B CAROTENOIDS IN ANIMALS 83 



animal or contained in the food. It would be of interest to examine the lower 

 plants which serve as feeding stuffs for these classes of animals in more detail 

 from this point of view. 



a) Arthropods 



TABLE 20 (References see p. 99-107) 



CAROTENOIDS IX ARTHROPODS 



I Insects 

 Bombyx mori'^''*' ^^s. 276, 266. Carotene, 



xanthophyll. 

 Carausius morosus^''^: Protein-bound 



carotenoids. 

 Caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly"""^: 



a-Carotene, taraxanthin. 

 Coccinella septempunctata-^^: a-Caro- 



tene, ^-carotene, lycopene. 

 Clythra qnadripunciata^''-: Carotene. 

 Coleoptera coccinella^^^: a-Carotene, 



^-carotene, lycopene. 

 Locusia viridissima^''^: Protein-bound 



carotenoids. 

 Locustiden^'^^: Protein-bound caro- 

 tenoids. 



Oedipoda coeridescens^^^: Traces of 

 carotenoids. 



Oedipoda miniata^^^: ^-Carotene and 

 an unknown pigment. 



Perilhis biociilatus'^''^: Carotene. 



Pieris brassicae-'''': Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



Pyrrhocoris apteriis^^^' ^®*: Lycopene. 



Rhynchota^^'^ . 



Schizoneura lanigera^'"'. 



Sphinx ligustri^''^: Protein-bound 

 carotenoids. 



Tritogenaphis rudbeckiaf^'^'^. 



(ii) Crustacea*' ** 



Ampelisca tenuicornis''^^: Carotene, 

 xanthophyll. 



Anapagnrus chiroacanthus-^^: Asta- 

 cene( ?). 



Astacus fluviatilis^^'': Astacene. 



Astacus gammarus^^^' ^^': Astacene, 

 carotene. 



Astams'^^^: Astacene. 



Balanus balanus^^^. 



Balaniis crenatus^^^: Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



Calanus finmarchianiis^^^: Astacene, 

 carotene. 



Calocaris macandreae^^-: Carotene, 

 xanthophyll. 



Cancer pagurns^^^' ^**: Astacene, Caro- 

 tene. 



Carciniis maenas^^^: Carotene. 



Crangon allmani-^^: Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



Diaptomus bacilli fer^''^: Carotene. 



Ebalia tumefacta^^^: Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



Eupagurus prideauxii^^'^: Astacene. 



Eurynome aspera^^'^. 



Galathea inter media'^^^: Astacene, caro- 

 tene, xanthophyll. 



Haploops tubicula^^'^. 



Hyas araneus^^^. 



Idothea baltica^^'^. 



Idothea emarginata^^^: Carotene, xan- 

 thophyll. 



Idothea neglecta^^-: Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



* This section is based on the summary given by O. Walker, Dissertation, Zurich, 

 1935. revised and completed up to 1946. 



Data concerning the occurrence of carotene and xanthophyll should not be regarded 

 as conclusive as the pigments were only rarely isolated in the crystalline state. 



