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The Cumacea of the Puritan Expedition. 



By 

 W. T. Calman, D. Se. 



British Museum (Natural History). 



With plates 27 and 28. 



The Cumacea dealt with in this paper were collected by the 

 late Herr F. A. Krupp during the cruise of his yacht Puritan in 

 the neighbourhood of Capri in 1902, and were entrusted to me for 

 examination by the kindness of Dr. Anton Dohrn. 



The collections obtained by the Puritan have already formed 

 the subject of a paper by Dr. Lo Bianco (Mitth. Stat. Neapel 

 1903 16. Bd. pp. 109— 278 Taf. 7— 9), in which a number of 

 Cumacea are recorded. Of the nineteen species which are there 

 named, some, I understand, were identified by Prof. G. 0. Sars 

 and some by Dr. Lo Bianco himself. Certain of the specimens 

 sent to me were accompanied by labeis in the handwriting of Prof. 

 Sars and it need hardly be said that I have found no reason to 

 dispute the correctness of the identifications. On the other band 

 there are on Dr. Lo Bianco's list the following six species of which 

 I can discover no specimens in the collection sent to me: 



Leucon nasica Kröyer, L. fulvus G. 0. Sars, Campylaspis 

 horrida G. 0. Sars, C. undata G. 0. Sars, C. costata G. 0. Sars, 

 Diastylis spinulosa Heller. 



It is to be reg-retted that the authority for the Identification of 

 these species was not given as some doubt must remain as to their 

 oecurrence in the Mediterraneau i. 



I have recently reported on a large collection of Cumacea from the 

 West of Ireland (Fisheries Ireland Sc. luvest. 1904 N: 1 (1905)) and it is 

 of interest to compare the results with those set forth in the present paper. 



^It need hardly be pointed out that Diastylis serrata and Diastyloides 

 serrata of Dr. Lo Bianco's list (1. c. p. 256) are one and the same species. 



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