ISOPODS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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Localities. — Off Soutli Carolina; between the Delta of the Mississippi 

 and Cedar Keys, Florida; also Gulf of Naples; coast of England; 

 coast of France. 



Depth. ~-ni-].:y\) fathoms. 



Off Pilchards. 



Fig. 100.— CONILERA CYLINDRACEA (AFTER HANSEN), a, LATERAL VIEW OF FEMALE. 6, POSTERIOR 

 PART OF ABDOMEN OF ADI'LT FEMALE. C, ANTERIOR PART OF HEAD, d, LEFT PLEOPOD OF FIRST 

 PAIR IN ADULT MALE. ', I^EFT PLEOl'OD OF SECOND I'AIK IN ADULT MALE. (ENLARGED.) 



The dog-tish is infested with these parasites, which reduce their 

 prey to skin and bones. They hunt, according to Dr. F. Da\%^' in 

 shoals, driving- away the congers and .other iish, but are themselves 

 devoured by the bream. 



«Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1884, p. 44. 



