COLLECTED AT PLYMOUTH IN 1888-89. 151 



Three or four specimens were taken in the surface net in the 

 Catte water on March 21st, 1889. 



Family— COUYCJEIDM. 



1. CoRYC^us ANGLicus, Luhhock, 



COETC^US GEEMANUS, Claus. Freileb. Copep., p. 156, Taf. ix, figs. 1 — i; Taf. 



xxiv, figs. 5, 6 J Taf. xxviii, figs. 1 — 4, 

 — ANGLicus, Brady. Monogr. Brit. Copep., iii, p. 34, pi, Ixxxi, figs. 



16 — 19 ; Ixxxiii, figs. 11 — 15 ; Ixxxiv, figs. 

 10—14. 



This species appears to be somewhat rare and locally distributed 

 on British coasts. I first found a few in the tow-net of February 

 20th, near the Eddystone Lighthouse, and from that date up to 

 May I obtained numerous specimens, scarcely any gathering being 

 without them. It is recorded in my note-book that of the specimens 

 taken February 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 1889, all the females had ovi- 

 sacs attached. 



2, OnC^A MEDITERKANEA, GlaUS. PI. XII, figS. 1 7. 



Antaeia mediteeranea, Claus, Freileb. Copep., p. 158, Taf. xxx, figs. 1 — 7. 

 Onc^a obtusa (?), Brady. Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. viii, p. 120, pi. li. 

 — — I. C. Thoni'pson. Copep. collected in Maltese Seas, Proc. Liv. 



Biol. Soc., ii, p. 148. 



I have much pleasure in recording this species, which has not 

 before been found north of the Mediterranean. It is very rare at 

 Plymouth. I have only had two specimens, one taken on tlie 31st 

 August, 1888, the other on April 15th, 1889 ; both are females. 



I am satisfied that my specimens are identical with Claus' Antaria 

 mediterrnnea, but am not quite sure of tiieir identity with Oncsea 

 ohtusa, Dana. Comparing my specimens with Claus' and Brady's 

 figures, the second joint of the second antenna agrees in my speci- 

 mens with Claus' drawing and description (zweite Glied der Klam- 

 merantennen aufgetrieben, dreieckig, so gross als die dritte), but in 

 Brady's drawing it has not the characteristic swollen three-cornered 

 shape. The furca in Brady's drawing is as long as the three pre- 

 ceding abdominal segments ; in Claus' Antaria mediterranea and in 

 my specimens it is but little longer than the last abdominal segment. 

 The spines on the first abdominal segment of the male are longer in 

 Claus' figures than in Brady's. From want of specimens I am unable 

 to give an opinion on the specific distinctness of these two forms, 

 but I have preferred to use Claus' specific name for my specimens 

 because of their full agreement with his drawings and description. 



