4 Carl Bovallius, The Oxycephalids. 



good drawing, which clearly shows that the specimen described by these 

 naturalists is identical with the type species of H. Milne Edwards. 



In 1849 Hercule Nicolet, 10, mentioned Oxycephalus océaniens from 

 the seas of Chile, and H. Lucas, U, the genus Oxycephalus among the 

 »Hypérines anormales». 



In 1850 Guiseppe Natale, 12, promoted the specific name Ornitho- 

 ramphus^ given by Cooco, see above p. 2, to a generic name, and cal- 

 led the specißs 0. Coccoi. He described this species at length but with- 

 out good characteristics; if it is identical with Cocco's species or not, 

 is very difficult to settle. Stebbing 1. c. p. 241 suggests, that it possib- 

 ly may' have some relation to Oxycephalus typhoides^ Claus; according to my 

 opinion it is rather near to Oxycephalus latirostris, Claus, howbeit, the 

 genus is most likely a synonjmi for Oxycephalus, H. Milne Edwards. 

 Natale was doubtful if Ornithorampihus might be rather an Isopod, allied to 

 Sphœromidœ^ than an Amphipod. In the same year the same author, 13, pu- 

 blished in an other paper one more new generic name, Erpetoramphus^ also 

 probably synonymous with Oxycephalus. Owing to the vague description 

 it is impossible to identify the species which he named E. Costce. 



In 1851 H. Lucas, 14, mentioned and figured Oxycephalus océaniens, 

 GuÉRiN, not adding any new characteristics. 



In the same year Fr. Gugl. Hope, 15, issued a catalogue of the 

 crustaceans of the Mediterranean, he enumerates without any charcteri- 

 stics, under Amphipoda, the following, above mentioned Oxycephalids viz; 

 Orio oxyrhynchus, Prestandrea, 0. omit hor amp hus ^ Cocco, Omithoramphus 

 Coccoi^ Natale, and Erpetoramphus Costœ^ Natale. 



10. Hercule Nicolet. Historia fisiea y politica de Chile . . . por Claudio Gay. 



Zoologia. Tome 3>^°, p. 249. Paris, 1849. 



11. H Lucas. »-Hypérines». Dictionnaire universel d'Historié naturelle .... 



dirigé par Charles d'Orbigny. Tome 6"« p. 782. Paris, 1849. 



12. Guiseppe Natale. Descrizione zoologica d'una nuova specie di plojaria e 



di alcuni crostacei del porto di Messina, etc. p. Messina, 1850. 



13. » Su pochi Crostacei del porto di Messina. Lettera del Dottor 



G. de N. . . al Sg. Achille Costa, con una tavola in rame. Na- 

 poli, 1850 (teste Stebbing, 1. c. p. 1621—1624). 



14. H. Lucas. Historie naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myria- 



podes, p. 240, pi. 18, fig. 9. Paris, 1851. 



15. Fr. Gugl. Hope. Catalogo dei Crostacei Italiaui e di molti altri del Médi- 



terranée, p. 21 and 22. Napoli, 1851. 



