2o4 AMPinPODA NORM ALIA. 



inferior pair, third joint shorter than the second ; flagellura having 

 five articuli, first artieuhis oblong : inferior pair very stout, fourth 

 joint much longer tlum the third, fifth* as long as the third, 

 sixth and seventh (last) minute. First pair of gnathopoda with 

 a small subovatc propodos : second pair very stout ; the propodos 

 oblong and thick, nude, having a long, stout, immoveable process 

 bolow near the base ; dactylos long, reaching beyond the process 

 on the propodos, scarcely curved. Posterior pair of pleopoda 

 reaching back hardly beyond the first. Three posterior pairs of 

 pereiopoda -snth a few short setae. 



" Female. — Body stouter. Propodos of the second pair of gnathopoda 

 stout, oblong, but little smaller than in the male, arcuate above, 

 somewhat excavate and hirsute below and three-toothed, two of 

 the teeth near the base, and one near the apex. 



'* Length 5 lines. 



" Hah. Rio Janeiro, Brazil ; di'edged in the harbour." — Dana. 



3. Podocerus variegatus. (Plate XLIII. fig. 10.) B.M. 



Podocerus variegatus, Leach, Ediiih. Encijcl. vii. p. 433 ; Linn. Trans. 

 xi. p. 361. 



Desinarest, Consid. sur Ics Crust, p. 269. 



Edivards, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xx. p. 63 ; Regne Animal, pi. 61. f. 4 ; 



Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 63. 

 Spence Bate, Report Brit. Assoc. 1855 ; Synopsis, S;c., Ann. Nat. 



Hist. Feb. 1857. 

 WJiite, Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 197. 

 Gosse, Ifarine Zool. i. p. I41. 



Eyes small, oblong. Superior antennae nearly as long as the inferior. 

 Inferior antennae having the flagellum not so long as the last 

 joint of the peduncle, consisting of foiu" articuli ; the last three, 

 besides ha^^Jlg numerous hairs, some of which are fringed with 

 cilia, are armed with several spinous hooks. First pair of gna- 

 thopoda having the propodos ovate, tapering ; dactylos serrated : 

 second pair much larger than the fii'st ; propodos ovate, palm ob- 

 li(iue, imperfectly defined. Posterior pair of pleopoda having the 

 rami short ; the inner one foliaceous, terminating in a spinous pro- 

 cess, the outer in a triple-pointed hook. Telson triangular. 



Length y^ths of an inch. 



Hah. Plymouth {C. S. B.) ; Bell Rock {Stevenson). 



The figure in the ' Regne Animal ' has the first and second seg- 

 ments of the pleon postero-dorsally produced into teeth ; but as Ed- 

 wards gives it as P. variegatus of Leach, it is evidently an error of the 

 artist. 



* First articiilus of flaeelluui ? 



