142 Transactions, — Zoology. 



2. Caprella aequilibra. 



Caprella aequilibra, Say (Journ. Acad. Philad. i.). Bate 



(Cat. Brit. Mus. Amph., p. 362, pi. 67, fig. 5). Mayer 



(Capr. d. G. Neapel, p. 45). 

 Caprella caudata, Thomson (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xi., p. 



246). 

 Caprella nova-zealandia, Kirk (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xi., p. 



392). 

 Caprella obesa, Haswell (Cat. Austral. Crust., p. 314). 



Hab. Dunedin, Oamaru, G.M.T. ; Lyttelton, C.C. ; Cook 

 Strait, T. W. Kirk. (N. S. Wales, Japan, China, Brazil, South 

 Carolina, Europe.) 



3. Caprella linearis. 



Caprella linearis, Bate (Brit. Mus., Cat. Amph., p. 353, pi. 



55, fig. 17). Mayer (Capr. d. G. Neapel, p. 58). 

 Caprella lobata, Kirk (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xi., p. 393). 



Hab. Cook Strait, T. W. Kirk. (Europe, East Coast of 

 North America.) 



4. Cyamus ceti. 



Cyamus ceti, Martens (Voy. Spitzbergen, 1671), etc., etc. 

 Chilton (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xvi. p. 252). 



Hab. Parasitic on whales {Virgia breviceps), C.C. It ap- 

 pears to he common on various whales (and sharks ?). I have 

 it from several localities in the New Zealand seas, G.M.T. 

 On small hump-backed whale, Napier, A. Hamilton. 



Tribe II. Crevettina. 

 Fam. I. Corophiidae. 



5. COROPHIUM CONTRACTUS!. 



Corophium contractum, Stimpson (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 

 1855). Bate (Brit. Mus. Cat. Amph., p. 282). Thom- 

 son (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 5, vol. vi., p. 6 ; Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., vol. xiii, p. 220, pi. viii). 



Hab. Dunedin, G.M.T. ; Lyttelton, C.C. (Japan.) 



6. COROPHIUM CRASSICORNE. 



Corophium crassicorne, Bruzelius (Skand. Amph. Gam., p. 

 15, pi. i., fig. 2). Bate (Brit. Mus. Cat. Amph., p. 

 282, pi. 47, fig. 6). 



Hab. Lyttelton, C.C. (Norway, Britain.) 



[This species is taken along with C. contraction, and it is 

 probable that they are only male and female of the same species. 

 C. Bonnellii (Milne-Edwards) is probably the same as C. cun- 

 tractum. — C.C] 



