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1 . Podocerns pulchellus. (Platk XLIII. fig. 8.) B.M. 



.Tns^a piilchella, Leach, Edinb. Encycl. vii. p. 433; Linn. Trans, xi. 

 p. 301. 



Dt'smarest, Consid. sar Ics Crust, p. 267. 

 Edu-ards, Bhine Anitnal, pi. Ol. f. 3. 

 Podocerus pulcholhis, Edwards, Ann. dcs Sci. Nat. xx. p. 384; IL'st. 

 des C'/7/.s7. iii. p. (>4. 



Spence Bate, Brit. Assoc. Report, 1855 ; Si/)iopsis, 6|r., Ann. Naf. 



Hist. Feb. iHo?. 

 7J7(/<<>, -ff/s^ i^/vV. Crust, p. 198. 

 Gosse, 3Lirine Zoof. p. 141. 

 Podocenis calcaratus, llafhhe. Nova Acta, xx. p. 01. pi. 4. f. 0. 

 Bruzelius, Skand. Aniph. Gamm. p. 22. 



Eyes small, round. Superior antennae as long as the peduncle of the 

 inferior, rather slender, except the fiirst joint of the peduncle, 

 which is robust ; flagcllum but little longer than the last joint of 

 the peduncle. Inferior antennae nearly half the length of the 

 animal; flagellum shorter than the last joint of the pcdimcle, 

 consisting of thi'ce articuli, of which the first is as long as tho 

 other two, the terminal one crowned with long hairs and two 

 hooked, double-pointed spines. First pair of gnathopoda not very 

 large ; propodos sub triangular, broadest at the palm, fringed with 

 a few hairs and double -pointed spines ; dactylos serrated upon tho 

 inner margin, Second paii' of gnathopoda having the propodos 

 extremely large, being nearly as long as tho cephalon and the first 

 two segments of the pereion ; palm nearly the whole length of the 

 inferior margin, concave, defined by a large and powerful process 

 almost one-fourth the length of the propodos, against the apex of 

 which the point of the dactylos impinges. Posterior pair of ]>loo- 

 poda not extending beyond the preceding, having tho rami scarcely 

 more than one-fourth the length of the peduncle and tipped with 

 a solitary obtusely cui-ved spine, the outer ramus having tho upper 

 margin slightly serrated. Telson triangular. 

 Length ^ths of an inch. 



Hah. Ph-mouth {Mr. Stewart and C. S. B.) ; Swansea (C. S. B.) ; 

 ^a.-Q.fi {Mr! Edward). 



This species closely resemble P. validas, Dana, and demonstrates 

 (as I have pre\'iously observed) the close resemblance between the 

 European and S. American Crustacea. 



2. Podocerus validus. (Plate XLIII. fig. 9.) 

 Cratophiimi validum, Dana, U. S. Ex2)lor. Exped. p. 841.pl. 50. f. 2. 

 " Male. — Cephalon as long as the first two segments of the pereion 

 together, a little salient before the eye. ^Vntennaj long, cihatc be- 

 low : superior pair much more slender and rather shorter than the 



