ABT. 1 



A NEW FRESH-WATER COPEPOD WILLEY 



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Characteristic of the inner branch of the third foot is the long 

 sword- shaped inner apical seta, sparsely ciliated along its inner distal 

 border which projects beyond the apex of the mucroniform process. 

 The first joint has an outer seta as well as the inner one (fig. 19). 



Figs. 21-22.— Mokakia laurkntica. 21, Fifth foot of male. 22, OuxLiNis of head of junior from 

 ABOVE. On the right the apical portion onI/Y of the olfactory club of the fourth joint 13 seen 

 projecting beyond the end of the antenna 



It is a generic character of Moraria that the inner branch of the 

 third foot is biarticulate. 



In the fourth foot it is difficult to decipher the somewhat vague ex- 

 tremity of the inner branch, but the long inner seta of the second 

 joint, roughened on its outer side, is typical of the species (fig. 20). 



The fifth foot (fig. 21) is much like that of M. sclimeili. 



Figs. 23-24.— Moraria laurkntica. 2.3, Inner branch of first foot of junior. 24, Second foot 



of junior 



Junior. — By "junior" is intended here the stage before the last 

 exuviation. It is a very slender, straight form not appearing obvi- 

 ously young at first sight except that, as indicated at the beginning 

 of this paper, there were no recognizable males and no egg-bearing 

 females. It attains practically the same length as the adult. One 

 individual was found in process of ecdysis. This circumstance, 



