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N. Mcera Loveni. (I'lvtk XXXV. fig. I.) 

 fJainmainis Loveiii, liruziliiiH, Skainl. Amph. Gamm. p. 59. pi. 11. I'. 0. 



" ]3ody elongate, slender ; back smooth, round ; coxa? having the in- 

 ferior margins smooth. Superior antenna; longer than the inferior ; 

 inferior antennao as long as the peduncle of the superior. Fii-st 

 pair of gnathopoda smaller than the second pair; propodos tri- 

 angular. Second pair of gnathopoda ha^'ing tlie propodos large, 

 nearly rectangular, with the palm tuberculated. Third, fourth, 

 and fifth pairs of pereiopoda having the basa narrow, elongate. 

 Posterior pair of pleopoda having the rami elongate, subequal. 

 Telson deeply di\-ided, 



" Length ^^-ths of an inch. 



" Hah. Bohusia, deep water." — BrnzeUus. 



9. Mcera furcicornis. (Plate XXXV. fig. 2.) 

 Ganmiarus fmriconiis, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. p. 951. pi. G5. f. 6. 



" Slender ; coxce narrow ; body sparsely pubescent. Cephalon about 

 as long as high ; lateral margin in front not prominent. Superior 

 antennae shorter than the body ; first joint very stout, oblong ; 

 second slender, a little longer ; tliird short ; flagellum terete, a 

 little longer than the base, ha\ing about fourteen articuli, sparsely 

 setulose ; secondary appendage half shorter than flagellum, five- 

 articulated. Inferior antenna) much shorter than the superior, the 

 base of the same length nearly as in that pair ; thii'd and fourth 

 joints long, subequal ; flagellum but little longer than the third 

 joint, seven- to ten-articulated. Fii'st pair of gnathopoda small ; 

 propodos siibovatc. Second pair of gnathopoda stout ; propodos 

 nearly trapezoidal, broad and oblong, a little broadest at the apex, 

 and a Uttle obli(juely tnmcate, below setulose, palm not at all 

 excavate ; dactylos half as long as propodos. Three posterior pairs 

 of pereiopoda subequal, the last a little the longest ; tufts of setae 

 numeroiLS, short. Posterior pleopoda quite long. 



" Length 3 lines. 



*' Hah. Sooloo Sea, from the shores of a small island off the harbour 

 of Soung ; collected February 5, 1842." — Dana. 



10. Mcera teneUa. (Plate XXXV. fig. 3.) 

 Gamniarus tenellus, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. p. 952. pi. Cm. f. 7, 

 " Slender ; coxa) quite narrow. Eyes round, small. Superior an- 

 tennae about half as long as body ; first joint not stout, second 

 very long; flageUum little longer than base, seta) very short, 







