LERNEONEMA. 331 



female is from six to eight lines long, while the male is only 

 the fourth of a line. 



Found on the fins and gill-covers of the cod and haddock. 



Anchorella rugosa, Kroyer. — Body nearly square, a 

 little notched on the side. Ovaries rather longer than the 

 thorax. Length about three lines. 



Mouth of Gadus cellar las t taken on the Irish coast. 



In the next tribe, the females are attached to their prey 

 by the front part of their body only, "the whole head being 

 thrust into the tissues of the animal, and are retained there 

 by horns which spring from the hind part of the head. 

 Dr. Baird has, from this peculiar structure, named the tribe 

 Anchoraceracea.* The feet are either very small or want- 

 ing. 



Pam. PENELLALjE, Baird. 



There are several pairs of feet situated on the under 

 surface of the body, near the head, but they are very small. 



Gen. 186. LEENEONEMA, M. Edw. 

 Body long, slender, narrowed in front and ending in a 



* Aynvpa, an anchor, and Kepas, a horn. 



