REPORT ON THE AMPHIPODA. 351 



1864. Norman, Alfred Merle, bom August 29, 1831 (A. M. N.). 



Eeport of Dredging Operations on the Coasts of Northumberland and Durham, 

 in July and August, 1863. Edited by George S. Brady. Eeport on the Crustacea, 

 by the Rev. Alfred Merle Norman, M.A. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist's 

 Field Club, 1863-64. Vol. VI. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1864. pp. 183-187. 



No new Amphipoda are iucladed in the list of Crustacea. Otus carinaius, Bate, is recorded 

 among those taken. 



1864. Sars, G. 0. 



Beretning om en i Sommeren 1863 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Christiania Stift. 

 Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. Trettende Binds tredie Hefte. Christiania, 

 1864. pp. 225-260. 



At page 231 he mentions, OammariM cancdlmdeB, Lov., as occurring in various localities, and 

 his own Gammarus lacudris as a characteristic form for their Aljaine regions, in still waters. 

 He is confirmed in the view that it is distinct from Gammarus pulex. 



1864. Stimpson, William. 



Descriptions of new species of Marine Invertebrata from Puget Sound, collected 

 by the Naturalists of the North West Boundary Commission, A. H. Campbell, Esq., 

 Commissioner. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. June 1864. 



A note is prefixed saying — " The following descriptions are extracted, by permission, from 

 the Zoological Report of the Boundary Commission. They were written in the year 1860, 

 and accompanied by illustrative drawings of all the species, which, it may be hoped, will 

 soon be published." Whether the hope has been gratified I am unable to say. 



The first Amphipod described is " Caprella Kemierliji" which Mayer considers indeterminate. 

 Amphithoe humeralis, more than an inch long, a little resembles AmpJu'thoe falldandi, 

 Spence Bate, from the Falkland Islands, in the dilated first joints of the first and second 

 peraiopods. Of Anomjx filiger I give the description for convenience of comparison 

 with the Challenger species : — " Head with a strong triangular process on each side 

 beneath the base of the superior antennas ; extremity of this process not acute. Superior 

 antennae very short, about as long as the head, with a long thick pencil of hair on the 

 inner side of each ; basal joint large, with a strong protuberance above, forming a 

 prominent angle at its anterior extremity ; flagellum seven-jointed, the fii-st joint con- 

 stituting one-third of its length; accessory flagellum tri-artieulate. Inferior antennae 

 longer than the body ; the peduncle, however, constitutes but a small part of their length, 

 teing but little larger than the superior antenna ; the very slender filiform flagellum 

 appears as if serrated above, but is not provided with calceolas. The first pair of feet in 

 our single specimen appear to be pointed and simple, the dactylus not being retracted 

 against the manus, which has no palm. Second pair with a minute truncate hand, 

 supporting a small tuft of hair at the base of the dactylus. The dorsum In this species is 

 sharp, or carinated, but not dentated, being entire and smooth in outline for the greater 

 ■ part of its length, and similar in the thoracic and first three abdominal segments. There 



