74 CAPRELLID^. 



A MP HIP OB A. CA PRELLIDjE. 



ABERRANTIA. 



CAPRELLA SPINULATA. 



Specific character. "Long and slender; head deeper than the other 

 anniilations. Head without a siiine, but all the other annulations with one 

 or more dorsal spines." 



Caprella spinulata. R. Q. Couch, in Report Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc. 1852, 

 p. 98. 



" Long and slender. The head is larger than the next 

 articulation, and without a spine ; the occipital articula- 

 tion with a spine near its posterior margin ; and there is 

 one on the next ring above the branchige. There are 

 two on the third, one above the branchiae, one near its 

 posterior margin, and one in the centre of each of the 

 others. Superior antennae as long as the body ; basal 

 joint small ; the second about four times as long as wide ; 

 the third long and slender, and slightly enlarged towards 

 its distal extremity, the last multi-articulate and ciliated. 

 The inferior antennae much smaller than the others. At 

 the lower part of the head two pedi-palpi, small and 

 bifid at their extremities. The hand very large ; move- 

 able joint long, slender, and hooked, and at its point, 

 when bent, touches a spine on the hand." 



Taken by Mr. R. Q. Couch (whose recent death we 

 have to deplore) in a pool among confervae, Lariggan 

 Rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, from whose description 

 in the work above quoted we make this extract, regret- 

 ting that we are unable to give a representation of this 

 species. 



