EEPORT ON THE AMPHIPODA. 447 



saltator as belonging to the Gammarina. The l:)ibliograpliy refers to Desmarest, 

 Milne-Edwards, Gervais, Westwood, Bate and Westwood in the Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History. 



1875. MiERS, Edward John, born 1851 (E. J. M.) 



Descriptions of new species of Crustacea collected at Kerguelen's Island by the 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, for July and August 

 1875. Ser. 4. Vol. XVI. pp. 73-76, 115-118. 



" Lysianassa KenjueJeni," n. s., is described. This species was subsequently transferred by Mr. 

 Miers to the genus Anonijx. It was again found by the Challenger Expedition. 



A new genus Pavaiiurra is thus defined : — " Superior antennae exapjpendieulate, but little 

 longer than tlie inferior. Gnathopoda subequal, well- developed ; dactylos closing along the 

 inferior margin of the palm. Posterior pair of pleopoda with the rami very unequal, the 

 inner ramus short or rudimentary. Telson cleft nearly to tlie base." 



" This genus will apparently include Melita Fresnelii, Audouin, and Melita tenuicmiiis, Dana, 

 which latter species is placed by Mr. Spence Bate provisionally in the genus Mcera." The 

 type species is Parainu-ra australis. 



In the August number of the Annals, p. 117, Mr. Miers changes the name of Paramoei'a 

 australis to Atijlus australis, and in the Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. for 1879, he says, "it is 

 probable that a separate genus will eventually have to be formed for the receistion of 

 the two species just mentioned [Atylus australis, Miers, and Atijlus (Iphimedia) Jissirauda, 

 Dana], and A. austrinus, Speuce Bate. They differ from the normal species of the 

 genus Atylus, as restricted by Boeck, in being destitute of dorsal carination, and in some 

 other particulars. For A. australis I originally founded a new genus Paramcera, allied to 

 Melita in having the inner rami of the posterior pair of pleopoda short or rudimentary, but 

 differing from it in the absence of an accessory appendage to the upper antennae. A 

 subsequent examination of a series of younger examples showed, however, tliat my original 

 types had sustained injury, the rami in question having been broken off and lost, and that 

 in reality the inner rami are as well developed as the outer in A. australis. Yet though the 

 genus Puramara is unavailable for A. australis, it will hold good for the reception of Melita 

 ienuicor7iis, Dana ^ , and Gammarus Fresnelii, Audouin, mentioned at the time of its 

 publication as apparently included in it ; unless, as is probable, there be some error in the 

 figures and descriptions published of these species." In a letter dated October 19, 1885, 

 Mr. Miers says, "I suppose the genus Paramcera will hardly stand." The species Atylus 

 australis is, I think, without doubt the same as that described by S. I. Smith, under the 

 title Atylus (?) australis, Miers (1), of which Mr. Smith has very obligingly .sent me 

 specimens, which will be further noticed later on in this Pieport. 



Podocerus ornatus, n. s., is briefly described, the length given being ^ inch, which is probably a 

 misprint, as the length mentioned in the subsequent fuller report is 1 3 mm. 



1875. Norman, A. M. 



Submarine-cable Fauna. By J. Gvvyn Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S., and the Eev. 

 A. M. Norman, M.A. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History for March 1875. 



Among the animals found attached to the Falniouth-and-Lisbon telegraph- cable laid in June 

 1870 and taken up for repairs in the autumn of 1871, Mr. Norman mentions four 

 Amphipoda; Anqjliithcqisis latipus (Sars), giving reasons for using this name in preference 



