COROPnilD.E. lino 



4. Podocerus falcatus. (Plate XLIV. fig. 1.) B.M. 



Cancer (Gaimnarus) falcatus, 3Io)if a ffu, Linn. Trans, ix. pi. 5. f. 2. 

 Cerapiis pelagicus, Echcards, Hist, des Crust, iii. p. Gl. 



Eyes round. Superior antennas as long as the peduncle of the 

 inferior ; flagellum ha\*ing three artieidi. Inferior antennae oiie- 

 tlm-d the longtli of the animal ; flagellum not so long as the last 

 joint of the peduncle, having foiu* articuK. Fii'st pair of gnatho- 

 poda having the propodos ovate, tapering : second pair having the 

 propodos ovate, palm concave, defined by an ohtxise angle, armed 

 near the centre with a single anteriorly-directed tooth, and an- 

 teriorly \yi\h two smaU tubercles ; dactj'los having a prominence 

 near the middle of the inner margin. Posterior pair of pleojioda 

 having the inner ramus styKform, tipped with a single spine, outer 

 terminating in a double-pointed hook. 



Length ^ths of an inch. 



Hah. S. Devon {Montagu) ; S. Wales and Plymouth (C. S. B.) ; 

 Hellbrd, near Falmouth, and Tenby {Mr. Webster) ; Polperro {Mr. 

 Loiujlirin). 



5. Podocerus pela^cus. (Plate XLIY. fig. 2.) B.if. 



Jassa pelagica, Leacli, Linn. 2Wins. xi. p. SOI. 

 Desmarest, Consid. sur les Crust, p. 270. 



Eyes round. Superior antennae as long as the peduncle of the in- 

 ferior. Inferior antennte having the flagellum scarcely as long as 

 the last joint of the peduncle ; the last two articuli, besides 

 having haii'S, armed with curved, double-pointed spines. First 

 pair of gnathopoda ovate, tapering, having the palm not defined, 

 fiingcd with cilia ; dactylos serrated upon the inner margin : se- 

 cond pair having the propodos long-ovate, palm nearl}' the whole 

 length of the inferior margin, waved, defined by two or three 

 obtusely-pointed spines, fiinged with a few hau's, some of which 

 are plumose. Posterior pair of pleopoda having the inner ramus 

 foliaceous, tipped -nith a single straight spine, the outer termi- 

 nating in two or three small hooks. 



Length ^\fths of an inch. 



Hah. Tenby, Ilfracombc {Gosse). 



0. Podocerus capHlatus. (Plate XLIV. fig. 3.) Ti.^L 



Podocerus capillatus, Itathhe, Nor. Act. Acad. Lcopnhl. xx. p. 4. f. 8. 

 Jassa capillala, liruzelius, Skand. AnqyJi. Gamni. p. 10. 



Female. — Eyes round. Superior antenna) as long as the inferinr ; 

 inferior one-third the length of the animal. First pair of gnu- 



