Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, B.C. 



Volume 115 1964 Number 3489 



SEVEN NEW AMPHIPODS 



FROM THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA 



WITH NOTES ON SOME UNUSUAL SPECIES 



By Clarence R. Shoemaker^ 



While studying the unidentified amphipods from the west coast of 

 North America in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, I 

 have noted undescribed species from time to time. Seven of these 

 species are here described and illustrated; also redescriptions and 

 supplementary figures are given of seven other species. 



Family Lysianassidae 



Kyska, new genus 



Antennae 1 and 2 rather short, stout. Eyes large, pyriform. 

 Mandible, incisor smooth with small tooth at inner end ; molar conical, 

 without triturating surface; palp S-jointed. Maxilla 1, inner plate 

 small, with 2 terminal setae; outer plate with 9 terminal spine-teeth, 



1 Died December 28, 1958. This paper, nearly completed, was prepared for 

 publication by Thomas E. Bowman, U.S. National Museum. J. Laurens 

 Barnard of the Beaudette Foundation read the manuscript critically and added 

 several recent references. 



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