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below; nor have I ever seen one with the basal tooth above 

 absent." 



Hippolyte Whitei, Thompson. — Beak longer than in 

 H. varians, not so acute at the tip, with no spine on the 

 ridge, with a minute spine near the tip on the under side, 

 thus making three spines on the under side; carapace less 

 gibbous, and spines on it shorter : outer antennae with the 

 scale longer and narrower ; inner antennae with the thick 

 filament stouter and more bent. Length, one inch and 

 2-8ths; the most slender of the British species. A species* 

 first found by Mr. Thompson, at Weymouth, in from four 

 to six fathoms water. It is of a lovely dark meadow-green, 

 with a whitish band running down the carapace ; the ova 

 are palish yellow. 



Hippolyte Cranchit, Leach. — Beak short, incurved at 

 the base, with three or four teeth above ; the tip with two 

 teeth, the upper the largest, beneath without spines. 



South coast of England. Loch Fyne. Mr. Gosse t 

 says it is one of the most common of the smaller Crustacea 

 inhabiting the deeper parts of the coralline zone in Wey- 

 mouth Bay. He describes its colour when alive as follows. 



* Described Ann. and Mag. N. Hist. 1853, p. 110. pi. vi. fig. 1. 

 f Ann. and Mag. 1853, p. 155. 



