestia mediterranea, Costa; " Al/orcltestes Danai," in 



