REPORT ON THE AMPHIPODA. 585 



are named on pages 13-18, anol numbered from 528 to 799 ; though this is only a list of 

 names, with synonyms occasionally given, it has its value for the student as showing the 

 names preferred by an accomplished carcinologist. 



1886. Perkier, Edmond. 



Les Explorations sous-marines. Ouvrage illustre de 243 gravurcs. Biblio- 

 theque des ecoles et des families. Paris, 1886. 



On pages 19-1, 195, a brief popular account is given of the Amphipoda. In "Fig. 103. — 

 Caprelle. — Grossie deux fois," the two antenn.e are represented of equal length. It is 

 stated that " I'Eurijtfncs magellanicus, proche parent de la Crevettiue des ruisseaux, atteint 

 sur les cotes de la Terra de Feu plus de quatre centimetres de long." But Milne-Edwards, 

 see Note, 1848, p. 225, gives this Amphipod a length of nine centimetres by a depth of 

 three. 



On pages 288, 289, in illustration of " formes antiques [arctiques] d'Amphipodes dans les grands 

 fonds," the figures of " Eusirus cuqndatus, Kroyer," and " Caprella qnnosissima, Norman," 

 from Wyville-Thomson's Depths of the Sea are reproduced. The rarity of deep-sea 

 Amphipods is discussed, and in connection with the " Talisman " expedition, the remark is 

 made that " une seule fois, sur les cotes du Soudan, le chalut est revenu de 655 metres avec 

 sou iilefc presque entiferement couvert de Caprelles." 



Tlie contents of the concluding chapter embrace the following headings : — " La population de 

 la mer s'appauvrit a mesure que la profondeur augments. — Distinction entre la zone 

 paleozoique et la zone abyssale. — Hypothfese de Louis Agassiz. — Pretendue origine polaire 

 de la faune des grands fonds. — Theorie de Fuchs : la faune de la lumifere et la faune de 

 Tobscurit^ — Arguments en faveur de I'origine littorale de la faune profonde. — Tons les 

 rivages ont pris part k sa formation." 



1886. POUCHET, G., et GUEENE, J. DE. 



Siir V alimentation des Tortues marines. Comptes rendus, Paris. 12 avril 

 1886. 2 pages. 



In the stomach of Thalasxochelys caretta, Linne, were found among other animals " plusieurs 

 Crustaces amphipodes {Hyperia riiedusarum), absorbes sans doute avec la M6duso dont ils 

 ^taient parasites." 



1886. Robertson, David, born 1806 (D. R.). 



Jottings from my Note-book. [Read 31st March, 18S5.J The Proceedings 

 and Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. Vol. I. (new 

 series) part ii. pp. 130-132. Glasgow, 1886. 



Experiments made with Talitrus locusfa appear to show that with this .species "a few hours 

 close confinement in fresh water is destructive to life." In sea-water they lived for days, 

 and when kept for many days without food they never attacked one another. Eighteen 

 enclosed in a thin muslin bag made no attempt to perforate. Mr. Robertson thereforo 

 questions the statements of Mr. Swain quoted by Bate and Westwood, i. p. 21, as to the 

 Talitri lying piled together in cartloads, yet hopping and leaping about, devouring each 

 other as if for very wantonness, and reducing a lady's handkerchief to a piece of open-work, 

 apparently before it could be rescued from them. 



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