W.1347. FRESH- WATER OSTRACODA—SHARPE. 997 



ee Claws of furca slender, maxillary spines not toothed. 



/ Color uniform, white to brownish nrinnlnnin Fischer. 



fj Color greenish yellow, blotched with brown ddnwnrnmH Turner 



dd Second foot five-segmented. Length 0. 73 mm mnpsoni Sharpe. 



cc Furca not curved. 



d Both claws of furca S-shaped .vf/moidcn ShariM-. 



dd Both claws of furca not S-shaped, both gently curved. Terminal claw 

 half as long as furca n-rtkaudn Sharpe. 



SO. TYPHLOCYPRIS Vejdovsky, 1882. 



Cyjms {TiipJdocyirriK.) Ve.jdovsky, Thicrischc Organismon «Ut Bruiuienwiisser 



von Prag, 1882, p. 64. 

 Tyjihiocyprix \A\iiA, Monog. der Ostrac. Biiluncns, Arch. Natnrw. Durchfursch. 



V. Bahmen, YIII, 1891, p. 51. 

 Candona Turner, Freshwater Ostrac. of the U. 8., Rei)t. State Zool. Minn., 



1895, p. 301. 



Shell as in Candona. Natatory sctte of tirst antonnic shorter tliaii 

 entire antenna. Natatory sota^ of second antenna' Jaekino-. similar to 

 Candona. Eyes rudimentar}', disappearing- with age. Furcii !il)n()rnial, 

 anterior or terminal seta missing. 



This genus was established by Yejdovsivy to include forms gcnerall}' 

 resembling Candona., l)ut lacking terminal seta of furca. Candona 

 peircei Turner evidently lielongs here, judging from his figures. 



a Terminal claws of furca of male about same size; with female one claw is about 

 two-thirds length of other. Color greenish yellow with blotches of brown. 



{Candona) j)eirc(i (Turner). 



31. CANDONOPSIS Vavra, 1891. 



Candonopsis Vavra, Monog. der Ostrac. B()hmens, Arch. Naturw. Durchforsch. 

 V. Bohmen, VIII, 1891, p. 54; Siisswasser-Ostrac. Deutsch-Ost-Afrika.«, Tier- 

 welt Ost-Afrika, IV, 1897, p. 4; Berlin.— Sars, Freshwater Entomos. of 

 Sydney, 1896, p. 62.— Vavra, Siisswasser-Ostrac. der Hand). Magal. Sanunel., 

 1898, p. 9; Hamburg.— Kaufmann, Cypriden und Darwinuliden der 

 Schweiz, Revue Suisse de Zool., VIII, 1900, p. 357. 



Shell and second antenna similar to Candona. Mandible with an 

 excessively long palp. Branchial plate of throe plinuosc seta*. Fnrea 

 slender, usual dorsal seta absent. 



This genus was established by Vavra to receive those CandAjna-X^^ 

 forms which lack the usual furcal dorsal seta. 



No American forms known. 



32. PARACANDONA Hartwig, 1900. 

 Paramndona Hartwig, Candona euplectella bildet eine selbst:indige (iattung, 

 Zool. Anz., XXII, 1900. 



Shell tumid, reticulated, pitted as a honeyeonil). Appendages as in 

 Candona, but small and slender. Small, beautiful forms, not nu.re 

 than 0.80 mm. long. . 



This genus has been e.stablished by Hartwig to include forms, the 

 type of which is Paracandona {Candona) euplectdla Robertson. 



No American forms known. 



