306 AMMALS OF DOVKTFUL SlIUATIGJf. 



The specific characters of none of the species are yet ascertained. 

 Phalangium hirsutum, Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. tab. 5. fg. 7., 

 belongs to tliis genus. 



Fam. II. Nympiioxid.1. LencJi. 

 Mandibles two, biarticulate, didactyle. 



Genus 3. NYMPHUM. Lam., Leach. Nvmphox. Fair., Lutr. 

 Pycnogonum. Mu/ler. 



Mandibles longer than the rostrum, with equal joints, the fingers curv- 

 ed, meeting along their whole length and abruptly hooked at their 

 extremities : palpi six-jointed, the second joint elongate, the sixth 

 very small: legs very slender: coxa with the middle joint longest : 

 tibia with the second joint rather longest: tarsi with the first joint 

 somewhat shortest: dates simple. 



Egg-bearing organs ten-jointed, inserted behind the rostrum almost 

 under the anterior pair of legs. 



Sp. 1. Ni/m. gracile. Cinereous: thighs cylindric. 



Isymphum gracile. Leach, Zool. Misc. i. 45. tab. 19. Jig. 1. — Siipp. to 

 Encycl. Brit. i. 433. pi. '25. 



" Inhabits the British seas everywhere : but as it never attains 

 the size of the Phalanginm, misnamed by Liune grossipes (which is 

 figured by StriJm in his History of Sondmor, ^03. tab. 2. Jig. lG),it is 

 doubtful if it be the same species : but as the Linnean name is so 

 inapplicable, little fault can be found with the more appropriate 

 name for which it has been exchanged." 



Sp. 2. Nip/iph.Janoratwn. Reddish ; thighs dilated and compressed. 



Nymphum i'cmoratum. Leach, Zool. Misc. i. 45. tab. 19. fg. 2. — Supp. 

 to Encj/cl. Brit. i. 433. 



Inhabits the shores on the southern coast of Devon. 



