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as broad and have each a strong curved claw extending 

 dor sally situated rather above the centre, two strong 

 spinous set?e adorning the opposite side. The caudal 

 segment is terminated by a strong central spine, and on 

 the inner side has a stout bluntly rounded spine about 

 half the length of the caudal segment, and a short fine 

 seta on the outer side. 



Two specimens, male and female of this strongly marked 

 Copepod were lately dredged at a depth of seven fathoms 

 on the muddy ground inside Port Erin breakwater. In 

 the general ch?«racter of the antenuEe this species someAvhat 

 resembles L. serrata for which it might at first sight be 

 mistaken, but the swimming feet are different, and the 

 caudal segments and their remarkable appendages clearly 

 distinguish it from any known species. 



Laophonte tJioracica, Boeck. (PL XXI, fig. 5. e.—g.) 

 Length 0.60 mm. Our only specimen was taken by 

 townet amongst the Algae round Puffin Island. 

 Laoplionte horrida, Norman. (PL XX, fig. 7.) 

 Length 1.25 mm. This ferocious looking animal is at 

 once recognisable by its array of dorsal projecting spines. 

 A few specimens male and female were recently dredged 

 at four fathoms in Port Erin Bay and one specimen was 

 dredged at 39 fathoms, 12 miles from Port Erin. They 

 w^ere imbedded in mud which w^as so tenaciously held by 

 the spines that it was most difficult to clean them. It 

 a^Dpears to be an exceedingly rare species. 



Laoplionte similis, Glaus. (PL XXI, fig. 5. a. — d.) 

 Length 1 mm. Found in tidal pools about the sub- 

 marine forest at Leasowe, also in dredged material from 

 Colwyn Bay. 



Laoplionte curticauda, Boeck. (PL XXI, fig. 3.) 

 Length 1 mm. Found in tidal pools at Hilbre Island, 

 Leasowe, and Puffin Island. 



