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smoothly lined. In our little Crustacean, I do not know 

 of what it is made, or how, but it seems to be homogeneous, 

 and is certainly of home manufacture, and not the tube of a 

 zoophyte surreptitiously obtained, as has been supposed to 

 be the case with the Cerapus tuhularis of North America. 

 Perhaps, however, closer examination might refute the 

 charge of piracy brought against that species." 



Gen. 90. COEOPH1UM. 



Lower antennas much longer than the upper and without 

 flagellum, only the first pair of legs furnished with a flagel- 

 lum. Hand of second pair of legs not dilated. Body nearly 

 cylindrical, elongated, slightly compressed. 



Corophium loxgicorne. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) — Male 

 much larger than the female; third joint of lower antennas 

 much thicker than the fourth, and having in front a thick 

 pointed apophysis. Legs with long hairs, most abundant on 

 the second and seventh pairs. 



Coast of England. Berwick. Common in the autumn, in 

 pools of brackish water left at the sides of the river on the 

 recess of the tide (Dr. Johnston) ; Moray Firth (Rev. G, 



