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s, and s'), is a little less elongated than in the next species, not attain- 

 ing the middle of the cilia. 



LengtJi 6™™; breadth 2.3""'". The color is uniform, dull, usually 

 obscured by the adhering particles of dirt. 



Thi8 species was described by Say from Egg Harbor !, IS'ew Jersey, 

 where specimens were also collected by Professors Verrill and Smith, in 

 April, 1871, among eel-grass. It has also been found at Savin Eock !, 

 near New Haven, and Noauk Harbor!, on piles and amoug eel-grass; at 

 Vineyard Sound!; Mass., at Proviucetown ! , Mass., near Cape Cod in 

 1879; sparingly near Gloucester! Mass., in 1878, and even as far north 

 as Quahog Bay!, about thirty miles northeast of Portland, Me., where it 

 was taken by the United States Fish Commission, in J 873, along with 

 Venus mercenaria and other southern forms. 



Specimens examined. 



Locality. 



Bottom. 



When col- 

 lected. 



iReceivedfrom- 





Dry. 

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Ale. 



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Great Egg Harbor, 



N.J. 

 Savin Rock, New 



Haven. 



Noank Harbor .... 



...do 



...do 



do 



Watch HHl, R. I 



Vineyard Sound 



...do 



..- do 



Provincetown, Mass.. 



...do 



...do 



Gloucester, Mass 



Quahog Bay, Me 



Eel-grasa 



L. w. 

 "Sf." 



On piles . 



Eel-grass 



L. w. 

 L. w. 



Sand . 



L. TV^ 



Eel-grass.. 



Shore 



Tide-pools 

 Muddy 



Apr. — , 1871 



1871-3872 



Aug. 12, 1874 

 July 13, 1874 

 July 27, 1874 



—1874 



Apr. — , 1873 

 ,1871 



- —,1871 



—,1871 



Aug. — , 1879 



— , 1879 



— '■ ,1879 



,1878 



,1873 



S. I. Smith... 



A. E. Verrill . 



U.S. Fish Com 



. . . do 



...do 



. . . do 



A. E. VeiTill.. 

 U. S. Fish Com 



...do 



...do 



U.S. Fish Com 



...do 



...do 



...do 



....do 



Epelys montosus Harger (Stimpson). 



Idotea montosa Stimpson, Mar. luv. G. Manau, p. 40, 1853. 



Epelys montosus Harger, This Report, part i, p. 571 (277), 1874; Proc. IT. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1879, vol. ii, p. 161, 1879. 

 Verrill, Am. Jour. Sci., Ill, vol. vii, p. 45, 1874; Proc. Amer. Assoc, 



1873, p. 367, 1874 ; This Report, part i, p. 370 (76), 1874. 

 Smith and Harger, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. iii, p. 3, 1874. 

 Whiteaves, Further Deep-sea Dredging, Gulf St. Lawrence, p. 15, "1874." 



Plate VIII, Figs. 44-47. 



This species closely resembles the preceding, and may be recognized 

 among our Isopoda by the characters mentioned under the former spe- 

 cies, from which it is distinguished by the following characters : The 

 eyes are prominent ; the anterior angles of the head salient. The tuber- 

 cles on the head are more prominent than in the former species. The 

 lateral margins of the thoracic segments, especially the second, third, 

 and fourth, are angulated and salient. The pleon is more elongated 



