120 CRUSTACEA. 



Family II. Nymphonim;. 



Phoxichilidium (M.-Edw.). Without palpi ; 

 head very short ; false feet of female five-jointed. 



P. coccineum. P. olivaceum. Fig. 191, n.s. ; and 



globosuni. head mag. 



Pallene (Johns t.). Without palpi ; head length- 

 ened ; false feet nine or ten-jointed. 



P. brevirostris. Fig. 192 ; mag. ■& 



Nymphon (Fabr.). Furnished with foot-jaws, 

 and palpi ; feet very long. 



N. gracile. Fig. 193, n. s. ; and head mag. 

 grossipes. 

 femoratum. 

 pictuni. 

 giganteum. 



Order II. EPIZOA. 



Parasitic. Limbs rudimentary lobes, without 

 joints, serving only to fix the animal to its prey. 

 Form very unusual. Eyes wanting. Thorax 

 without segments. Males minute. 



Female fixed by the head, which is 

 provided with two lateral horns . . . Lerneadte. 



Female fixed by long arm-like appen- 

 dages of the thorax, which unite at the 

 tip and form a button-like sucker . . . Lemeojwdada. 



Female fixed by foot-jaws, which are 

 stout, and armed with strong hooks . . Chondracanthadae. 



