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Weymouth (Professor Williamson). 



SiPHOxoscETUS crassicornis. — Basal joint of upper an- 

 tenna having the anterior superior margin developed into a 

 horn reaching to the end of the second joint. 



Sent to Mr. Bate from the coast of Northumberland, 

 where it was found by Mr. Alder. 



Gen. 94. PODOCEBUS, Leach. 



First and second pairs of legs subcheliform ; the lower 

 antennae without flagellum, and like a leg ; the eyes placed 

 on a projecting lobe of the head ; second pair of legs much 

 larger than the first pair, and their hand better adapted for 

 holding. 



A genus of small species which live among seaweeds, 

 and seem to feed principally on zoophytes. 



Podocertjs variegatus, Leach. — Whitish, varied with 

 reddish ; first pair of legs small ; the hand slender and elon- 

 gated. Hands of second pair somewhat oval. A tooth on 

 the middle of the hind margin of last thoracic and first ab- 

 dominal ring. 



Found on various parts of our coast, as on the Bell "Rock 

 (Mr. Stevenson) ; Plymouth (Mr. Spence Bate). 



