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sidste er fæstet 4 stærke Tomer, og fra Spidsen 

 udgaar 2 lignende, livoraf den inderste er længst. 

 Imellem Tornerne findes ogsaa her fine udadrettede 

 Borster, medens Barsterne i Inderkanten er stærkt 

 rediicerede. 



Halegrenene (Fig. 12) er omtrent saa lange som 

 de 2 sidste Bagkropssegmenter tilsammen og ialmin- 

 deliglied stærkt divergerende. De er af smal lineær 

 Form, ganske lidt afsmalnende mod Enden og 

 rundtom fors_ynede med en Rad af korte ucilierede 

 Torner, der ved Spidsen antager Formen af stærkt 

 forlængede Borster. Foniden disse findes langs 

 Jnderkanten en Rad af betydelig længere og finere, 

 tæt cilierede Borster. 



Dyrets Farve er noget varierende fra meget 

 bleg gulagtig til temmelig intens rodbnin. De mest 

 udpræget farvede Exemplarer har jeg observeret i 

 vor arktiske Region. • 



Beskrivelse af «len slægtsinodue Han. 



Medens den endnu ikke slægtsmodne, skjondt 

 forøvrigt fuldt iidvoxede Han (se Tab. II, Fig. 1) 

 kun lidet skiller sig i sit Udseende fra Hunnen, er 

 For.skjellen raellem de to Kjøn i den slægtsmodne 

 Tilstand saa skarpt udpræget (se Tab. I, Fig. 1 og 

 3), at man uden en noiere Undersøgelse knapt en- 

 gang skulde tro, at de tilhørte samme Art. Kjons- 

 forskjellen er udtrykt saavel i den hele Habitus 

 som i Structuren af enkelte af Lemmerne, især de 

 2 Par Følere, der er modifieerede paa en meget lig- 

 nende Maade som hos Hannerne af de fleste Amphi- 

 poder. 



De største Hanner, jeg har fundet, havde en 

 Længde af omtrent 12 mm.; men jeg har ved vor 

 Sydkyst truffet Hanner af knapt mere end den halve 

 Størrelse, skjondt fuldstændigt slægtsniodent ud- 

 viklede. 



Legemets Form er (se Tab. I, Fig. 3) paafaldende 

 sraækrere end hos Hunnen, og navnlig er Rygskjol- 

 det kj endelig smalere, seet fra Siden af elliptisk 

 Form, med Hoiden neppe halvt saa stor som Læng- 

 den. Fremdeles er Bagkroppen noget længere i 

 Forhold til Forkroppen, og dens forreste Afsnit 

 kraftigere udviklet end hos Hunnen. Endelig giver 

 de enormt forlængede Halegrene Dyret et fra Hun- 

 nen meget afvigende Udseende. 



Øinene er fixldkommen af samme Bygning som 

 hos Hunnen, men synes noget storre og har det 

 ydre Parti stærkere udvidet. 



single oval joint whose inner edge is straight, 

 whilst the outer edge is somewhat curved. To the 

 last named 4 strong spines are secured, and 2 simi- 

 lar ones issue from the point, of which the inner- 

 most one is the longest. Between the spines there 

 are also found here fine bristles directed outwards, 

 whilst the bristles on the inner margin are greatly 

 reduced. 



The caudal rami (fig. 12) are about same 

 length as the two last posterior segments of the 

 body taken together, and are usually strongly diver- 

 gent. They are of narrow, linear form, quite slightly 

 narrowed towards the extremity, and furnished 

 roundabout with a series of short non-ciliated spines, 

 which at the tip assume the form of greatly pro- 

 longed bristles. Besides these there are found, along 

 the inner edge, a series of considerably longer and 

 finer, closely ciliated bristles. 



The coloiir of the animal is somewhat variable, 

 from very pale yellowish to pretty intense red- 

 brown. I have observed the most distinguished co- 

 loured specimens in the Norwegian Arctic region. 



Description of tlie sexnall.v ripe male. 



Whilst the not yet sexually ripe male, al- 

 though in other respects fully developed (see PI. 

 II, fig. 1), distinguishes itself in appearance only 

 slightly from the female, the difterence between the 

 two sexes in the sexiiallj^ ripe condition is so 

 sharply defined (see PI. I, fig. 1 and 3\ that without 

 a close examination the observer would scarcely 

 even believe that they pertained to the same species. 

 The sexual difference is expressed both bj^ the en- 

 tire habitus, as well as in the structure of some of 

 the appendages, especially the two pairs of antennæ, 

 which are modified in a very similar manner to 

 that of the males of most Amphipods. 



The largest males I have found had a length 

 of about 12 mm ; but. on our south coast I have met 

 with males of scarcely more than half the size, 

 although completely sexually developed 



The form of the body (see PL I, fig. 3) is con- 

 spicuously more slender than in the female, and the 

 carapace, especiallj', is perceptiblj^ narrower; viewed 

 from the side the shape is elliptical, the height 

 being scarcely half so great as the length. Further, 

 the posterior division of the body is somewhat 

 longer in relation to the anterior one, and its fore- 

 most section more powerfully developed than in the 

 female. Finally, the enormously prolonged caudal 

 rami impart to the animal a very different appeai'- 

 ance from the female. 



The eyes are of exactly the same structure as 

 in the female, but appear to be somewhat larger, 

 and have the outer portion more dilated. 



