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334 GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY OF MINNESOTA. 
The second joint of the mandibular palp bears, in addition to the 
usual sete, a short, plumose, dagger-shaped seta (Fig. 18). The ter- 
minal claws of the palp are slender and smooth. 
The two prominent spines upon the first mandibular process of the 
first maxilla bear teeth (Fig. 16). 
The palp of the second maxilla terminates’ in three long flexible 
spines. The middle spine is longer than the whole palp, but the 
lateral ones are only about two-thirds as long as the middle one. 
The first foot (Fig. 21) is five-jointed, the third and fourth joints 
being distinet. The second joint is broad and is as long as the united 
lengths of the next three joints. The terminal claw is longer than the 
united lengths of the last three joints. The distal third of the cephalic 
margin of this claw is finely pectinated. 
The claw upon the last joint of the second foot (Fig. 23) is curved 
and is about twice as long as the terminal joint. 
The post-abdominal rami (Fig. 19) are slender and straight. The 
terminal claws are long and slender, being about half as long as the 
ramus. They are straight and one margin of the tip of each is finely 
pectinated. The lower claw is fully three-fourths as long as the distal 
one and resembles it in structure. 
Habitat: These are found in great numbers in a shallow grassy 
pool at Burlington, Ohio. They were found in the early part of 
March, 1893, just after the close of a long and severe winter; indeed, 
there was a light snow-fall the day before the collection was made. 
Judging by the lay of the land, I think that the pool dries up in 
summer. 
At Atlanta, Georgia, just after some heavy rains in January, 1894, 
large numbers of these active creatures were found in several shallow 
pools in the South River bottoms. These pools dry up in warm 
weather, The specimens remained for about two weeks and then dis- 
appeared. Length 1.58 mm.; height 0.94 mm.; width0.91mm. Jones 
Creek, Kent county, Delaware, March 3, 1894, collected by Professor 
L. D. Hileland. These were immature specimens about 1.4 mm. long. 
Cyprinotus grandis Chambers. 
PLATE LXXIX, Fias. 1-9, 
—.—Cypris grandis V. T. Chambers (41), pp. 151-152, Fig. 1. 
1887.—Cypris grandis C. L. Herrick (86), p. 32. 
Length 3.60 mm. Height 2.09mm. Width 1.39 mm. 
‘‘Valve oblong, slightly sub-reniform, highest behind the middle, 
sloping thence regularly toward the anterior end, with a slight bulge ~ 
on the hinge-margin just where it rounds off in front. Greatest thick- 
ness about the middle. In side view somewhat resembling Brady’s 
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